Music

Intent

Music is taught throughout the school by a music specialist with each class receiving around an hour’s music lesson every week.   Our Intent is that the pupils access high quality and authentic opportunities to learn in music and that through these opportunities the children are able to access creativity, resilience, cultural understanding and communication skills.

Impact

is that each child sees themselves as a creative musician who can participate in music making and appreciation whilst developing self-expression, communication skills and a cultural understanding of music history.  Our current extra-curricular music provision includes KS1 and KS2 choirs, school band and percussion groups. Peripatetic music teachers visit the school on a weekly basis, giving individual or group lessons in vocals, strings, guitar, drums, piano and keyboard. The school also invests in the Whole Class Ensemble Tuition scheme, run by York Arts Education, which provides class lessons in violin and ukulele in Year 4. Singing is an essential part of all musical learning and singing together is an important part of our school life. Additional music workshops are provided by the Music Education Group at York University. All our children have the opportunity to take part in performances throughout the year, as well as additional projects such as the Minster Outreach Project.  

Implementation

The Music curriculum is created in line with the National Curriculum using elements of Kodaly, Dalcroze and Orff: Music Knowledge Sequencing at Knavesmire.

Our Music Policy

You can read our KPS Music Policy and long-term plan here. You can also read the Knavesmire Primary Music Development Plan here.

Music lessons

For a list of the current tutors operating in school along with contact details please click here.

Useful links and resources

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Benedetti Foundation

The well known violinist Nicola Benedetti has started an educational foundation and they have been sharing videos of musical activities on their website: https://www.benedettifoundation.org/resources

Wigmore Hall

The Wigmore Hall have shared videos and resources linked to their live concerts for children. There are also musical activities for children to do at home: https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/learning/music-at-home 

BBC: Bring the Noise

The BBC education platform has a huge amount of activities available to do at home under the name Bring the Noise: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise 

Sing Up

Sing Up, a singing resource subscription service, has enabled access to a variety of free singing resources: https://www.singup.org/singupathome 

Portsmouth Music Hub

Portsmouth Music Hub have created a brand new resource tool kit with recordings of songs suitable for primary aged children: https://www.portsmouthmusichub.org/118594

Opera North

Opera North have created a new online home music programme for childre aged 7-11, delivered by specialist Opera North tutors. The programme will enable a holistic understanding of music and includes the opportunity to learn an instrument. The Programme contains a fee of £108 per term. 

https://www.operanorth.co.uk/whats-on/home-music-programme/

Leicester-Shire Music Hub

Leicestershire Music Hub have created a list of free music technology resources to be used at home:

https://leicestershiremusichub.org/prim-music-tech

NYCOS

The National Youth Choir of Scotland have created a series of video resources to develop musicianship skills at home. Accessible for all children of all ages the videos are based on the educational principles and teachings of Kodaly which we follow in our school music lessons.

https://www.nycos.co.uk/learn/video-resources/