Why is Music important?

At Tottington Primary School we value a love for learning in music because it inspires creativity, self-confidence and increases essential learning and life skills for all, irrespective of ability.

Music promotes the importance of working harmoniously with others towards a common goal.  Playing an instrument or learning to sing requires real concentration, quietness and calm whether on stage or in the classroom. Working alongside other members of a musical group helps children to recognise their own skills and appreciate those of others. This builds life skills such as empathy, problem solving and communication, and a sense of responsibility and commitment. Music enables young people to express themselves like no other medium. It empowers them to shape their world through sound and allows them to exercise their imaginations. Encouraging creativity also teaches them to think outside the box when problem solving.

To succeed in the future, children will need to be inventive, resourceful and imaginative, and arts education will help. An early start in music often results in music becoming a life-long passion. The skills acquired from learning music can feed into your everyday, whilst playing, listening and enjoying music never needs to end! Music is inclusive irrespective of abilities. It gives children a unique motivation to participate and communicate and advances in technology mean more children than ever can take part in and reap the many benefits of a music education.

What are the aims of our Music curriculum?

At Tottington Primary School we are passionate about promoting high standards of music. Through combining the Early Years and National Curriculum with our TPS core values, our ambitious Music curriculum equips all our children with the necessary skills.

By the end of their time at Tottington Primary School, our children will have learned to sing and play musically with increasing confidence and control. They will have developed an understanding of musical composition, organising and manipulating ideas within musical structures and be able to reproduce sounds from aural memory. Children will be able to listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory and play a tune on a variety of instruments understanding staff and other musical notations. They will be able to appreciate and understand a wide range of live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians, as well as developed an understanding of the history of music.

Through our well-planned, and sequenced Music curriculum our children acquire the vital knowledge and skills required for the next stage of their learning journey and on into adulthood. This will enable the children of Tottington Primary School to become successful, active and positive members of their local community and the wider world.