What makes a good music pupil at All Saints?
A pupil who has a passion for singing and performing and is willing to try new things and musical techniques without the fear of making a mistake in order to improve. An ability to discuss their ideas and be experimental with music making and recording. A good musician plays confidently, both as an individual and as part of a larger group.
About Music
Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high- quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon.
Aims of Music education
The national curriculum for music 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
Why do we teach music?
At All Saints, The music curriculum is delivered through the In Harmony project. In Harmony is an exciting new development not just for All Saints Catholic Primary, but for the whole Anfield community as part of Liverpool Philharmonic’s In Harmony Liverpool programme. This musical education covers the full content of the National Curriculum, but extends pupils’ experience with world class professional tuition, access to a range of instruments and enrichment activities and performance.
In Harmony Liverpool is a key driver of our curriculum and is run in partnership with Liverpool Philharmonic. Each week, pupils take part in a series of lessons led by Liverpool Philharmonic musicians and school staff. All children are involved and music is a significant part of the children’s week.
Launched in February 2009, In Harmony Liverpool uses orchestral music making to improve the life chances of children by increasing confidence, wellbeing, skills and resilience, enhanced by opportunities to travel, learn, perform and collaborate with professional musicians, international artists and other young people. In Harmony Liverpool’s vision is a healthier, higher achieving future for North Liverpool.
Performance and musical excellence is at the heart of In Harmony, with all children immersed in music and given the skills and experience to progress and develop as young musicians. Children perform at least 3 times each year in school and community settings in Liverpool, and with opportunities to perform in Liverpool Philharmonic Hall for special events as well as linking up with the school’s partners across the world.
Children learn and perform repertoire from many different genres including classical, pop, traditional and new music written especially for and with them. Creativity is encouraged through different approaches to music making and composing new music from an early age. In Harmony Liverpool activities include weekly parents and tots drop in sessions; a carefully constructed Early Years and Key Stage 1 curriculum to develop the key building blocks of music making; twice weekly group instrumental tuition from age 6 onwards; weekly orchestra rehearsals from age 7, plus further opportunities after school to join ensembles and learn and perform with likeminded young musicians. The children are also given the opportunity to continue with their music education and extra- curricular activities as they move on to high school.
Pupil Voice
“Music gives us better hearing”- Joseph Y3
“We can travel the world with music”- Lorie Y6
“I find performing satisfying as we are all in sync with our rhythms”- Izzy Y6
