Parkend Primary School

Music

At Parkend Primary the intention is that children gain a firm understanding of what music is through listening, singing, playing, evaluating, analysing, and composing across a wide variety of historical periods, styles, traditions, and musical genres. Children will develop and learn the vocabulary of music enabling them to deepen their subject knowledge and communication skills.

The music curriculum is supported by our five drivers:

• Knowing me
• Future me
• Articulate me
• Creative me
• Stronger me

Our objective at Parkend Primary is to develop a curiosity for music, as well as an understanding of how music is used to communicate ideas and emotions, which can express a sense of belonging and identity. We are committed to ensuring children understand the value and importance of music in the wider community, and can use their musical skills, knowledge, and experiences to involve themselves in music, in a variety of different contexts. Our music curriculum at Parkend Primary school enables children to develop knowledge and skills that are communicable to other curriculum areas and is used to promote spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development as well as developing their communication skills.

This year at Parkend, we are very excited for KS2 to be learning how to play the Ukuele from a specialist music teacher through 'Gloucestershire Music' which is a chance to learn an instrument with specialist tuition. We strive for the children to have opportunities to experience and play instruments that they may not have played before. Therefore, over the Autumn terms all KS2 classes will be enriched and will be enhancing their musical knowledge, experiences and learning of Music, proudly performing at the end of the Ukuele block.