Music at Bushmead Primary School

At Bushmead, children will have the opportunity to explore, create, perform and appreciate music in a variety of fun and exciting ways. Our music curriculum follows Sing Up and the Charanga Musical School Scheme which enables children to build the knowledge they need to become musicians and to have an
appreciation for music.

In the Nursery, children begin their musical journey with Sing Up, where they will follow units inspired by the 2021 Early Learning Goals - specifically themes that relate to ‘Personal, Social and Emotional Development’ and ‘Understanding the world’. Children will be encouraged in their musical development in the following areas: hearing and listening, vocalising and singing, moving and dancing, exploring and playing.

In the Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, children follow the Charanga Musical School scheme, which offers an integrated, practical, exploratory and child-led approach to musical learning. All musical learning in this scheme is built around the Interrelated Dimensions of Music: pulse, rhythm, pitch, tempo, dynamics, timbre, texture, structure and notation.

In their music lessons, children will have regular opportunities to sing and play the glockenspiel alongside other pitched and unpitched percussion instruments. Children will learn different styles of music, musical genres, notation,
ensemble skills, listening, composing and performing as well as incrementally building their musical knowledge, and understanding of the interrelated dimensions of music and the history of music.

In Key Stage 2, the children have the opportunity to join the school choir and Luton Music Service offer small group lessons to learn a variety of different instruments and singing. 

Throughout the year there are many opportunities for all children to perform, including year group productions, choir trips and our annual Proms concert.