As pupils progress, they will develop a critical understanding of the interrelated dimensions of music through listening, composing, performing and learning the history of music. Throughout their school journey children will sing a breadth of repertoire in regular lessons and through extra-curricular opportunities.

Here at Coleshill Heath we foster the joy of playing musical instruments by encouraging children to be expressive and develop confidence through performance.

Music Curriculum

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Our Kapow music scheme takes on a holistic approach to music. It uses the 5 strands of performing, listening, composing, exploring the history of music and interrelated dimensions of music, which are woven together to create enriching and engaging experiences. The curriculum is a spiral model where previous skills and knowledge are revisited and built upon. Our curriculum will introduce children to music from around the world and across generations, celebrating with children the respect and appreciation for different communities. Children listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians.

In each unit, children are taught how to sing fluently and expressively and play tuned and untuned instruments. Children will learn to name and recognise the interrelated dimensions of music of pitch, duration, tempo, timbre, structure, texture and dynamics and children use these to improvise, compose and perform. Our curriculum ensures that lessons are accessed by all pupils and opportunities to stretch pupils learning when required.

Children at Coleshill Heath School have opportunities to develop performance, confidence and musical skills. Children work in collaboration with other local schools performing at local events in the community, developing and widening their skills in singing, performing and playing instruments. Our high-quality musical education progresses and challenges pupils to gain the knowledge and skills needed to become rounded musicians. Kapow music lessons are taught in years 1,2,4 and 6 for 45 minutes a week, every week. The Solihull Music Service deliver WCIT music lessons for 1 hour, every week to year 3 and year 5. They deliver ukulele WCIT to Year 3 and Guitar WICT to year 5.

Key Skills in EYFS

At Coleshill Heath, we understand that making music with others is key for the development of communication, interaction and expression. In our EYFS we follow a bespoke curriculum exploring singing a range of well-known nursery rhymes, poems, stories and songs. Language from the nursery rhymes and songs are explored in the environment during continuous provision to develop communication and language. We provide children with the opportunities to explore beat, tempo, pitch and rhythm through listening, moving and dancing to a wide range of music and through playing tuned an untuned instruments.

Key Skills in Key Stage 1

In KS1, children build on these skills further using their voices creativity and expressively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes. Children learn to play a variety of tuned and untuned instruments, experimenting with sound and combining simple beats and rhythms. Children listen to music in every lesson from variety of musical eras, cultures and from around the world.

Key Skills in upper Key Stage 2

In KS2, musical knowledge is widened by developing an understanding of the history of music and appreciating music from different traditions and cultures. Listening skills are more established with increased attention to detail and aural memory. Children are able to distinguish the relationship between sounds and can confidently use the interrelated dimensions of music. When playing and performing children use their voices and play musical instruments with increased accuracy, control and expression. Throughout their learning journey children will improvise and compose music for a range of purposes and in a variety of styles. Pupils will to use and understand staff and other musical notations.

Our music provision is inclusive for all children, including those children with SEND. Children’s individual needs are considered and adaptations are made and planned so that they will succeed. Reasonable adjustments are put into place so that children have the opportunity to thrive in music. Some adaptions may include:

Mixed ability pairing/grouping
Adapting resources depending on the ability of the child such as using visuals or dotted, coloured strings, keys
Deployment of teaching staff
Having discussions with children about how music makes them feel
Having a wide range of musical instruments and resources
Modelled language and repetition

Music Inclusion

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Music development plan summary :
Coleshill Heath School

Overview

Detail	Information
Academic year that this summary covers	2024 - 2025
Date this summary was published	September 2024
Date this summary will be reviewed	September 2025
Name of the school music lead	Miss Thomson
Name of school leadership team member with responsibility for music (if different)	Mr Russell
Name of local music hub	Solihull Music Service
Name of other music education organisation(s) (if partnership in place)	NA

This is a summary of how our school delivers music education to all our pupils across three areas – curriculum music, co-curricular provision and musical experiences – and what changes we are planning in future years. This information is to help pupils and parents or carers understand what our school offers and who we work with to support our pupils’ music education.

Part A: Curriculum music

This is about what we teach in lesson time, how much time is spent teaching music and any music qualifications or awards that pupils can achieve.

At Coleshill Heath we believe that music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. We offer a robust curriculum which is practical, exploratory and encompasses a child-led approach to musical learning. As pupils progress, they will develop a critical understanding of the interrelated dimensions of music through listening, composing, performing and learning the history of music. Throughout their school journey, children will sing a breadth of repertoire in regular lessons and through extra-curricular opportunities. Here at Coleshill Heath, we foster the joy of playing musical instruments by encouraging children to be expressive and develop confidence through performance.

At Coleshill Heath, we teach Music using the Kapow Music scheme and through the support of our local Music Hub. Our scheme of work fulfils the statutory requirements of the National Curriculum (2014).

Kapow provides a classroom-based, participatory and inclusive approach to music learning. Throughout the scheme, our children are actively involved in using and developing their singing voices, using body percussion and whole-body actions, and learning to handle and play classroom instruments effectively to create and express their own and others’ music. Through a range of whole class, group and individual activities, children at Coleshill Heath have opportunities to explore sounds, listen actively, compose and perform. During music lessons, children are given opportunities to learn music-specific vocabulary in a meaningful context. They learn to recognise and name the interrelated dimensions of music - pitch, duration, tempo, timbre, structure, texture and dynamics - and use these expressively in their own improvisations and compositions. The children are given opportunities to apply their skills and given a chance for collaboration through composition.

