‘Music is all around us. It is the soundtrack to our lives. Music connects us through people and places in our ever-changing world.’

Model Music Curriculum, 2021

At Highcliffe Primary we aim for all children to develop a life-long love of music.  We have adopted the scheme Charanga to support and improve the quality of music teaching that children receive at our school. Charanga works seamlessly with the national curriculum ensuring that learners revisit the interrelated dimensions of music: pulse, voice, pitch and rhythm- building upon previous learning and skills. The learning within this Scheme is based on: Listening and Appraising, Musical Activities, creating and exploring and singing and performing.  

Charanga Musical School units of work enable children to understand musical concepts through a repetition-based approach to learning. Learning about the same musical concept through different musical activities enables a more secure, deeper learning and mastery of musical skills. Repeating a musical skill doesn’t necessarily mean their progress is slowing down or their development is moving backwards.  Mastery means both a deeper understanding of musical skills and concepts and learning something new. 

Music is embedded in classroom activities in a range of subjects as well as singing assemblies, performances, the learning of instruments and the joining of our extra-curricular music activities. 

We are supported by specialists from the Tees Valley Music Service who deliver classroom-based activities in Reception, Year 1 and 2.  TVMS also offer tuition for a range of instruments to children in Key Stage 2. 

All children are given the opportunity to perform at events both in school and the wider community throughout the school year.