Intent

The aim of music at Leven CE Primary school is to help children feel that they are musical, and develop a life-long love of music. To help us achieve this goal, we make use of the Kapow music curriculum, focusing on the development of the knowledge and skills that children need in order to become confident performers, composers and listeners in a wide range of forms. We want children to be exposed to music from around the world and across generations, teaching them to appreciate and respect all traditions and communities and inspire them to continue with their musical knowledge after they leave us. 

Through the Kapow music curriculum, children will develop the musical skills of singing, playing tuned and untuned instruments, improvising, composing and responding to music. Kapow's music scheme of work enales pupils to confidently meet the end of key stage attainment targets outlined in the national curriculum and the aims of the scheme align with those in the national curriculum. 

 

Implementation

Through the successful implementation of Kapow Primary's music curriculum, we embed the key strands of musical teaching: performing, listening, composing, the history of music, and the interrelated dimensions of music. Over the course of the program, children are taught to sing fluently and expressively, and to play both tuned and untuned instruments with accuracy and control. They learn to recognise and name the interrelated dimensions of music - pitch, duration, tempo, timbre, structure, texture, and dynamics - and confidently use these as part of their musical vocabulary. Music is scheduled for a minimum of 30 minutes per week to ensure regular engagement, supporting spaced retrieval and learning processes. 

Strong subject knowledge and clarify for staff are imperative to delivering a highly effective and robust music curriculum. With Kapow Primary, each unit includes explicit teacher videos to support subject knowledge acquisition and ongoing professional development, enabling teachers to deliver the music curriculum with confidence and effectiveness. There is a progression document for staff to use in their teaching, ensuring they understand their year group targets and are supported in music assessment. 

Kapow Primary also offers guidance and suggestions for adaptive teaching of music in each lesson. This ensures that music is accessible to all children. 

Additionally, all Key Stage 2 pupils can participate in the choir and take advantages of Christmas performaces in the local community. 

 

Impact

At Leven CE Primary School, children have access to a clearly sequenced music curriculum that fosters creativity and self-expression. Music education also enhances their understanding of culture, history, and mutual respect. 

We measure the impact of our curriculum through several methods:

• Pupil discussions and interviews about their learning
• Assessments of standards achieved, judged against the knowledge and skills outlined in our curriculum map
• Evidence of pupils' work at the end of units

By the time children leave Leven CE Primary School, they will be able to play and perform in both solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control, and expression. They will have the skills to improvise and compose music for a variety of purposes and to listen with attention to detail. Additionally, they will appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quailty music drawn from different traditions and composers. 

 

Learners with SEND

At Leven CE Primary School, we scaffold and adapt the learning in music to enable all learners to succeed. Learning is adapted through:

• Explicit teaching and modelling
• Scaffolded resources
• Pictorial examples and representations of vocabulary
• Frequent revisiting of music skills
• Adult support

	Music Development Plan	[pdf 97KB]
	Music Progression Map	[pdf 293KB]