Intent
At Sun Academy Bradwell our aim is to offer quality music lessons in a fun and engaging musical atmosphere through a range of musical experiences that will inspire them to develop a life-long love of music. Music opportunities will develop increased self-esteem and self-confidence allowing children to engage and take part in group and individual opportunities throughout their time here. Children will learn skills to help them work collaboratively with people from within our academy and outside professionals, offering an enriching and exciting curriculum with possibilities to learn instruments and musical notations. Music can be a wonderful way for children to learn to express their emotions and this will enable us to support children with their mental health and wellbeing in school.
Children will learn to listen and appraise a diverse range of genres and artists, while learning to understand the musical elements as building blocks.
Curriculum
As an academy, we have a subscription for Charanga. Charanga provides clear lesson plans with progression from Early Years through to Year Six. These cover a range of musical skills including pulse/beat, rhythm, structure, dynamics, timbre, texture, melodic shape, tempo, pitch, volume and genre, as well as opportunities to sing, play instruments and perform.
In the Early Years, music is planned through the four musical areas from Musical Development Matters – Hearing and Listening, Vocalising and Singing, Moving and Dancing, Exploring and Playing. In Early Years, music is planned in everyday, through morning songs and cross curricular links with topics where possible. Children have invitations to engage with sound making everyday within the indoor and outdoor environments.
In Key Stage 1 and 2, classes aim to deliver a unit from Charanga as a block, supporting the sequence of learning and building of schemas. There are opportunities within each half term for all classes to engage with musical performances with the Harvest Festival, Christmas Plays, Easter Service and end of year performances.
