Music

At Baguley Hall we prioritise the opportunity for pupils to explore, enjoy and engage in music.  Children learn to compose, perform and listen with discrimination to different genres of music.

We follow the national curriculum for music which aims to ensure that all pupils:
- perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians
- learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence
- understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter- related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations

In school we have chosen to use Charanga. In Key Stage 2 this is taught by a specialist music teacher. In addition to learning units from Charanga all children in KS2 learn ukulele in Year 3 and 4 and then samba drums or steel pans in Year 5 and 6.

Choir: We have two choirs in school, one for Y3/4 and one for Y5/6

Composer of the Month

Each month, we celebrate a different piece of music from a different composer. Some of the pieces of music are from BBC's ten pieces. Each composer and piece of music is introduced in an assembly and is played as children are coming in to assembly for the month.

For more information, please read the documents below.