At Baines, we use Charanga as our Music Scheme of work. Charanga is an award-winning, modern-day resource for primary music that covers the National Curriculum. The scheme uses a vast library of songs, resources, and listening activities celebrating the world’s greatest music and is used by 50,000 teachers nationwide. Charanga is taught through 3 units of work per year from Year 2 to Year 6. Each Unit of Work comprises of the strands of musical learning which correspond with the national curriculum for music:
- Listening and Appraising
- Musical Activities
- Warm-up Games
- Optional Flexible Games
- Singing
- Playing instruments
- Improvisation
- Composition
- Performing
Whilst in Nursery, Reception, and Year 1, the children have an external specialist from Blackpool Music Service. Tiddly-Om-Pom-Poms is a musical programme written and delivered by specialist music teachers. TOPPS aims to provide weekly high-quality music-making sessions giving young children the confidence, ambition, and aspirations necessary to fulfil their musical potential.
Music and performance are extremely important to us at Baines. As a Voice 21 school, we want our children to have the confidence to have their voices heard, and believe that music and performance can build this confidence.
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