World Music Day
At The Avenue we understand how music can enhance children’s development in all areas of learning. Children experience music in their everyday lives and we have created a rich and stimulating music curriculum that enables children to explore all strands of music set out in the national curriculum.
Our music curriculum encourages children to develop a love of music through listening to a range of key composers, genres and traditions, learning to play tuned and un-tuned instruments, singing, performing and composing. We aim to build confidence, creativity and achievement through our music programme.
We embrace music at The Avenue by providing the children with a variety of opportunities to become musicians through performing, listening to a wide range of the musical canon, singing, playing and composing. Through performing, children build confidence and a sense of achievement. We encourage this through school events such as the KS2 Christmas carol concerts at Nunthorpe Methodist Church, the Reception Nativity, Year 1 Spring Performance, Year 2 Summer Performance and opportunities for the School Choir to sing at events such as our annual Festival on the Field and local care homes.
We also participate in outside events such as Snappy Christmas/Spring which is led by TVMS.
We have worked closely with Music Makes Me to create a music curriculum which outlines the progressions throughout each strand of music (inter-related dimensions of music such as pitch, dynamics, notation etc.). If you would like to view our music progression, please click here.
Our music progression is followed by our music teacher Mrs Norris (Music Makes Me) through her weekly Music and singing sessions in Reception to Year 6. The music progression is taught through singing, playing tuned and un-tuned instruments and by reading and writing rhythms and melodies. We build upon prior learning so that when the children reach Year 6 they have a wide knowledge and experience of music to experiment and compose with.
Our tuned instruments are:
Charanga
This is a scheme of work that is endorsed by TVMS. It is a world leading music teaching and learning platform that has a vast library of resources, songs and instrumental courses which we use for our Listening and Appraising strand of the curriculum.
Music Makes Me
The Avenue Primary School has a great partnership with Music Makes Me. Music Makes Me is led by Helen Norris. Mrs Norris teaches weekly Music and Singing lessons on a Wednesday and Thursday in Reception to Year 6, and runs a weekly Singing Club and Violin Club after school. She is our very own composer for several songs sang by the children and has composed our school song.
TVMS – Tees Valley Music Service
The Tees Valley Music Education Hub is part of the Tees Valley Music Service. They work with schools to provide the best possible musical opportunities for the children and young people of the Tees Valley. It is one of 122 national Music Hubs created to deliver the National Music Plan. They are fabulous service who have provided music resources, training and private music lessons across school.
Currently, TVMS provide a specialist guitar and violin teacher who comes into school and tutors in small groups. These lessons are private and are at the discretion of the parents who will pay directly to TVMS. Should your child wish to have lessons with TVMS please contact them directly. Email: tvms@tvms.org.uk
