Intent

Our intention is that children gain a firm understanding of what music is through listening, singing, playing, evaluating, analysing, and composing. We believe that all children are capable of becoming confident, expressive performers. We intend to allow the music curriculum to flow through the entirety of the school. We want to ensure that music is closely intertwined with each class topic to build an immersive learning environment.

Music Learning from 2024-2025

The children considered the features of superhero theme tunes and worked collaboratively to create original superhero compositions.

The children developed their superhero theme tunes by adding tempo changes to make them more exciting.

In this lesson, children performed their final piece. 

Children performed in groups to showcase their final piece. 

Children experimented with a range of instruments. 

Year 4 have composed and performed a basic rhythmic break. 

In music, Year 4 have played syncopated rhythms as part of a group. 

In music, year 4 have understood and played syncopated rhythms.

In Year 2, we have incorporated recorder in to our current unit 'Myths and legends'. We learnt some basic notes and practiced holding and playing the instrument. 

The nursery children enjoyed acting out a boat journey and moving their bodies according to the tempo of the music.

Sing Out at Doncaster Dome

Children recently took part in the Sing Out event at Doncaster Dome – a fantastic experience where they had the opportunity to hear and perform live music in front of a real audience. They thoroughly enjoyed the event and were an absolute credit to their school.

It was truly heartwarming to see pupils from different schools coming together, united through the joy of music. Events like this not only showcase the talents of young performers but also celebrate the power of music to bring communities together.

The children were learning how to recognise low and high sounds in a superhero theme tune.

The children in nursery learnt and performed a song, 'Street Party', as part of our whole school VE Celebrations. The children sang, learnt actions and waved flags and streamers to the music.

Year 1 had a wonderful time celebrating VE Day. They learnt the song ‘You are my sunshine’ with sign language from 1940 to perform in assembly. 

Children in Reception enjoyed joining in with action songs and finding the beat and exploring tempo. They really enjoyed dancing and performing to others.

Year 4 have created and performed and ostinato. They have then given feedback to their peers, applied the feedback an performed again for their peers. 

Year 4 have performed a vocal ostinato!

Year 4 have sung in two parts using expression and dynamics about a river. 

In this lesson, children worked on creating a tempo. 

The children used instruments in a class performance, keeping the pulse and rhythm.

The children explored dynamics by creating different character voices.

Children learnt about the four different groups of musical instruments, where they are positioned in the orchestra, their different sounds and the role of the conductor.

Year 4 have built, improved and composed their own body percussion composition. 

Year 4 created musical rhythms using body percussion. 

Year 4 followed musical instructions for creating body percussion.

Year 4 identified structure and texture in music and they performed body percussion music as a class.

In this lesson, children used a tuned percussion instrument to play a song, they learnt 'ABC' following the music. 

In this lesson, children use the Glockenspiel to accompany their song 'Once a man fell in a well', focusing on pitch and following the music. 

The children have enjoyed exploring different musical instruments. They then made their own instruments out of recyclable materials and played their instruments along to the music.  The children were encouraged to play loudly, quietly, quickly or slowly when appropriate.

Children accessed the instruments; drums, maracas, and tambourines and the children explored rhythms. They compare how different cultures express themselves through music and movement.

To celebrate they learning the children have done in class, we invited parents to come and see our spectacular showcase. The children became Viking families, monks, saga tellers and women to explain what Viking life was like and sang songs and used instruments to bring history to life!

Let's Go A-Viking!!!

In this lesson, the children enjoyed using their simple rhythmic notation to compose and perform a Viking battle song.

The School choir represented the school with Miss Dyson and Miss McBride when they attended 'Young Voices 2025' in Sheffield. All children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and behaved impeccably, well done! 

The children in year 5 were lucky enough to have a visit from a member of The Beat Goes On, who worked with the children to understand the famous Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet. By using body percussion and other percussion instruments, they were able to explore key scenes and lines within the play and express their understanding through music.

Take a look at the wonderful session above...

In Music - Theme and Variations - Year 6 enjoyed using lots of different way of body percussion and voices to create different sounds and tone...

Year 4 children have improvised in a Calypso style using a pentatonic scale.

Year 4 recognised and performed quavers from staff notation. 

Year 4 have understood how and why percussion instruments can be used in Calypso music.

In this lesson, the children enjoyed using the notations to use simple rhythmic notation to compose a Viking battle song.

Year 1 loved getting the opportunity to learn about and play the percussion instruments. They developed their understanding of rhythm and how to play different rhythms on the instruments. 

