Term 1 

Term 2 

Term 3 

Term 4 

Term 5 

Term 6 

 Year 1 

Menu song – active listening, beat, echo singing 

Colonel Hathi’s march 

& 

Magical musical aquarium 

Football 

Dawn from sea interludes 

& 

Musical conversations 

Dancing and drawing to Nautilus 

& 

Cat and Mouse 

Year 2 

Menu song – active listening, beat, echo singing 

Colonel Hathi’s march 

& 

Magical musical aquarium 

Football 

Dawn from sea interludes 

& 

Musical conversations 

Dancing and drawing to Nautilus 

& 

Cat and Mouse 

Bluebell (Y3/4) 

This Little Light of Mine 

The Pink Panther Theme 

and Composing with Colour 

The doot doot song 

Fanfare for the common man 

and Spain 

Global Pentatonics 

Tulip (Y4/Y5) 

What shall we do with the drunken sailor?  

Keep the Home Fires Burning 

Building a Groove 

and  

Epoca 

Baloo baleerie 

Kisne Banaaya –  

Balinese music 

and  

Composing in ternary form 

Foxglove (Y6) 

Hey Mr Miller  

Composing for protest 

and 

Shadows 

Dona nobis 

You to me are everything & Twinkle Variations 

Nobody Knows –  

Race 

and 

Exploring Identity through Song

Detail

Information

Academic year that this summary covers

2025 - 2026

Date this summary was published

January 2026

Date this summary will be reviewed

October 2026

Name of the school music lead

Sarah Dockerty

Name of school leadership team member with responsibility for music (if different)

N / A

Name of local music hub

WEMA

Name of other music education organisation(s) (if partnership in place)

North Somerset Music Service

Sing Up Music curriculum

Music at Banwell Primary School is timetabled on a weekly basis in every class. It is taught every term supported by the SingUp curriculum.

Staff are encouraged and supported to access the wealth of resources to enhance other aspects of the curriculum and at different times during the day. 

There a mixture of 6 - week and 3 - week lesson blocks. 6 - week units are based around a song and the musical learning flows through the features of the piece of music. These units combine singing, playing, listening and appraising. The 3 - week units have a strong focus on composing/improvising or on listening/appraising. 

Through teaching, the children have opportunities to use tuned and untuned instruments. 

In Autumn 2, lots of our music learning revolves around the live performance that we do to family and friends. In Key Stage One a Nativity is performed and in Key Stage Two a celebration of Christmas is held at the local Church, where a range of Christmas songs are sung.

Music Tuition Lessons

Our school offers 1:1 or small group instrumental lessons for a range of different instruments, including voice, guitar, ukulele and piano.

Banwell Primary School Choir

Once a week a lunchtime choir is held for children of any age. This choir often performs in assemblies, as well as being able to showcase their talents further afield. Previously the choir has  performed at Banwell Castle as part of their D-Day celebrations, as well as at Summer and Christmas showcases held by the PTA.

Musician of the Year

Every March children in our school compete in a Musician of the Year competition. The children can work as a soloist, duet or small group and will perform to their year group as well as judges. The children compete for a range of trophies and shields, ranging from ‘Musician of the Year’ award, to ‘WOWed the judges’, ‘Highly Commended’ and ‘Most Original Performance’. The winners of the competition are recognised in a Musician of the Year Assembly, where they get to perform their chosen piece to the whole school, as well as parents / carers.

Visits from professional musicians

At Banwell we often reach out to local musicians as well as musicians from further afield. In the past we have had the pleasure of Prelude Orchestra visiting and performing, which was a real wow moment for children for all ages, as they enjoyed hearing the live music as well as learning about a range of instruments. As well as this live performance, every class in Key Stage Two also has the option of watching a live stream of Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra every year, where children can watch a spoken story performed online with musical accompaniment provided by the orchestra.

We have also had a visit from Churchill Music who provided a workshop to two of our classes, offering team building exercises through the use of music.

We endeavour to continue to explore musicians from many genres to broaden children’s experiences and joy of music. 

Whole School Assemblies and Mindfulness

At Banwell, music is a big part of our culture and brings a real sense of belonging as children sing together. Staff in classes often have calming music playing to support mindfulness in the classroom. We sing in every assembly, including in a Singing Assembly, dedicated to learning new songs. These assemblies often will coincide our school’s core values, where we learn songs about respect or confidence or it will tie into an event, such as Harvest and being thankful.

Christmas performances for EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

All children in EYFS and Key Stage One take part in the Banwell Nativity which is performed in the School Hall to peers, staff and parents / carers. All Key Stage Two children take part in a carol service at the local church where every child participates in singing and the reading aloud of poetry. 

- Implement a form of summative assessment for Music within our school, whether that be the progression snapshots provided by SingUp, or another form of exception report.

- Form more relationships with local secondary schools and orchestras / bands who would be able to provide more opportunities for live music in our school.

- Apply for the ArtsMark to celebrate all of the wonderful opportunities for music that our school provides.

- The potential for a new club to run in school, such as a recorder or glockenspiel club. In order to provide children with more opportunities.