Music

Our Intent For Music at Cherry Tree Hill Primary School

At Cherry Tree Hill Primary School, we believe music is a powerful medium for children to express their emotions creatively and joyfully. It plays a vital role in personal development, and we are dedicated to providing opportunities for all students to create, play, perform, listen, analyze, and enjoy music from various periods, genres, and styles. Our commitment is to help children understand the value and importance of music in the wider community, offering them opportunities to apply their musical skills, knowledge, and experiences in diverse contexts.

Our objectives for teaching music at Cherry Tree Hill Primary School are:

Performance and Evaluation: Provide opportunities for students to perform, listen to, review, and evaluate their own and others' music across different periods, genres, and styles.
Musical Literacy: Encourage students to explore musical terms and notations.
Vocal Expression: Enable students to use their voices for singing, self-expression, and music composition.
Instrumental Proficiency: Offer opportunities for students to learn musical instruments, allowing them to create and compose music.
Understanding Music Production: Help students comprehend how music is created and produced.

We provide instrument-specific, whole-class lessons in ukulele and trumpet in Years 4&5, respectively, through specialist teachers from a Derby-based provider that we have a close collaboration with, Hot House Music. They also provide individual instrument lessons to pupils and we are actively seeking to work together to create a Ukulele Band, Brass Band, Infant Band and Junior Band in the academic year starting 2023-2024 to build on and apply the skills they have learned in their instrument lessons. Practises will be during school hours and practice rooms for individual practice will be provided during lunchtimes.

Music Development Plan 2024 - 2025

Music Development Plan 2024 - 2025

Supporting Documentation

Whole Class Ukulele - Year 4

Here is a warm up where we focus on fine and gross motor skills. We are making shapes using our movements with both arms in the same direction to start with, then opposite directions!