Music at Red Hall

“The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.” ~ Roy Ayers

What is the intent of our Music curriculum?

First and foremost, the intention of our curriculum is to help children feel that they can be musicians, and to develop a life-long love of music. We focus on developing the skills, knowledge and understanding that children need in order to become confident performers, composers and listeners. Our curriculum introduces children to music from all around the world and across generations, teaching children to respect and appreciate the music of all traditions and communities. Music plays an important role in helping children to feel part of a community; this is something close to our heart at Red Hall. Through our music curriculum, we can travel the world; visit new cultures and understand other ways of life. We encourage all of our children to embrace their talents, discover new abilities and, through our creative lessons, your child could even discover a lifelong. 

How do we implement our Music curriculum?

At Red Hall, we follow a scheme called Kapow. By using this scheme, we are able to provide engaging, clear, and relevant lessons and resources that are regularly improved and reviewed by experts in the music field. Children are given the opportunity to listen to and appreciate different genres of music whilst understanding that they may not enjoy every style. They are able to critique, compliment and understand many genres. Within each unit, the children have the opportunity to use a number of different instruments.

What is the impact of our Music curriculum?

Children at Red Hall can often find it hard to express their feelings, we want them to see that music is a unique way of communicating that can inspire and motivate. Music at Red Hall can offer children a chance to flourish and become musicians. Our music lessons will ensure that children develop their skills of singing; playing tuned and untuned instruments; improvising and composing music; and, listening to and responding to music. They will develop an understanding of the history and cultural context of the music that they listen to and learn that music can be written down and read. Through music, our curriculum helps children develop transferrable skills, which are vital to children’s development as learners and beyond.

What experiences will the children receive in Music?

We will ensure that all children will receive opportunities and experiences at Red Hall and that without school; they may not get the same offer. Children have the opportunity to engage in memorable moments, such as participation in song contests, workshops and celebrations in which children work with their classes to create their own music and performance to the school. They have the opportunity to to participate in extra-curricular activities such as the school choir and partake in termly performances which take place outside of school at care homes, our local churches and other areas of the community. Weekly singing assemblies where children are introduced to a range of genres and musicians.

By the end of their time at Red Hall, what will all our children have taken from Music?

At Red Hall, we hope children will realise that music is more than just singing a song> and understand different genres of music. They will have learned music terminology and notation as well as knowing how to perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions. Children will know how to sing and use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others as well as having had the opportunity to learn a musical instrument and explored how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations. Most importantly, children should have developed their creativity by exploring a wide range of musical aspects and know how music is influenced by the time, place and purpose for which it was written

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