Year 3 enjoyed taking part in the live birthday celebrations for Bob Marley‘s 80th Birthday, with young voices global worldwide singalong.

In this lesson, the children enjoyed understanding simple rhythmic notations to compose a Viking battle song.

Year 2 enjoyed learning all about Orchestral instruments. They selected from a range of instruments to pair with a script they devised to retell the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, well done Year 2!

Children in Reception used percussion instruments to represent the sounds in the story, 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. Children chose an instrument to represent the grass, river, mud, forest, snow and the cave. They decided which instrument would be best, explain why and decide if they would play it loud of quiet and quick or slow. The children played their instruments at the correct part in the story.

So far in our music unit, we have been looking at how to sing in time with others, and understanding simple rhythmic notation to compose a Viking battle song. The children enjoyed adding actions to our performance.

It was so nice to hear the children in year 5 performing what they had learnt about chords by playing together as a class. As they took turns, they supported their partners when changing notes and keeping to a beat.

The children consolidated the key musical concepts from the unit in a final performance.

The children learnt about pitch and rhythm by adding a new character to the underwater piece.

The children in year 5, learnt about chords and how they are structured from different pitches of sound. They then used this information to learn the first line of the 12-bar blues.

In this lesson, children explored how music and sound effects can tell a story. 

The children listened to and clapped out different rhythms of a clicking camera while keeping the beat.

The children in year 5, spent their first lesson of the unit learning about the genre of Blues music and its key features. They explored its history and then learnt a famous Blues song from The Simpson, with some children taking the opportunity to sing solo.

We listened to the lyrics and melody of “Teddy Bear’s Picnic” by John Walter Bratton and Jimmy Kennedy. We enjoyed moving to the music on our own, with a partner and all together in a circle. We talked about the music made us feel. 

Year 2 enjoyed listening to an orchestra and discussing the tempo and dynamics of the music. They then explored using instruments focusing on changing the tempo and dynamics. 

Year 1 explored dynamics to represent the different fish under the sea. They carefully listened to the music and described which fish might match the dynamics and tempo of the different parts. They also thought about which instrument could be used.

 In this lesson, the children explored tempo changes through movement. The children played the role of the diver and ‘swam’ around the room to the music.

Year 6 now know that the conductor beats time to help the performers work well together, understand that improvisation means making up music ‘on the spot’, that texture can be created by adding or removing instruments in a piece and can create the effect of dynamic change and that timbre can also be thought of as ‘tone colour’ and can be described in many ways.

The children have learnt about traditional Christmas music. The songs involved singing, voice sounds and playing musical instruments.

The School choir visited Frenchgate shopping centre to sing carols and raise money. It was an enjoyable morning for all, the children even had a special visitor....Father Christmas and one of his elves who joined in for a song! So many parents also attended the event and as ever we are so grateful for the generous donations. 

The School choir visited our local ASDA to sing carols and raise money to fund our 'Young Voices' trip. It was lovely to see so many people joining in with the carols, well done. 

The School choir visited Dr Anderson Lodge, a local care home to sing carols, everyone enjoyed it and joined in. The children were extremely grateful for the juice and cake as a treat at the end, well done. 

The year 1 children learnt how to keep a pulse and show a sound pattern using bodies and voices. Here is a video of them singing the end of the friend name game.

In Music the children have been learning about music from a range of cultural and religious celebrations, including Diwali and Hanukkah. We enjoyed dancing with streamers to Diwali music and playing traditional Jewish instruments.

In this lesson children copied and created their own sound patterns. 

In this lesson, children were looking at what a ballad is, and using musical vocabulary to explain the stylistic features of a ballad. The children created a story board to describe each stage of a song.

In this lesson, the children have been performing a Ballad. The children have been exploring how actions can impact a performance.

Children used a range of instruments to create short sounds with varied dynamics that represent an animal.

Year 4 have composed rhythmic patterns for a gumboot dance.

Year 4 have recognised and played semibreves by ear and from staff notation. 

Year three enjoyed having a focus on Music for Black history week in school. The children have enjoyed learning about influential musicians Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Armstrong. The children have been focusing on performing and composing the famous piece of music by Louis Armstrong ‘What a wonderful world’. The children also enjoyed showcasing their learning to children and staff members at Holy Family School.

Year 2 enjoyed presenting their class assembly, focusing on the theme of harvest. They were brilliant at remembering their lines and spreading the important messages of thankfulness and the important job our farmers do for us.

Year 4 have used glockenspiels to recognise and play minims, by ear and from staff notation, moving up and down by step.