Our high-quality musical education progresses and challenges pupils to gain the knowledge and skills needed to become rounded musicians. Kapow music lessons are taught in years 1,2,4 and 6 for 45 minutes a week, every week. The Solihull Music Service deliver WCIT music lessons for 1 hour, every week to year 3 and year 5. They deliver ukulele WCIT to Year 3 and Guitar WICT to year 5.

Mixed ability pairing/grouping
Adapting resources depending on the ability of the child such as using visuals or dotted, coloured strings, keys
Deployment of teaching staff
Having discussions with children about how music makes them feel
Having a wide range of musical instruments and resources
Modelled language and repetition

At Coleshill Heath, staff will complete formative assessments on the children’s progress in Music. An assessment quiz will be completed at the end of every unit, at the end of each half term. This is available within each unit on Kapow. A percentage score for each quiz will be generated and the RAW scores are input into our formative assessment database. Teachers will use this information to evaluate learning and support their planning and teaching of each unit.

The first and last lesson in each unit is filmed to ensure teachers can assess the children progress. Video evidence is used to ensure teachers can assess the children progress over time.

At the end of the year, the teacher makes a summary judgement about the musical skills and development of each pupil in relation to the National Curriculum or Foundation Stage Framework on our assessment database.

Pupils in the Foundation Stage each have a Foundation Stage Profile where teachers record their progress in the Expressive Arts specific area.

Part B: Co-curricular music

This is about opportunities for pupils to sing and play music, outside of lesson time, including choirs, ensembles and bands, and how pupils can make progress in music beyond the core curriculum.

At Coleshill Heath School, we provide children with access to wider musical opportunities. Our school works closely with The Solihull Music Service to support delivering our music curriculum. Our local Solihull Music Hub deliver WCIT lessons to year 3 and year 5.

The Solihull Music Service provide weekly instrumental tuition to Looked After Children across school. These children have access to learn to play an instrument of their choice and have opportunities to perform to their peers and other year groups.

The Solihull Music Service provides weekly instrumental sessions for year 5 children are Gifted and Talented in music.

We have our own school choir led by an experienced performer for KS1 and KS2. The choir perform in school, to families and within the wider community, in collaboration with other schools.

We provide extra-curricular instrumental opportunities through school clubs. We offer a recorder lunch time club led by an experienced music teacher for KS2. We also offer an afterschool guitar club led by an experienced musician for KS2. Both music clubs have opportunities to perform across the year to both other children and their families.

Part C: Musical experiences

This is about all the other musical events and opportunities that we organise, such as singing in assembly, concerts and shows, and trips to professional concerts.

Across all key stages, children have a range of opportunities to experience live musical theatre performances. Children in year 6 attend the theatre as part of their residential experience. Children have the opportunity to visit local secondary schools to watch performances. Children have a pantomime experience annually.

We pride ourselves in providing opportunities for children to perform in school and in the local community. Each year group take part performing in Christmas plays and nativities and Year 6 lead an end of year performance. These are performed to other key stages and with families.

Our school choir have performed with collaboration with other schools at Young Voices. We sing Christmas carols at the Chelmsley Wood light switch on. We also join together with local schools to perform at local events and at the Solihull Music Hub Summer festival. We provide parents with opportunities to watch us perform in assemblies, after school shows and at the Summer fair.

Our recorder and guitar club have performed in assemblies.

World music events are celebrated within the school. National Nursery Rhyme Week and World Music Day are organised by the music lead.

The overall provision is diverse, valuing all musical styles, genres and traditions equally; this is reflected in the clubs and enrichment programme and drawing on the skills, talents and interests of staff and local Music Hub through specialist tuition.

In 2023 we were presented a Silver ArtsMark Award.

In the future

This is about what the school is planning for subsequent years.

At Coleshill Heath School we are dedicated to continuously evaluating and enhancing out music provision.

Opportunities for transition into secondary school. The subject Music leader will work with Music leads in secondary feeder schools to organise workshops and performance opportunities with the children to help support with transitions in the Summer term.
Develop further opportunities for children across the school to work collaboratively with a range of local schools in music performance.
Improve the focus on assessment in music. The music subject leader will regularly review assessment data and support teachers to pinpoint areas where children’s potential gaps in students’ learning needs to be addressed. This process will begin immediately and continue throughout the year. By identifying and addressing gaps in learning, we can understand what needs to be revisited and where we go next.
Creating more opportunities for children to perform. The music subject leader will continue working with teachers and external providers so that children in clubs and in class/year groups have the opportunity to perform to others on a small or large scale each term.
Enhancing teacher’s subject knowledge. Music CPD will become more of a priority to ensure all staff and most importantly ECTs. The music subject leader will work with teachers and support staff providing music CPD, supporting with planning and adaptations and subject knowledge. This will be conducted through team teach, staff meetings and through timely feedback from conducting learning walks.

At Coleshill Heath School we provide children with access to wider musical opportunities. Our school works closely with external providers to support delivering our music curriculum.

The Solihull Music Service provides weekly instrumental sessions for year 6 children who are Gifted and Talented in music.