MUSIC
At Cranborne we are committed to providing the children with high-quality Music lessons. Music lessons are taught using a specialist website called Charanga Music. This website allows the milestones across the age ranges, from EYFS to Year 6, to be comprehensively covered through a range of songs and fun activities. Children begin in Reception to sing and recite action songs and by Year 6 they are able to compose music using different instruments.
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