Music

In key stage 1, pupils should be taught to:

• use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and
  rhymes
• play tuned and untuned instruments musically
• listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded
  music
• experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions
  of music.

In key stage 2, pupils should be taught to sing and play musically with increasing confidence and control.
They should develop an understanding of musical composition, organising and
manipulating ideas within musical structures and reproducing sounds from aural memory.

Pupils should be taught to:

• play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical
  instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
• improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related
  dimensions of music
• listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
• use and understand staff and other musical notations
• appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn
  from different traditions and from great composers and musicians
• develop an understanding of the history of music

Schools Singing Programme

We are proud to be part of the Diocese of Leeds Schools Singing Programme. Years 3 and 4 receive weekly singing sessions delivered by an expert Choral Director from the Diocese, focusing on positive engagement with singing and supporting the Catholic life of the school through sacred music. The sessions offer practical and incremental coverage of areas of the music curriculum – including notation – in a two-year curriculum framework developed by the Diocese and the National Schools Singing Programme.

As a result of this, our pupils also have the opportunity to join one of the Diocese’s acclaimed after-school choirs, which offer an incredible opportunity to pursue a passion for singing and music. You can find online resources that support this work on the Schools Singing Programme’s YouTube channel (www.schoolssingingprogramme.org.uk). Our local Diocese choir is the Bishop Konstant Youth Choir – please contact office@dioceseofleedsmusic.org.uk for more information about joining.

Curriculum Intent

Music Policy 2025-26

Music Implementation Plan 2025-26

Charanga music long term plan 2025-26

Skills Progression & Assessment – Singing

Y1 & 2 – Autumn Planning

Y1 & 2 – Spring Planning

Y1 & 2 – Summer Planning

Y3 & 4 – Autumn Planning

Y3 & 4 – Spring Planning

Y3 & 4 – Summer Planning

English Martyrs Years 1 & 2 – Autumn, Report 2025-26

English Martyrs Years 3 & 4 – Autumn Report 2025-26

Vocab Progression

To be updated

Impact

Foundation Stage