At Lindale, we use the Charanga scheme throughout the school.  This is supplemented with other opportunities for music (both listening and performing), such as singing in Collective Worship, taking part in instrumental lessons, attending concerts and having visits from musicians.

Charanga’s Model Music Curriculum Scheme is aligned with the National Curriculum for Music and the non-statutory Model Music Curriculum (MMC) Guidance published by the DfE in 2021.

This Scheme provides clearly-sequenced units and lessons with week-by-week support for each year group. There are lesson plans, assessment documentation, a clear learning progression, as well as engaging and exciting songs and resources to support every lesson. Key Learning and Outcomes with ‘I Can’ statements are provided to be used alongside assessment grids.

The Scheme follows a spiral approach to musical learning, with children revisiting, building and extending their knowledge and skills incrementally. In this manner, their learning is consolidated and augmented, increasing musical confidence and enabling them to go further. Teachers can adapt their teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of the children they teach.

The philosophy of music education is based on the principle that it should be fun and engaging for all concerned, and that every child is a born musician. Music plays a role in every aspect of our lives, wherever and whoever we are.

At the centre of each step – each lesson – is a song around which the musical learning is centred. Each lesson has an easy-to-follow structure complemented by an array of supporting documents, lesson plans and resources that take us through listening, singing, performing, composing and improvising exercises with the children in our classes.