Music

Music at Rose Hill Primary School

My name is Mrs Lesslie and I am really excited to be teaching music at Rose Hill Primary School. My first task on starting here in September 2023 was unpacking a whole new class set of xylophones and ukuleles and finding a home for them in our new purpose built music room space we call the ‘music hub’. The bespoke music curriculum at Rosehill is integrated with the academic curriculum to reinforce topic areas and broaden the learning experience. Music is taught within 7 key concepts:

• Singing and Voices

• Play and Perform

• Listen and Appreciate

• Musical dimensions

• Explore, Create and Compose

• Musical Notation

• Musical History The dimensions of music are woven into the curriculum and form an important part of lessons: Pitch, Rhythm, Texture, Melody, Harmony, Tonality and Dynamics

Music is that it is a unique subject because it brings together many of the senses and has the power to affect how we think and feel. The infant music curriculum at Rosehill is built on simple games and extended to encompass whole class singing and instrumental playing. Through this process the children develop their listening skills, their understanding of the musical dimensions which they explore further through whole class composing and begin to read musical notation. Listening activities are varied and some link to the history of music concept where children are introduced to composers who have composed music relevant topic areas.

The junior music curriculum enables children to build on their existing skills through singing, performing more challenging music and listening to music with a deeper understanding. The children work towards assembly performances.