Music
Welcome to Darnhall's Music Page
It is essential to provide opportunities for all children to create, play, perform and enjoy music, to develop skills and appreciate a wide variety of musical forms.
At Darnhall Primary we aim to make music an enjoyable learning experience. We encourage children to participate in a variety of musical experiences through which we endeavour to build up the confidence of all children. Children are given the opportunity to discover, explore and develop technical skills through practical music lessons.
We use the Kapow music scheme, which provides everything you need for teaching primary music, week by week. Written by leading experts in primary music education, Kapow has quality and engaging music lessons with careful progression built in, from Early Years to Age 11. It is easy to use for teachers with little confidence in music, and allows flexibility for music specialists.
Below you can find the atatched the intent, implementation and impact document link:
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Curriculum Information
Kapow provides a scheme of work that helps to develop all areas of music. This includes:
- Performing
- Listening
- Composing
- The history of music
- Inter-related dimensions of music: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, texture, structure, timbre.
Through Kapow Music, pupils develop their musical knowledge and skills through a carefully sequenced curriculum. In Key Stage 1, pupils complete five Kapow Music units alongside one ABRSM 100 unit, which focuses on developing composing skills and understanding the elements of music. Each unit builds towards a final performance, giving children the opportunity to share and celebrate their learning with their classmates.
As they progress through the school, pupils explore a wide range of musical genres and styles, from jazz and classical music to pop and rock and roll. In Key Stage 2, pupils complete four Kapow Music units, one ABRSM 100 unit and two units of ukulele tuition, enabling them to develop both their performance and instrumental skills. As a team, we have carefully linked music topics to other areas of the curriculum where appropriate. For example, when pupils learn about the Vikings in history, they also explore Viking music, helping to deepen their understanding, make meaningful connections across subjects and support the development of sticky knowledge.
The content of Kapow Primary’s Music units has been categorised into four key strands: Performing; Listening; Composing; and The history of music, with one overarching strand: Inter-related dimensions of music. We have plotted our Music units against the Development matters statements and the Early learning goals for EYFS, and the national curriculum statements for KS1 and KS2 Music, and identified which of the strands each unit covers.
Below is a glossary of the seven elements that will be covered:
This document lists each of the music units covered by Kapow and a summary of what the children will be learning:
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Some good BBC Bitesize articles and videos covering these topics for KS2 here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/music-ks2
And KS1 here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/music-ks1
