The Subject Leader for Music is Mrs Hudson

HAMPSTHWAITE CURRICULUM INTENT

Education at Hampsthwaite is based on the National Curriculum. Learning is sequenced in a way that ensures progression and the development of key knowledge and skills – embedding these within the children’s long term memory. We strive to ensure that our children’s creativity, interests and talents are nurtured so that they will be able to ‘Enjoy, Achieve and Flourish’ during their time with us.

HAMPSTHWAITE PRIMARY SCHOOL - MUSIC INTENT

At Hampsthwaite Church of England Primary School, we believe music brings together intellect, feelings and culture. It enables creativity, teamwork, reflection and enjoyment. It forges links between home, school and the wider world and develops friendships. Music encourages a positive attitude to learning and enables children to shine. 

We understand that children will have varied interests and we work hard to help each individual be engaged and inspired. 

Opportunities 

By engaging children in making, responding to and performing music, opportunities are created to: 

• Develop sensitive feelings and respond to music both spiritually and emotionally, 
• Respect and understand about music of different styles, periods and cultures, 
• Discuss and appraise with depth of enquiry, 
• Communicate through symbols and formal notation. 

Enrichment 

Wherever relevant and appropriate, music will be taught alongside the cross-curricular themes. However, some objectives will be taught in a discreet way. 

Variety of audiences - peers, whole school, parents, wider community. 

Listening to recorded music from a timeline of music through the ages on entry and exit to assemblies.  

Live music - performance in assemblies and productions; visiting professional musicians. 

Specific Instrumental Tuition - NYCC Music Service Peripatetic; in-school whole class teaching of descant recorder, tuned percussion and ukulele. 

Celebration of lessons taken out of school showing respect and support. 

Review and Respond 

As a staff, we use ongoing assessment to ensure we meet the needs of all the children. Children are encouraged to review their own work and talk about their progress with a view to challenging themselves along their musical journey; giving children reasons to believe in themselves. 

ASSESSMENT IN MUSIC AT HAMPSTHWAITE PRIMARY SCHOOL

To find out further information regarding assessment within Music, please click here. 

How we support children with SEND in Music 

 All children can achieve, at their own level in music. Children with SEN should be encouraged to explore how the music of a variety of genres, and from different cultures, makes them feel, and express this through the means most suitable to their differing needs. They should be encouraged to make music using tuned and untuned instruments that reflect their understanding and appreciation of a variety of stimuli that are adapted where needed.

What amendments are made to the subject in order to help children with SENs to achieve?

• Extra time to repeat listening to stimulus music, to form opinions, to experiment with tuned and untuned instruments

• Visual and multisensory prompts for musical terminology, instruments names, composers and other ‘fact’ based learning

• fostering a can-do attitude, particularly with regards to performance, and support to express how the music makes them feel

• A spiral curriculum (revisit and revise) - At the start of the lesson, children will be revisiting the vocabulary and keys facts you have learnt. This will give children with SEN more time and opportunities to understand the concepts and vital knowledge they need to access the learning. 

• Visual word maps - where appropriate we will create a visual word mat for your children with SEN.

SUMMER TERM 2024

Several children from KS2 'brought the house down' at The Royal Hall, Harrogate at the Harrogate Rural Schools' Charity Concert on Friday 26th April. 

What a performance! 

Mrs Hudson was overwhelmed with excitement as children from Y3-Y6 performed to a very high standard in their performances:

FAT SAM'S GRAND SLAM - with actors, singers and dancers working together in full costume with props. 

ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD - ukulele players, singers and air-guitarists - what a rockin' performance. 

WELL DONE TO ALL! 

MUSIC at HAMPSTHWAITE

Spring Term 2024

Autumn 2023

Peripatetic Music Lessons are available at Hampsthwaite. 

If you are interested, please note the following:

Mr Rudland-Simpson is a superb teacher of guitar and already has several pupils in our school. Please contact the office for further details. 

For other instruments (piano, vocal, drums, woodwind, strings and brass), please head to the NORTH YORKSHIRE MUSIC SERVICE website, where you can express your interest online. 

We hope to have a wealth of musicians again in our school this year. 

Kind regards, 

Mrs Hudson

SUMMER MUSIC CONCERT 23

Friday 30th June

2:15pm

School Hall

The sharing of musical talent from KS2

Parents and Friends of the School welcome. 

MATILDA MAGIC

Concert in School Hall

15th March 2023

This is a joint venture with a wonderful local group called Danceability. 

Our Matilda Choir are enjoying rehearsals of 'Naughty', 'When I Grow Up' and 'Revolting Children'. 

This promises to be a very special evening of musical entertainment, dancing and spoken words. 

Royal Hall – Rural Schools Charity Concert 24th March 2023:

We are delighted to inform you that on Friday 24th March a group of Musicians from Hampsthwaite CE Primary School have the fantastic opportunity to join with twelve other local rural primary schools in a concert at the Royal Hall in aid of the Harrogate Hospital and Community Charity, and the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre.

