Music

Subject Lead: Ms C Bond

Subject Document: MF Music Curriculum Coverage and End Points

Subject Gallery: Music Photo Gallery

Music encourages children to be creative and innovative, it teaches presentation and performance skills, and builds confidence, self-esteem and teamwork. At Manor Field School all children learn to play musical instruments, and to sing and play as part of an ensemble. Over time, pupils develop the skills to create their own music, and appreciate and enjoy music from many genres, traditions and countries. Music is celebrated at Manor Field school and we encourage children to perform and showcase their music learning.

In our weekly music lessons, we sing regularly and learn to play lots of different instruments from Reception through to Year 6. We learn to play handheld percussion instruments, glockenspiels, xylophones, ukuleles and keyboards. In Year 4 all children learn to play the recorder as part of our Whole Class Instrumental Tuition. We have a Year 5/6 choir that rehearses every Friday lunchtime and performs regularly in school and at events.

Exciting News!

Not only are we proud members of West Sussex Education Music Hub, but Manor Field has been nominated to become a MUSIC MARK SCHOOL. This is in recognition of a commitment to providing a high-quality music education for all children and young people.

At Manor Field, we learn lots of songs from all over the world and in lots of different languages! Below are some of the songs we have learned from Brazil, Scotland, England, Polynesia, America, Spain, Ghana, Japan and Australia.

Music Masters

Years 1 and 2 singing 'Abeyo' in our weekly singing assembly. 'Abeyo' is an Australian Aboriginal Welcome song.

Years 3 and 4 singing 'Tue Tue' in our weekly singing assembly. 'Tue Tue' is a song from West Africa and sung in the Twi language.

Year 5/6 choir singing 'Mary Mack/Furrem Be Me Heen', 2 traditional songs from Scotland. 'Furrem Be Me Heen' is sung in the Scottish Gaelic language.

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Year 5/6 choir singing 'Obaba', a traditional song from Brazil, sung in Portuguese.

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Year 2 Darwin singing 'Tongo', a fishing boat song from Polynesia

Year 3 Madrid singing 'Fly Like An Eagle', a Native American song

Year 4 Paris class singing in Spanish and playing the ukulele. The song is 'Vamos A Remar' (Row, Row, Row Your Boat in Spanish).

Tokyo Popocatepe

Seoul - Moon Round

Sea Stars - How Does a Lion Go

Please see below some of our pupils videos from home:

5 Seoul class have been learning songs about Ancient Greece and history and are singing the song 'Ancient Greece', written by Miss Bond for their topic.

6 Tokyo class have been learning about music from World War II. Here they are singing 'Hey, Mr Miller' - a song about famous American jazz musician Glen Miller, who was also in the US Army during the Second World War. Tokyo class particularly enjoyed the part where they pretended to sound like trumpets in the song!

Accra class have learned songs from different countries in Africa. In this recording, Nakiso and Ricarlo are leading the singing in the call and response song 'Oweo'.

Wagga Wagga class have been learning songs from other countries, linking in with their topic 'Around the world in 40 days'. They have really enjoyed learning songs in different languages and the biggest challenge was learning the traditional Japanese song 'Sakura'.

Jakarta class have learned songs related to their topic of Greek myths. The recording is of the class singing 'Feeling Free', about Icarus escaping and flying towards the sun.

Helsinki Class Playing Recorders in their assembly - Friday 20th March 2020

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