Intent

At Marlow Church of England Infant School we believe that music is fundamental to humanity and especially our local community. Every child deserves the opportunity to engage with all styles of music and cultures in order to shape their own musical journey. 

Our music curriculum aims to provide all pupils with a high-quality music education which engages and inspires children to develop a life-long love of music; increasing self-confidence, teamwork, musicianship and overall a sense of personal achievement. Through our music curriculum, all children develop their talents in all aspects of music, including composition, listening, singing and performing.

Implementation 

In line with the national curriculum. Over a variety of topics in music lesson and across the wider school experience, the children are taught and exposed to:

• Use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes
• Play tuned and untuned percussion
• 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.

Music at Marlow C of E Infant School is fully inclusive and all children participate in all activities and lessons. The children are surrounded by music and song throughout the school day and music is taught across the school using the Kapow teaching platform by class teachers. Children in Reception are taught music every week throughout the year from the Autumn 2 half-term for 45 minutes. In Key Stage 1 children are taught music once every half-term starting in the Autumn 2 half-term for 1 hour.

All of our children are involved in weekly hymn practices, nativities and a range of school musical performances. Some of our annual events include, but are not limited to Praise in the Park, LoveMarlow, Harvest Festival, Advent Service, The Big Sing, singing to our local U3A community, Sandygate Sunday services at All Saints Church and singing to Father Christmas at our Christmas by Candle Light service at the end of the Autumn Term. It is wonderful to see the confidence and musicianship growing during the 3 years the children are with us. 

Impact

The impact of the music-rich environment we provide for all of our children is that children develop a love of music, the confidence and courage to have a go and the resilience to keep trying. This in turn supports their development and learning across the wider curriculum.  

"I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music." 

 

- Billy Joel