Music
Our Music Curriculum aims/intends to:
Our curriculum aims to inspire a lifelong love of music, develop each pupil’s talents, and build confidence, creativity, and a sense of achievement.
From Early Years to Year 6, we use the Charanga Music Scheme, covering performing, listening, composing, and musical history. Skills are revisited each year through a spiral curriculum, helping children build knowledge and progress with increasing depth.
All pupils will:
- Learn to sing, play instruments, compose, and explore music through technology.
- Perform, listen to, review, and evaluate music from diverse cultures, historical periods, and genres.
- Understand how music is created and communicated, developing skills in pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure, and musical notation.
In Year 4, pupils take part in whole-class trumpet lessons with Berkshire Maestros, while EYFS children explore music through play and topic work, supporting wider learning and social development. Lessons are weekly and include interactive activities, performance, improvisation, and composition.
We are committed to inclusion, ensuring all pupils, including those with SEND, can fully participate. Adaptations and support help every child engage confidently with music.
Beyond the classroom, pupils have opportunities to:
- Join the school choir from Year 2 upwards.
- Take part in extracurricular lessons through Rocksteady (guitar, piano, drums).
- Perform for parents, the school, and the local community, including the Winter and Summer Fayres and the Hexagon Theatre in Reading as part of WASMA.
- Each Key Stage also participates in a biweekly singing assembly, providing regular opportunities for collective singing.
- Take part in Harvest, Christmas, and Easter celebrations.
