At Ide Hill CE Primary we have opted to adopt Kapow Primary music scheme to compliment our curriculum. Through our school vision "Do everything in Love" we seek the abundant life that Jesus promises (John 10:10) and we aim for all children to experience a curriculum that offer a full, rich and broad experience and opportunities.
We aim for all our children not just to learn "music" but to become musicians, to help children to feel that they are musical, and to develop a life-long love of music. We focus on developing the skills, knowledge and understanding that children need in order to become confident performers, composers, and listeners. Our curriculum introduces children to music from all around the world and across generations, teaching children to respect and appreciate the music of all traditions and communities. Children develop the musical skills of singing, playing tuned and untuned instruments, improvising and composing music, and listening and responding to music.
They will develop an understanding of the history and cultural context of the music that they listen to and learn how music can be written down. Through music, our curriculum helps children develop transferable skills such as team-working, leadership, creative thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, and presentation and performance skills. These skills are vital to children’s development as learners and have a wider application in their general lives outside and beyond school.