Intent

The music curriculum at Manor Leas Junior Academy aims for every child to have access to high-quality, practical and engaging musical experiences. We want all children to develop the self-confidence, skills, knowledge, and understanding to develop a lifelong love of music, whilst also providing a secure foundation that enables them to take music further should they wish to.

Implementation

Following the Sing up Music scheme, children have weekly lessons. Each lesson includes warm-ups, main activity, and a conclusion. The progressive library of resources fully meets the requirements of the National Curriculum for Music and the suggested approaches of the Model Music Curriculum. All units taught contain songs and games that can be played at other times in the week. Children have access to individual and small group instrument lessons. Also, 'Rock Steady' provides children with the opportunity to learn to play an instrument as part of a school band. 

Impact

We expect that children at Manor Leas Junior Academy develop a real passion for singing and making/playing music and that they make good progress over time. The collecting of evidence to demonstrate pupil progress is written into each year group's units of work. A progression snapshot activity occurs within a unit a three points during the year - September, February and June. The activity involves the collecting of video evidence.

We are proud to be a Music Mark School!