Curriculum - Music
Hernhill Church of England Primary School has universal ambitions for every child, whatever their background or circumstances. Teachers are knowledgeable of and incorporate the Mainstream Core Standards to ensure all children learn and thrive at Hernhill.
Through a creative curriculum we strive for the children to gain an understanding of what music is through listening, singing, playing, evaluating, analysing, and composing across a wide variety of historical periods, styles, traditions, and musical genres. We aim to develop a curiosity for music, as well as an understanding and respect for its value as part of what it offers to different communities, faith groups, and their own wellbeing and that of others. The Class Teachers (non-specialists) deliver the curriculum within class and embed it within each topic. Terms of Whole class teaching of Ocarinas in Year 2, progresses to Terms of Whole class Teaching of Recorders in Upper KS2. Lower KS2 are involved in the Music Plus projects delivered by Kent music.
From Year 2 children are also encouraged to learn music through peripatetic teachers who visit the school and offer Drum, Piano and Woodwind lessons. We ensure children of all backgrounds are able to access these.
instrumental performances
CURRICULUM APPROACH
Across the school, we deliver many of the curriculum areas using a thematic approach. We deliver the National Curriculum content with science, history or geography being the key drivers for a topic with the subjects of art, design technology, music, computing and PSHE added to enrich the topic. RE, PE, MFL and maths are taught as separate subjects.
We operate a two-year rolling programme of topics with some topics in Year A and some in Year B. This enables year groups and teachers to work together on a similar theme. Our school’s Christian values are interwoven into each topic. Every term, each class also have a "Big Question" to ponder on.
Teachers follow a clear planning structure for our theme-led curriculum. Curriculum guides are produced to ensure the correct National Curriculum coverage and to outline the key learning questions/enquiries for each term or half term.
Singing is also important to us - we do a lot of it! There are more details on this page.
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