Oliver Goldsmith Primary School

“Inspiring a love of learning”

Parent Time- Music and Drama

Tuesday 6th June 2017

Oliver Goldsmith Primary School

“Inspiring a love of learning”

Introductions & Housekeeping… • Miss McNeil – Specialist Music Teacher • Mrs Jacklin-Teaching and Learning Leader, Arts faculty leader

and Year 4 teacher • Evacuation if alarm sounds (not planned)

Oliver Goldsmith Primary School

“Inspiring a love of learning”

Aims of this session:

• To discuss some key elements in Music and Drama. • To help you to understand expectations for KS1 and KS2

• To discuss the teaching of the curriculum in school • To demonstrate how we assess progress

Oliver Goldsmith Primary School

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Purpose of study - music ‘Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. A high quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement. As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best

in the musical canon.’

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Aims The national curriculum for music aims to ensure that all pupils:

• perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians

• learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others

• have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument • use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the

next level of musical excellence • understand and explore how music is created, produced and

communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.

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Key Stage 1 Pupils should be taught to: • use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs

and speaking chants and rhymes • play tuned and untuned instruments musically • listen with concentration and understanding to a range of

high-quality live and recorded music • experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using

the inter-related dimensions of music.

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Key Stage 2 Pupils should be taught to: • play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices

and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression

• improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music

• listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory

• use and understand staff and other musical notations • appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and

recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians

• develop an understanding of the history of music.

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Delivering the curriculum; progression of skills EYFS Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Beat/Rhythm I can move to a steady

beat.

I can copy a rhythm I

hear.

I can show an

understanding of short

and long sounds.

I can play a steady beat.

I can clap the rhythm of

a song.

I can recognize and

play ta, ti-ti and rest

I can recognize and play

a Ta-a, 2 beat rest and

one beat rest.

I know the names for ta,

ti-ti, and ta-a.

I can recognize, play

and draw all of the

rhythms I’ve learned

including a dotted

minim.

I can recognize the

rhythm syn-co-pa in

music I hear.

I can say what a time

signature means.

I can recognize, play

and draw all of the

rhythms I’ve learned,

and their associated

rests, including a

semibreve.

I can recognize, play and

draw all of the rhythms

I’ve learned including

semiquavers.

I can recognize, play and

draw all of the rhythms

I’ve learned with

confidence.

Pictures to represent

rhythms.

Consolidating all rhythms

learnt.

Any new rhythms as they

appear in music studied.

Melody I can sing melodies

using so and mi.

I can sing melodies

using so, mi and la

confidently, matching

pitch.

I can recognize high

and low sounds.

I can say what the

melody is.

I can sing do, re, mi, so

and la confidently and in

tune.

I can hear and play steps,

skips and leaps in music.

I can begin to name and

draw notes on the treble

staff.

I can name and play the

notes of the C

pentatonic scale.

I can name and draw

all of the notes on the

treble staff.

I can recognize the

difference between

Major and Minor

tonalities.

I can name and draw the

notes of the C major

scale.

I can play a variety of

major and minor chords

and say the notes that

make them.

I can use notes from

chords I know to create

short melodies or riffs.

I can create harmony by

using chords or root notes

as an accompaniment.

Composing/

Improvising

I can make marks in

response to music or

sounds I hear.

I can improvise a

response.

I can compose an echo-

song.

I can compose using

symbols to represent

sounds.

I can compose an

ostinato.

I can create and perform

a soundscape.

I can notate a

soundscape on a graphic

score.

I can compose a piece

of music in ternary form

(ABA)

I can improvise using

the pentatonic scale.

I can use the musical

elements to compose

a theme.

I can improvise on a

variety of tuned

instruments and

untuned percussion.

I can compose a theme

and variations piece.

I can use the notes of the

blues scale to improvise

a solo.

I can write a song, using

lyrics and musical

elements to create

meaning.

I can improvise on a

variety of instruments,

maintaining a steady

beat, using rhythms and

elements of music I have

learned to create interest.

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Delivering the curriculum; progression of skills

EYFS Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Performance

Skills:

Singing

I can participate in

singing games.

I can use different

types of voices.

I can participate in

singing games.

I can use a confident

singing voice.

I can focus on my part

while singing partner

songs.

I can match the

piano/CD/teacher with

my singing voice so it

sounds the same.

