Music

At Martinshaw School we aim to:

Promote and support curriculum music for all children as an entitlement through their classroom experiences, and follow the national curriculum.

• Provide experiences and resources which promote knowledge, skills and understanding in music, in relation to both their own and other’s traditions.
• Provide learning experiences in music which promote confidence and development of the child.
• Promote a music curriculum with relevant differentiated experiences.
• Promote progression and continuity in music through careful curriculum planning and monitoring, in line with the school’s assessment and recording policies.
• Promote opportunities for the child to further develop musical skills through an extended curriculum.
• Promote the continuing development of expertise and confidence in music for all/relevant members of staff.
• Recognise ways in which ICT may be incorporated into, and developed by the music curriculum and used to enhance the musical experiences of all children.
• Provide all children, during KS2, at least one opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument taught by a specialist music teacher.