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At Bricknell Primary School, the teaching of Music has been carefully considered to enable our pupils to become skilled and confident musicians. Our curriculum aims to provide the children with a secure understanding of music through singing, listening, performing, and composing.
At Bricknell, we follow the Charanga Music Scheme in the Spring and Summer Term. Alongside this our highly skilled subject leader has carefully worked to create a Musical Notation Theory Unit of work that is taught in the Autumn Term. This will provide our pupils with the knowledge and skills required to read music confidently and master the different elements of music. Similarly, a Listening and Appraising Unit of work has been devised that will run alongside the Musical Notation Theory Unit and Charanga’s Music Scheme.
In Nursery, children learn about Music through the Expressive Arts and Design, Being Imaginative and Expressive, area of [...]
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