• All members of the Park Hall family aim to ensure that our musicians are confident composers and performers who listen, appreciate, review and evaluate music from a range of genres and periods performed by the great composers.

• We intend for our musicians to demonstrate an understanding of the interrelated dimensions of music (building blocks of music e.g. tempo, dynamics) through the exploration of how music is composed and performed.

• We strive for our musicians to use their voices to sing fluently and expressively. We aim for our musicians to learn to play a range of tuned and untuned instruments with accuracy and control.

Our inspiring and aspirational Music curriculum (based on the National Curriculum) is meticulously planned to identify the knowledge and skills that our musicians will acquire. Each small step in our musicians journey has been carefully planned to ensure a challenging and progressive curriculum to meet the needs of all learners.

Musicians will regularly revisit key concepts (over learning) and engage in regular retrieval practice which builds upon prior knowledge and enables them to make connections to deepen their understanding of new learning, committing this to long term memory.

Interrelated dimensions are the building blocks of all musical learning at Park Hall Academy. Through explicit teaching and practical exploration, musicians develop their knowledge and skills of musical terminology and accurately apply them to their own compositions. Fluency is developed through regular retrieval and practice makes perfect approach, allowing musicians to become expert evaluators, perfect performers and concrete composers.

usicians are, exposed to a vast range of inspirational composers from all walks of life and a wide variety of musical genres both past and present. Our carefully curated curriculum allows our musicians to experience music from all over the world as well as composers who have pioneered musical movements in their own unique style, allowing our musicians to then realise their musical preferences.

Emphasis is placed on the importance of listening to and evaluating performances, including those of established composers. Musicians have opportunities to respectfully offer suggestions about making possible improvements (referring to the interrelated dimensions of music) in order to enhance the overall quality of the performance, both for the performer/s and the audience.

Our high quality, creative and inspiring music curriculum is carefully designed to enable our musicians to be able to express their unique ideas.

Musicians use and apply their declarative knowledge (facts) of different keys, chords and scales to create a unique composition.

Learners will explore key skills using their knowledge of instruments to enable them to confidently create their own compositions that excite them.

Musicians at Park Hall are given the platform to perform for a variety of purposes and to different audiences.

Musicians are taught how to hold instruments accurately to ensure the correct sound is played.

Musicians use their vocals and bodies to achieve a desired effect, both as part of an ensemble or as a solo performer. Musicians develop confidence through regular practise and feedback.

Our musicians will explore and develop a love of music, knowing their own preferences and appreciating all musical styles. Musicians have an increasingly complex knowledge of the interrelated dimensions of music and apply their knowledge to compose with increasing individuality. They confidently express themselves through music and can critically evaluate music in all it’s forms. Musicians perform with confidence and transfer skills and knowledge across the curriculum.