Music Curriculum
Our very own Sparkyard Primary School Music Curriculum written for children from Reception to Year 6 is packed full of lessons, songs and activities, giving you everything you need to create an inspiring sequence of musical learning for your setting.
With our Music Curriculum you can:
- Deliver music lessons with confidence
- Provide children with fun, engaging and memorable music lessons
- Develop musical skills and knowledge through high-quality singing and music-making
- Build a singing culture in your classroom and wider school
Our Music Curriculum:
- Satisfies requirements for music in the EYFS Framework & National Curriculum
- Exceeds the breadth and ambition of the non-statutory Model Music Curriculum
- Supports the goals and ambitions in the National Plan for Music Education
What’s included in the Sparkyard Music Curriculum?
Musical concepts and themes are introduced and revisited across the different year groups, ensuring progression of knowledge and understanding. Detailed termly overviews and skills-progression documents give essential planning and content information.
How is the Sparkyard Music Curriculum organised?
Each term is organised into progressive steps and within each step you will find a selection of inspiring lessons to choose from.
You can follow the curriculum term by term, step by step
OR
Choose lessons to complement your school’s approach to music delivery
‘I love its flexibility – being able to mix ’n’ match lessons to suit my children is brilliant….’
Miss J. Smith
Here’s Nikki going through a brief overview of Years 1 to 6 of the Sparkyard Music Curriculum.
What about Early Years?
Nikki talks through our Reception Music Curriculum in this 5 minute video.
What is everyone saying about our music curriculum?
There has been lots of positive feedback from schools who have adapted the Sparkyard curriculum across all year groups. These materials clearly address the requirements of the Model Music Curriculum and support schools to fulfil the expectations of the new National Plan for Music.
Vicki Brown
-Curriculum Consultant, Derbyshire Music Hub
Great resources, accessible materials and clear curriculum frameworks make Sparkyard a winning combination for us.
Ian Naylor
-Head of Music Education, Sheffield
The website is easy to navigate, the content is awesome. I can’t wait for us to take this to the whole school in September. As someone who does not have a musical background, I’ve found this so easy to follow and understand. It has given me so much more confidence to teach the subject.
Huge congratulations Out of the Ark Music for creating such a superb resource.
Samantha Crutchley
-Y5 Class Teacher and Music Coordinator, Lea Forest Primary Academy
Sparkyard is a great resource for non-music specialists as the music curriculum is all planned and ready for you deliver. Children love the songs and the practical activities taught through the lessons for each year group.
Victoria Monnington
-Year 2 Teacher and Music Coordinator, All Saints CE Primary School
Children love singing the songs and following the words on screen. All age-groups enjoy the songs. The music curriculum will be really useful for those members of staff that are not confident in teaching music, and it gives us all a starting point with our planning.
Lorraine Wells
-Class Teacher, Reignhead Primary School
Easy to follow, clearly covers the curriculum and the children love it. As a non-specialist Music Lead, I have found it a brilliant resource, the children have made fantastic progress and other non-musician teachers have found it easy to follow.
Samantha Crutchley
-Teacher
The most valuable aspect of Sparkyard for me is definitely the songs. Every single one of them offers something unique, and having such a rich variety at my fingertips makes it easy to find the perfect fit for each class. The songs help keep my students engaged, excited, and eager to learn more. They really elevate the energy in my music lessons, and that’s been a key factor in the success I’ve seen recently.
Magda Marcinkowska
-Music Teacher
When I took over the role of Music Lead, there was very little additional music in school (e.g. singing assemblies, choir etc) now we have regular singing assemblies across the whole school using songs from Sparkyard, we use the songs and warm ups regularly for our school choir and staff access the songs to use in their lessons for cross curricular purposes.
That it is not just a music curriculum scheme, it is so much more than that, with a whole school approach that allows music to be emersed throughout the school day.
Miss Reardon
-Creative Arts Team Leader, New Oscott Primary School
