Vision and Intent
At St Anne’s, our intent is that every pupil is a musician, developing as a performer, singer, and
composer; with the ability to listen and to critically analyse music.
The National Curriculum is at the heart of
the document, developing incremental improvement lesson by lesson and building on the ambition of the
Model Music Curriculum.
Singing is a “Golden Thread” (National Plan for Music Education) ensuring that pupils sing and develop
their technique every lesson. Pupils will develop deep musical knowledge of music through demonstrating
the musical skills they have learnt. All pupils enjoy our weekly singing assembly which gives them an
opportunity to be part of a large choral ensemble.
The three pillars of learning; technical, constructive, and expressive are all embedded through practical
music making and analysis. By giving explicit singing and listening examples we are making sure that
pupils are exposed to a breadth of musical styles and genres, embedding the work of the great composers
as key artists in that particular style.
High quality music teaching is our goal, making sure that there is progression between all Key stages,
ensuring standard use of vocabulary and being explicit in the musical knowledge and skills pupils will learn
by the end of KS2. This will ensure that continued high-quality music teaching at Key stage 3 can take
place through these deeply embedded skills. Repetition and incremental improvement are key to effective
music learning, making sure that deep knowledge is embedded and that pupils don’t purely experience
music.
Our class teachers are experts in adapting our curriculum to meet the needs of children with additional
needs and/or disabilities, and these bespoke adaptations ensure that music can be enjoyed by all.