Glebe Primary School

Music

At Glebe Primary School we provide opportunities for all pupils to create, play, perform and enjoy music. We want every pupil to experience a wide variety of musical forms and appreciate the importance of making music together.

Article 28 – Every child has the right to a good quality education.

Article 29 – Education should help children to develop their talents and abilities.

Subject Co-ordinator

M Samji

Link Governor

Mr Adnan Masket, Mrs Jankhana Bhuta

Progression Document

music progression document.pdf

 

Intent, Implementation and Impact

Curriculum Intent

 At Glebe Primary School, our music curriculum intends to deliver a high-quality music education which engages and inspires all pupils to develop a love of music, to identify and nurture their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement.

Curriculum Implementation 

At Glebe we use the Music Express scheme across both Key stages. We have a range of instrumental tuition delivered by peripatetic staff from the Harrow Music Service. We currently offer tuition on the flute, clarinet, keyboard, guitar, violin, tabla, harmonium, recorder, drumkit and steel pans. Children are taught in small groups of four for 30 mins each week. Children are taught class music once a week as part of the curriculum for 40 or 50 minutes.

We aim to implement the intent by giving the children opportunity to

  • perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers such as Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, Mozart, Prokofiev, Debussy, George Gershwin and Hans Zimmer.
  • learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical achievement.
  • understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the interrelated dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.

Curriculum Impact

A rounded musical experience for every child, giving them opportunities to develop vocal, listening, instrumental and performance    skills. Every year children who learn an instrument through small group teaching have the opportunity to participate in the Harrow Music Service music festivals alongside children from other schools in the borough. These are the Band, Guitar, String, World Music, Recorder and Song Festivals. Once a year, either at Christmas or in the summer, staff from the Harrow Music Service come to Glebe to perform for the children. Over the years the Junior School Choir have had many opportunities to perform in different venues including the Camden Round House and the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Singers. They have also performed in more local venues such Care homes and outside supermarkets such as Sainsburys. The school Band have attended the Bright Sparks concerts by the London Philharmonic Orchestra for KS2 at the Royal Festival Hall for many consecutive years. The children have regular opportunities to perform to audiences in school throughout the year in class assemblies and for Diwali, Christmas, the Infant and Junior Spring concerts, the PTFA Summer Fair and the Year 6 end of year production

Opportunities  for performance develop self – confidence which can be readily noticed when the end result following weeks of practice and rehearsal is compared with the standard of playing or singing at the outset. We know the impact of collaborative learning and enjoyment in creative learning have been achieved when the children are eager to demonstrate their group learning ideas with confidence, in performance to rest of the class. We know also that the impact of regular singing has an immense effect on morale and well – being. This is evident when the children are still singing cheerfully in the corridor having left the hall or Music Room.

Instrumental Tuition

Across the school around 170 pupils are currently learning a musical instrument. Pupils are able to choose from keyboard, violin, guitar, flute, clarinet, recorder, tabla, harmonium, sitar and steel pans.

Sing Up

We hold the Sing Up Platinum Award.  Singing is a significant part of school life. Teachers are encouraged to sing with their classes during the week. Teachers use Sing Up to enhance their teaching activities and incorporate it into their planning. As part of the Sing Up initiative we have run a successful music project with Woodlands School.

Concerts, Festivals and Productions

The special festivals of Diwali and Christmas are celebrated with productions by the Infants and Juniors. Every Spring term we have a Spring Concert which celebrates the musical skills and achievements of our pupils. Pupils learning instruments participate in Music Festivals throughout the year run by Harrow Music Service. In Year 6 pupils put on a production at the end of the Year to celebrate their time at Glebe.