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At Wilbury, we use the Charanga Primary Music curriculum.

Using this scheme, all year groups have access to a library of songs and resources that we incorporate into our teaching. All children are catered for, from those who are beginning their journeys into learning an instrument to those who have yet to have an opportunity to do so.  

For more information on Charanga, please use the following link: 

https://charanga.com/site/musical-school/

During the Autumn term, these are the Charanga units for each year group:  

  • Year 3 Writing down Music, Playing in a Band  

  • Year 4 Musical Structures, Exploring Feelings when you Play  

  • Year 5 Melody and Harmony in Music, Sing and Play in Different Styles  

  • Year 6 Music and Technology, Developing Ensemble Skills  

 

  During the Spring term, these are the Charanga units for each year group:  

  • Year 3 Composing using your Imagination, More Musical Syles  

  • Year 4 Compose with your Friends, Feelings Through Music  

  • Year 5 Composing and Chords, Enjoying Musical Styles  

  • Year 6 Creative Composition, Musical Styles Connect Us  

  

During the Summer term, these are the Charanga units for each year group:  

  • Year 3 Enjoying Improvisation, Opening Night  

  • Year 4 Expressions and Improvisation, The Show Must Go On!  

  • Year 5 Freedom to Improvise, Battle of the Bands!  

  • Year 6 Improvise with Confidence, Farewell Tour  

Our music curriculum is designed to give children a wider appreciation of different genres of music, whilst also exposing them to musical vocabulary and giving opportunities to play and perform with their voice and/or musical instruments.  

The National curriculum statements we aim to achieve by the end of KS2 are:  

Pupils should be taught to:  

Mu2/1.1    play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression  

Mu2/1.2    improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the interrelated dimensions of music  
  
Mu2/1.3    listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory  
  
Mu2/1.4    use and understand staff and other musical notations  
  
Mu2/1.5    appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians  
  
Mu2/1.6    develop an understanding of the history of music.  

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