Music
Leadership of Music at Grove Primary School.
Accountable & Responsible: Miss Tara Butterfield
Curriculum Intent
Curriculum Implementation
Our music curriculum uses Music Express as a resource to cover our Key Concepts of the music curriculum: Structure, Notation, Performing, Composing, Beat, Pitch Exploring Sound.
As well as this, we aim to offer other musical opportunities for our children. These include:
- Individual/group guitar and ukulele lessons
- Rock Choir
- Opportunities for performances in the local area
Music is taught weekly in KS1 and is taught in alternate half terms with Spanish in KS2.
Private Music Tuition
We offer ukulele and guitar lessons for KS2- these lessons are delivered by Mr Graham Syed.
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Please enquire at the school office if you would like your child to take part.
Musician of the Month
Our Musician of the Month is promoted across the school. This is done so in class and in assemblies allowing children to learn some more about the history of music and the impact that the artists have on the music world today. There is one classical musician per term, popular music and musical traditions with a spread of diversity, gender, world and UK musicians.
Curriculum Impact
Throughout the child’s journey at Grove their musical skills and understanding are built year on year, from singing nursery rhymes and action songs from memory and performing simple rhythm patterns on tuned and untuned percussion instruments in Early Years, progressing their skills and understanding in KS1 to further developing their skills and knowledge of the subject in KS2, where the children access music confidently, and have the ability to read and follow a simple musical or graphical score. Throughout all of this the child’s enjoyment of music is a key element, running alongside the ‘taught’ musical skills and objectives. Our uptake of our Rock Choir is testament to the enjoyment of music across the school.
Music Progression AssessmentGrove Music Development Plan 2025
Music Example MTP