I can use facial

expressions, dynamics

and phrasing to sing

with expression.

I can maintain my part

while singing a round.

I can maintain my

part while singing

in simple two-part

harmony.

I can sing a harmony

part in tune, with

confidence, dynamics,

phrasing and

expression.

I can sing confidently

and with expression,

maintaining my part

against a contrasting

part.

Performance

Skills:

Instrumental

I can play and stop at

the right time when

signaled.

I can play and move

fast and slow.

I can play a variety of

percussion

instruments with

control.

I can play to a steady

beat at different

tempos

I can use dynamics

for effect (loud and

soft)

I can play tuned

percussion instruments

to a steady beat.

I can play an ostinato

to accompany a song.

I can play a crescendo

and decrescendo.

I can explain some

features of written

music (bar lines,

repeat signs, and

measures).

I can perform the

pentatonic scale on

the ukulele to a steady

beat.

I can demonstrate

appropriate

ensemble skills

(play in time with

others, start and

stop at the same

time, maintain my

part, follow

signals).

I can perform all notes

of the C major scale

on the recorder

smoothly, with good

tone.

I can listen to others

and adjust my

singing/playing

dynamic and tone to

blend with the

ensemble.

I can perform

polyrhythms

confidently in time

with others.

I can recognize a

vaierty of signals in

traditional music and

respond appropriately.

Further

Knowledge

and Skills

I can use everyday

objects to make

sounds.

I can explore

different sounds –

instrumental, body

and vocal.

I can group

instruments by how

they are played.

I can listen to music

and respond through

moving.

I can name classroom

instruments that I use.

I can listen to music

and describe what I

hear using musical

language.

I can name the

instrument families

and describe features

of each.

I can recognize and

identify instruments

in the orchestra and

describe their

timbre.

I can explain some

features of Baroque

music.

I know some facts

about the life of a

British composer -

Handel.

I can describe some

features of traditional

African music.

I can use technology to

play/compose/record

music.

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Photos and videos

Assessing progress

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Wider Opportunities Children have a vast array of opportunities both in and out of the school day to pursue their musical interests. These include: • Junior Orchestra: For children in Years 4-6 who have been taking lessons on an

instrument for at least a term • Junior and Infant Choirs: By audition in September.

• Infants Yr 1,2,3 led by Mrs. Palinda, Juniors Yr 4,5,6 led by Miss McNeil

• Brent Music Service: Instrumental Lessons, Brent Junior Orchestra, Brent Junior Choir (see useful links)

• Year 4 Trumpet • Year 5 Handel Project • EYFS & KS1 Orchestra for the Age of Enlightenment Project • Termly Visits from the Worshipful Company of Musicians • School-wide links with The Village School • Musical/Cultural school trips:

• Yr 2 – Wigmore Hall, Yr 3 – Millfield Panto, Yr 5 – Handel Opera, Yr 6 – Lion King Musical

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Pupil Voice Children have had a chance to reflect on cultural experiences, either when they have been to a performance or appeared in one. Here are just a few of their thoughts and comments:

“ [The arts are] important because you get to discover new things and show what’s in your mind.”

“My favourite part of the experience is when it was my turn to shine.”

“It made me feel excited and special because I love acting and I had a chance to perform in front of an audience.”

“At first I felt nervous but then I felt more brave every second.”

“I’ve learnt no matter what goes wrong keep trying.”

“It’s going to be hard work.” (Magpie Manor Musical)

“[My favourite part was] hearing the orchestra because it was almost like magic the way they played in time.”

“It made me feel good and happy because I heard so much beautiful singing.” (Handel Opera Visit)

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Staff Training

We have undertaken a programme of staff training in all areas of the Creative Arts this academic year with good success.

To date, we have covered music, dance, art and display.

We are hoping to run staff training on drama before the end of the academic year with the drama specialist who runs our drama club.

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Purpose of study - drama ‘The national curriculum for English reflects the importance of spoken

language in pupils’ development across the whole curriculum – cognitively, socially and linguistically. Spoken language underpins the

development of reading and writing. The quality and variety of language that pupils hear and speak are vital for developing their vocabulary and grammar and their understanding for reading and

writing.’

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‘All pupils should be enabled to participate in and gain knowledge, skills and understanding associated with the artistic practice of drama.

