b. Our Music Curriculum (Charanga)
We teach Music through the Charanga Musical School Scheme, a high-quality, progressive curriculum designed to develop musicianship from EYFS to Year 6.
Charanga provides:
- A sequenced scheme covering listening, singing, improvisation, composition and performance
- Diverse music styles: classical, popular, world music, jazz, folk and contemporary
- High-quality digital resources and backing tracks
- Clear progression of musical knowledge and skills
- Opportunities for notation, vocal work, tuned/untuned percussion and ensemble performance
- SEN-inclusive approaches using repetition, modelling and scaffolded tasks
Through Charanga, children learn:
- Pulse, rhythm, pitch, tempo and timbre
- How to use instruments and voice musically
- To improvise and compose using tuned and untuned instruments
- To notate music in simple and later staff formats
- To listen and appraise music across cultures and time periods
- To work together as musicians
Charanga supports a spiral curriculum, enabling children to revisit and deepen key concepts each year.