Music

Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) – Expressive Arts and Design

The educational programme for expressive arts and design, set out in the EYFS Framework, is delivered in our preschool and reception classes in line with the Extend Nursery and Preschool Curriculum and the Extend Reception Curriculum.

Nursery Curriculum

Preschool Curriculum

Reception Curriculum

Key Stage 1 and 2 – Music

We follow the national curriculum.

We use the Sing Up Music scheme of work for an active musical approach to lessons, connecting singing and playing, composing and improvising, listening and appraising. Sing Up Music supports the model music curriculum.

Curriculum Overview:   

Sing Up! 2025-2026 units Reception, Years 2-6, Year 1 to use to source pieces of music.

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Term 5

Term 6

Reception

I’ve got a grumpy face

The sorcerer’s

apprentice

Witch, witch

Row, row, row your boat.

Birdspotting:

Cuckoo polka

Shake my sillies out

Up and down

Five fine bumble bees

Down there under the sea

It’s oh so quiet

Slap clap clap

Bow, bow, bow

Belinda

Year 1

Harvest songs

Learn harvest songs: All things bright and beautiful,

Harvest Samba,

Cauliflowers fluffy

Christmas Songs Learn, practise, perform

Listen to a piece of music: Use Sing Up! to source music.

Year 2

Tony Chestnut

Carnival of the animals

Grandma rap

Orawa

Trains

Swing-a-long with

Shostakovich

Charlie Chaplin

Tanczymy labada

Composing music inspired by birdsong

Year 3

I’ve been to Harlem

Nao chariya

Latin dance

‘March’ from The nutcracker From a railway carriage.

Just three notes Samba with Sergio

Fly with the stars

de/Mingulay boat song

Sound symmetry

Year 4

This little light of

mine

The Pink Panther theme

The doot doot song

Fanfare for the common man

Spain

Global pentatonics The horse in motion

Favourite song

Composing with colour

Year 5

What shall we do with a drunken sailor?

Why we sing

Madina tun nabi

Building a groove Epoca

Balinese gamelan Composing in ternary form

Kisne banaaya

Introduction to songwriting

Year 6

Hey, Mr Miller

Shadows

Dona nobis pacem

You to me are everything

Twinkle variations

Race!

Exploring identity through song

Ame sau vala tara bal

Composing for protest

Music development plan summary

Detail	Information
Academic year that this summary covers	2025-2026
Date this summary was published	02/09/25
Date this summary will be reviewed	02/09/26
Name of the school music lead	Rhiann Emery
Name of school leadership team member with responsibility for music (if different)	Lindsay Avci Corinna Sutton
Name of local music hub	West of England Music Alliance (WEMA)
Name of other music education organisation(s) (if partnership in place)

This is a summary of how our school delivers music education to all our pupils across three areas – curriculum music, co-curricular provision and musical experiences – and what changes we are planning in future years. This information is to help pupils and parents or carers understand what our school offers and who we work with to support our pupils’ music education.

Part A: Curriculum music

This is about what we teach in lesson time, how much time is spent teaching music and any music qualifications or awards that pupils can achieve.

At Oldmixon Primary School, we use the ‘Sing Up's primary music curriculum to deliver high-quality classroom music throughout the school. Our resources support a creative and active musical approach to lessons, connecting singing and playing, composing and improvising, listening and appraising.

Each unit is mapped against the Statutory Framework for Early Years, the national curriculum and the model music curriculum, with an overview of how outcomes can be delivered for every year group.

In Years 1–6, lessons are a minimum of 30 minutes and are taught by class

Teachers or HLTAs.

Weekly music opportunities within EYFS as part of purposeful learning environment include access to musical instruments.
Work in partnership with WEMA to access whole class music workshops e.g.

African music or steel pan drums workshops.

Provide network opportunities for our music lead within our multi-academy trust and within WEMA with the annual music conference and liaising directly with WEMA music hub lead.

Children in Year 4 will be learning an instrument as a whole-class ensemble taught by music specialists from WEMA as part of the Wider Opportunities programme. Each project lasts 10 weeks and culminates in a performance where children perform songs and pieces for an invited audience of parents/carers. To read in more detail about WEMA and the services they provide, please visit their website: WEMA - West of England Music Alliance.

To read in more detail about WEMA and the services they provide, please visit their website: https://wema.org.uk

Part B: Co-curricular music

This is about opportunities for pupils to sing and play music, outside of lesson time, including choirs, ensembles and bands, and how pupils can make progress in music beyond the core curriculum.

Weekly singing assemblies combine singing and performance opportunities. The songs that are selected and performed are often linked to festivals and celebrations across the year.
Children are provided with regular opportunities to participate in performances, such as Christmas nativities and seasonal singing events, where they showcase their musical learning to an audience. These experiences help pupils develop confidence, expression, and stage presence, while fostering a sense of community and celebration. Performing in front of others is a key element of our music curriculum, supporting progression in vocal skills, teamwork, and creativity, and ensuring that music remains a vibrant and inclusive part of school life.

Part C: Musical experiences

This is about all the other musical events and opportunities that we organise, such as singing in assembly, concerts and shows, and trips to professional concerts.

We hold an annual Christmas Singing Performance at school for parents/carers.

ELAN Music Festival

The ELAN Summer Music Festival will be held in 2026. Our young people will perform as a choir across the trust schools to an audience of parents/carers and guests at a local venue. This opportunity will enable our young people to:

use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes
listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music
play and perform in ensemble contexts, using their voices with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians
This will be free for our young people and schools to participate; however, we will charge the audience for tickets at a minimal cost. We will draw on the local community, musicians and organisations to support and enable to young people to perform with live music.

Music is linked to other curriculum areas. We use music in PSHE to explore feelings as part of our Jigsaw curriculum; in science to explore sound and how is created and in PE, all year groups use music to support dance units and performances.

In the future

This is about what the school is planning for subsequent years.

CPD and capacity planning – plan CPD for classroom teachers to increase confidence in singing in the classroom and delivery.
Links with external music organisations – to support recruitment of children for instrumental and after school activities, alongside inspiring future musicians and opportunity to see a live concert.
Increase visiting musicians, choir and music ensemble; class music assemblies for parents showcasing music curriculum music.
Musical engagement with feeder secondary schools– look for opportunities to work with feeder secondary school for transition.
Establish a school choir for children from Year 1 – Year 6
Review the opportunities we provide our children to learn a musical instrument including 1:1 lessons.

Download the music development plan

School_Music_Development_Plan_2025_to_2026.pdf