‘A high-quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement’ - Mary Myatt

Through our teaching at South Gosforth First School we want to encourage our children to experience and enjoy listening to and creating music. We will create opportunities for the children to sing and play music using a variety of instruments. Each lesson will include opportunities to listen to and appraise music from a wide variety of genres, types and different cultures from around the world. Teachers will explain concepts using clear musical vocabulary which will be built upon throughout the children’s musical education.

There will be clear communication of musical ideas using this vocabulary and modelling of these ideas – either by the teacher or use of appropriate resources (audio/video). Some music lessons will include freedom and opportunities for the children to compose music and choose appropriate instruments to capture an effect. Co-operation and turn taking will also be encouraged through group work as well as the opportunity to perform within the class. This will lead into the children giving and receiving feedback on their own and others performance to build up confidence in this subject area. We would also look to bring in notation throughout their time at South Gosforth – beginning with simple graphical representations of music but progressing to more formal notation of rhythm and melody.

Please see below some of our key documents linked to the teaching of Music here at South Gosforth First School, including a Music Subject Overview, Music Whole School Progression & Assessment document and Music Long Term Plans for each year group: