Curriculum Intent

Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. 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. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music,      allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon.

At St. Basil’s we believe our music curriculum should engage and inspire children to develop a love of music and develop their talent as musicians through listening, performing, composing and appraising.  Our high-quality music teaching and curriculum will increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement which will enable them to participate in a variety of musical experiences through their years at St. Basil’s.

Aims inc. NC requirements

In Key stage 1 children 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 children 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.

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National Curriculum Mapping

At St. Basil's we base our curriculum on the National Curriculum.  Please follow the links below to view the National Curriculum 2014 document.

National Curriculum 2014

Subject Progession

We adapt the National Curriculum to meet the needs of our pupils. At St Basil's we have progression documents that identify key points of learning throughout the academic year.

Please follow the links below to view the overviews and progression of our Art curriculum: