At Cubert School, our music curriculum is designed to engage and inspire all pupils, fostering a lifelong love of music while developing confidence, creativity and a strong sense of achievement. Through high‑quality musical experiences, pupils are given opportunities to listen, perform, compose and appraise music from a wide range of styles, cultures and historical periods.

Our curriculum follows a spiral model of learning, ensuring that musical knowledge, vocabulary and skills are built upon progressively over time. Learning is structured around the Interrelated Dimensions of Music, allowing pupils to revisit and deepen their understanding of key musical elements such as rhythm, pitch, tempo and dynamics as they move through each year group. This clear progression enables children to make secure musical connections and develop as confident, reflective musicians.

At Cubert School, we deliver the National Curriculum for Music using Charanga, the UK’s leading primary music scheme. Charanga provides a nationally recognised and reputable framework that is fully adaptable for teachers of all experience levels. It combines strong pedagogy, inspiring technology and high‑quality musical resources within a consistent lesson structure that supports depth of learning and clear progression, in line with expectations welcomed by Ofsted.

Alongside the Charanga units, each half term pupils participate in bespoke rhythm and pitch lessons, carefully designed alongside the Cornwall Music Service Trust (CMST) to progress sequentially through each year group. These lessons explicitly build on prior learning, strengthening pupils’ musical foundations and reinforcing the spiral curriculum in action. Each topic also includes a linked musician and associated musical career, helping pupils to understand how music fits within society and the wider world. By exploring real musicians and diverse career pathways, children gain insight into the relevance of music beyond the classroom and are inspired by future opportunities within music and the creative industries.

In addition to curriculum music lessons, pupils are encouraged to extend their musical journeys through enrichment opportunities such as Rocksteady band sessions and private instrumental tuition, including guitar lessons. These experiences enhance performance skills, collaboration and confidence, and help to foster a positive and lasting connection to music.

Through our music curriculum at Cubert School, we aim to ensure that every child can access, enjoy and succeed in music, developing creative skills, cultural understanding and aspirations that will support them well beyond their primary education.

At Cubert School, our music curriculum aims to:

• Inspire a lifelong love of music by engaging pupils in high‑quality, enjoyable and meaningful musical experiences.
• Develop confident, creative musicians through regular opportunities to listen, perform, compose and appraise music across a wide range of styles, cultures and historical periods.
• Build musical knowledge and skills progressively using a spiral curriculum that revisits and deepens understanding of the Interrelated Dimensions of Music, including rhythm, pitch, tempo, dynamics, timbre, structure and texture.
• Ensure clear progression and depth of learning through a consistent lesson structure, enabling pupils to reflect on, improve and take pride in their musical learning.
• Strengthen rhythmic and pitch accuracy through bespoke half‑termly rhythm and pitch lessons that are carefully sequenced across year groups and build securely on prior learning.
• Develop critical listening and appraisal skills, enabling pupils to listen with appreciation to a range of musical genres.
• Promote inclusion, equity and access so that every child can succeed in music, regardless of background or prior experience.
• Help pupils understand music’s role in society by linking each topic to a musician and related musical career, broadening pupils’ awareness of how music connects to the wider world and inspiring future aspirations.
• Support high‑quality teaching and assessment through the use of Charanga, a nationally recognised scheme aligned with the National Curriculum.
• Encourage wider musical engagement and enrichment, including opportunities such as Rocksteady band sessions and instrumental tuition, to extend learning beyond the classroom.