Team Griffin are invited to perform a piece on the ukulele; Team Phoenix are invited to play their recorders; and all of KS2 are invited to join the Choir, who will perform Revolting Children from Matilda. All musicians will join with other schools to perform a further two songs for a grand finale.

The concert, doors will open to audience members at 5.45pm, ready for a 6.30pm start, and children will need to be collected from the Royal Hall by their parents/carers when the concert ends at 9:00pm. Tickets for the event are available to purchase via https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/harrogate-and-ripon-rural-sch… and are priced at £11.00 each.

To further support the fantastic work of the Harrogate Hospital and Community Charity, and the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre we are also seeking donations for a hamper which will be raffled off on the night of the event. Any donations of the usual items would be very gratefully received by Wednesday 22nd March. 

This is a wonderful opportunity for our children within the rural school’s community, and we very much hope you will be able to support the event.

Music from Around the WORLD

World Music Day

Listening to a range of music in the classroom

Music for Assemblies

PERIPATETIC MUSIC LESSONS

Spring 2023

We currently have children across school having one to one or group lessons with peripatetic teachers:

KEYBOARD           FLUTE              DOUBLE BASS             GUITAR              DRUMS       

If you are interested in finding out more, please either visit North Yorkshire Music Service website; or speak to Mrs Hudson in school. 

ENTRIES

Well done to all the following people:

Arlo, Wren, Piper, Sophia, Rosie, Taryn, Adam, Poppy, Tilly, Elsie, Lena, Erin, Amelie, Hallie, Lewis, Reuben, Noah, Emma, Isabella, Maggie, Olivia, Mabel, Ashton, Ava, Phoebe, Sophia, Lola and Bea. 

MUSIC COMPETITION WINNERS

December

2022

KS1 Musician - Arlo

KS2 

Alterntive Music - Ashton

Enthusiastic Musicians - Sophia and Lena

Inspirational Instrumentalists - Lewis and Olivia

Controlled Creations - Ava and Poppy

Vocalists - Rosie and Mabel

The one to make the Headteacher hum - Adam

A special mention goes to Tilly, Phoebe, Hallie, Taryn and Maggie for superb entries. 

MUSIC CONCERT Spring 2022

This term will lead to a concert on Friday 1st April. 

The aim is to encourage experienced, and up and coming, singers and instrumentalists to work towards a final performance and share with an audience in a safe environment. 

In addition to a wide range of instrumentalists (double bass, flute, drums, guitar and voice), we look forward to class performances: singing, ukulele, recorder and percussion composition.  

We look forward to welcoming parents in to enjoy MUSIC at Hampsthwaite. Please be seated for a prompt 2pm start. 

“Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.” ― Keith Richards

LIVE PERFORMANCE

It is wonderful to welcome performers across school to perform in assembly this half term. 

So far, we have enjoyed a piano recital from George, Laura, Bobbie, Florence, Martha and Emma. 

We are always looking for opportunities for children to perform and showcase their musical skills. 

In December, the Christmas Choir will perform outside the Boar's Head, Ripley. This is an opportunity to perform to the general public and share the love of Christmas carols and songs. 

As soon as we are able to welcome visitors into school, we hope to arrange for other live performers to come and share the wonders of live music. 

MUSIC COMPETITION

The end of October half term holiday was the deadline for ONLINE entries to this term's music competition. 

Categories and WINNERS

KS1 Dancer - Bea Wickenden

KS1 Singers - Sophia Parish and Wren Harper

KS1 Instrumentalist - Tilly Gaskell

KS2 Dancers - Noah Meads and Bella Asmussen

KS2 Duo Dancers: Ava Lyne and Matilda Inman

KS2 Singer - Mabel Stoner

KS2 Composition: Freya Harper

KS2 Instrumentalists:

Strings - Xavier Lovell

Woodwind - Bobbie Gaskell

Piano - George Dalkiran

Most Promising Musician: Maggie Wood

WELL DONE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS

Mrs Borchard

MUSIC COMPETITION

Earlier in 2021, when many children were home learning, we held an online MUSIC COMPETITION for anyone in the school to submit their performances. 

I would like to congratulate the following children for becoming WINNERS:

Isabella - Future Woodwind Champion

Bobbie - Best Woodwind Player

Carmen - Best Key Stage One Singer

Dayton - Winner of KS2 Composition

Ed- Best KS2 Singer

Emma - Best String Player

Flo - KS2 Dancer

Isabelle - KS2 Dancer

Izzy - KS1 Composition

Noah - Future Percussion Champion

Phoebe - KS2 Pianist

Poppy - KS1 Dancer

Stella - Best Percussionist

Tilly - Best KS1 Pianist

William - Future Ukulele Champion