Music
Music at Cranborne: Our Intent
At Cranborne, we follow the new Creative Curriculum provided by Charanga, from Nursery through to Year 6. Lessons are taught on a weekly basis allowing the children to develop a passion and a life-long love for music. They will develop their skills, knowledge and understanding, to enable them to be become confident performers, composers and listeners. Transferrable skills will be cultivated which are key in their development as learners and have a wider application in their lives both inside and outside of school e.g.: team-working, leadership, creative thinking, decision-making and performance skills.
The Charanga scheme of work is built on the following principles:
· Children will develop their skills in inquiry and critical thinking.
· Children will learn about and deepen their musical understanding and connect this with their place in their community.
· Develop their musical skills through singing, playing tuned and untuned instruments, composing music and responding to music that they listen to
· Children will become globally aware and understand what it means to become a citizen of the world.
· Songs and singing lie at the heart of the learning process.
· At each age and stage of development, musical learning is drawn from engaging with the songs in each unit.
· The scheme will help children to understand and connect with different styles of music from various cultures, particularly where cultures intersect.
· Children will gain an understanding of historical and cultural contexts related to music.
· Children will form their own musical opinions and learn to make their own musical decisions.
MUSIC
Since September 2025, we have implemented the new Creative Music Curriculum. This curriculum has been developed further and supports our school focus of developing music skills through singing, instrumentation and compostion. Each year group will be encouraged to listen to and sing different styles of music. Year on the year, the children will develop their listening skills and learn to identify different instruments and genres. Our music choices at Cranborne, focus on the wider world and allow the children to express their thoughts and feelings in a variety of ways. Children in Year 2 will begin learning the Glockenspiel. They will be introduced to formal musical notaion which will then be developed in subsequent years. In Year 5, the children will develop these skills further by playing the Recorder.
Every other week, on a Wednesday, the children participate in a singing assembly (KS1 one week, KS2 the next). The children will learn a variety of songs, often chosen by the children themselves. Other songs are chosen around yearly themes - Harvest, Christmas, the seasons etc - and the children will be given opportunities to perform these songs to a wider audience. Each assembly will begin with a listening task where the children's developing musical knowledge will be challenged. KS1 SInging Assembly will use Makaton signs to ensure all children are able to participate.
Please see below for the curriculum map and the progression map.
Extra Curricular Music
We provide Piano, Violin, Brass and Guitar lessons. These lessons run for children in Years 2 to 6. If your child is interested in starting these lessons then please follow the instructions below.
For Guitar lessons, please use the link below to book directly with Herts Music Service.
http://www.hertsmusicservice.org.uk/registeronline.
For Piano, Brass or Violin lessons, please contact the School Office for further detials.
Choir
Our KS2 choir is now well established with over 35 members. The children have recently taken part in Young Voices at the O2.
Mrs Davis - Music Coordinator
