At Hamstel Junior School, we want our children to love music. We want them to have no limits to their ambitions and grow up to be songwriters, composers or rock stars! We want children to know that anything is possible. Our vision, at Hamstel, is to give children access to an engaging and fun music curriculum reflecting the world they live in now, but at the same time giving them access to a wide variety of musical styles. We give children opportunities to build up their love of music,
self-confidence and sense of achievement. Our teaching focuses on developing the children’s ability to; sing in tune and with other people, play the glockenspiel and ukulele with increasing control, fluency and expression and appreciate a wide range of music from different genres and styles. 

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Year 3

 

In Year 3 children will learn:

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• to listen to range of high quality music

• to confidently recognise a range of musical instruments

• to find the pulse of different songs/music

• to understand what composition and improvisation are to sing songs and perform with increasing confidence

• to develop an understanding of formal, written notation which includes crotchets and rests

• to begin to listen to and recall sounds with increasing aural memory

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Year 4

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In Year 4 children will learn:

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• to confidently recognise a range of musical instruments and the different sounds

• to recognise a range of musical styles and traditions

• to use musical language to appraise a piece

• to copy increasingly challenging rhythms using body percussion and untuned instruments

• to sing and play as part of an ensemble with confidence and precision

• to develop an understanding of formal, written notation which included minims and quavers

• to listen to and recall sounds with increasing aural memory

 

Year 5

 

In Year 5 children will learn:

 

• to compose complex rhythms from an increasing aural memory

• to understand how pulse rhythm and pitch work together

• to improvise with increasing confidence using own voice, rhythms and varied pitch

• to sing, and perform with increasing confidence and precision

• to use and develop an understanding of formal, written notation which included staff, semibreves and dotted crotchets

• to develop an increasing understanding of the history and context of music

• to listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory

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Year 6

 

In Year 6 children will learn:

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• to sing, play and perform with confidence and precision

• to improvise and create a simple composition ad record using formal notation

• to develop a deeper understanding of the history of music drawn from traditions and composers

• to appropriately discuss the features of music and recognise them in music heard

• to listen and record sounds with increasing aural memory and accuracy

• to deepen an understanding and use of formal, written notation which includes staff, semibreves and dotted crotchets.

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