Pupils should be able to adopt, create and sustain a range of roles, responding appropriately to others in role. They should have

opportunities to improvise, devise and script drama for one another and a range of audiences, as well as to rehearse, refine, share and

respond thoughtfully to drama and theatre performances. ‘

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Drama and performance is taught to all children through the Year group annual assemblies (Reception to Year 6). The quality of these

reflects the confidence built up in the children from a very young age and provides a strong foundation for us to be able to stage our

excellent live performances both in and out of school. The primary way we weave drama into learning throughout the year is

through work we do in English lessons be it role-play, hot seating, writing play scripts and acting them out in groups, freeze framing

scenes in texts, setting up dramatic opportunities, for example Year 1 and the police scene-of-crime lesson linked to Little Red Riding Hood.

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We provide two out-of-hours drama clubs – one for Infants and one for Juniors. These are run by specialist teachers from ‘Fresh Arts’ – a

collaboration developed from previous work with the lady who owns this company.

The clubs are very popular, particularly the Infant club which boasts 31 children amongst its ranks this term!

Both clubs will perform in our Performing Arts concert in July, with the Junior Drama club children writing their own mini-play.

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How you can support your child/children at home:

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• Talk about what they are doing in school. • Attend any concert/assembly/performance they take part in. • Allow them to learn by making mistakes and taking risks;

creative arts are personal and subjective. • Value their efforts! • Encourage your child to practise regularly • Support your child if they have a musical commitment at

school – choir, ensemble, musical cast, instrumental lessons • Make use of family friendly musical and cultural events

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Useful websites and suggested venues to visit: Brent Music Service - https://www.brent.gov.uk/bms Family Concerts: Wigmore Hall - https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/ Royal Albert Hall - http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/series/children-and-families/ London Philharmonic Orchestra - https://www.lpo.org.uk/education/family-concerts-funharmonics.html London Symphony Orchestra - https://lso.co.uk/lso-discovery/discovery-families.html

Online Resources:

Classical Music Podcasts for Kids - http://www.classicsforkids.com/

BBC Ten Pieces Initiative - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04pc0j8

Music Games for All Ages - http://pbskids.org/games/music/

BRENT & BBC FAMILY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS WORKSHOP A fantastic opportunity for your family to perform together with the BBC Proms!

SATURDAY 24th JUNE, 11am – 1pm at Chalkhill Primary School – 5 minutes walk from Wembley Park underground station and

bus links. Dear Parents/ Carers, Students and Tutors, We are delighted to be able to offer the opportunity for families in Brent to participate in a Family Orchestra and Chorus workshop with the BBC Proms. The workshop will be

led by BBC musicians, and will be an opportunity for you and your family to work together to create a new piece linked to music featured in the forthcoming BBC Proms

season. The workshop will take place from 11am - 1pm on Saturday 24th June at Chalkhill Primary School. (PLEASE NOTE – PARKING IS SEVERELY LIMITED.

PLEASE TRAVEL BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT IF POSSIBLE). We are inviting mums, dads, brothers and sisters aged 7+ to join in the fun. There’s no cost for you and your family to attend - all you need is lots of enthusiasm! Children must be accompanied by at least one adult. Unfortunately we are unable to accommodate pianos and electric or amplified instruments such as electric guitars and keyboards, but you may still participate on acoustic

guitar, percussion instruments or as part of the choir. If you have your own instrument, bring it along. Don’t worry about how long it might have been since you last played it. If you don’t own an instrument or have never played, you can sing or play in our percussion section (subject to space and availability of instruments). And there’s more… At the workshop, we’ll be telling you more about how your family can access discounted tickets for the in-demand ‘Ten Pieces Presents’ Prom on 23 July, which will include

music by Beethoven, Copland, Elgar, Mozart and much more! We’ll also give you information about further BBC Proms Family Orchestra and Chorus events that you can get involved in at the Royal Albert Hall on 6 and 12 August. If you would like your family to take part, please go to this link to book your tickets. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bbc-and-brent-family-orchestra-and-chorus-workshop-tickets-34417024246 It’s completely FREE. Please note - there will be no admittance without a ticket. We look forward to making music with you soon. Best wishes, Brent Music Service and the BBC Proms Learning Team BMS Office: 020 8204 8096 Email: info@brentmusicservice.com

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