Music
At Pelham we want all pupils to:
- Have a sense of enjoyment whilst developing an interest in and love of music.
- Be inspired by composers, musicians and those in the wider music industry.
- Appreciate the diversity of musical genres across cultures and time periods and have an awareness of how past events and key figures have shaped these.
- Understand the key musical elements (dynamics, duration, tempo, pitch, timbre, texture and structure).
- Create, compose, listen to and perform a variety of music.
- Have the opportunity to learn an instrument in some depth.
We do this by:
- Teaching engaging music lessons weekly.
- Offering specialist music lessons provided by the Merton Music Foundation (guitar, piano and flute), Rock Steady and DCP Drums.
- Providing flute lessons for children in Year 4.
- Giving each class the opportunity to perform class assemblies, productions and shows, which incorporate singing and musical elements.
- Taking Year 5 to the Royal Albert Hall to sing with others of their age group.
- Holding music assemblies weekly.
Curriculum Guidance
Click on the link below for an overview of the music topics taught across each year group, throughout the year.
A Musician at Pelham - Skills progression through the year groups
See reference to the National Curriculum Subject Guidance