Music

To be light (living in our community and reaching out beyond it) bringing out the God-colours in the world.’

Jesus said, ‘You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colours in the world.’ Matthew 5:16

Our curriculum is ambitious for our children and is based on the National Curriculum. Nevertheless, we recognise that this is the minimum entitlement for our children. Each subject is taught as a discrete discipline. Whilst developing our curriculum, links were considered very carefully to build on knowledge and skills within each subject, across the school and across subjects. We also carefully considered our local context, diversity, environmental awareness and health education when designing our curriculum.

Music

The overarching aim of Music at The Nethersole CofE Academy is to inspire all pupils to be creative and to develop their self-expression. Children will be supported throughout their musical journeys and given opportunities to connect with others through shared musical experiences. By exposing pupils to a wide range of music, we aim to nurture a lifelong love of the subject and ignite a genuine passion for musical learning.

Children will listen and respond to a variety of musical styles, discovering their voices as singers, performers and composers. Through these experiences, they will grow into confident, reflective musicians.

Our school delivers Music through the Charanga Musical School Original Scheme, ensuring a consistent, progressive, and practical approach to developing musicianship across EYFS and Key Stages 1 and 2. The scheme provides a clear sequence of learning that builds pupils’ musical knowledge, skills, and confidence over time. Weekly sessions are taught in every year group using Charanga’s structured units, which follow a consistent cycle of:
Listen & Appraise → Musical Activities → Singing → Improvisation → Composition → Performance
This ensures pupils spend the majority of lesson time actively making music. Lessons are highly practical, with children regularly singing, playing tuned and untuned instruments, improvising, composing, and performing.

The scheme revisits and deepens understanding of the inter‑related dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch, tempo, dynamics, timbre, texture, structure), enabling pupils to build secure, transferable musical skills.