Music
Curriculum Intent
At Cleves Cross we have a carefully planned progressive curriculum to enable children to develop knowledge of a range of genres of musical styles. We feel it is important to share the background to these styles of music and allow the children time to share their own musical views and ideas with others. Music is not limited to individual lessons and may be used as a way to engage children within other curriculum subject areas.
Children may aspire to have a career in music or use music as a tool to express themselves throughout their lifetime. Children will have respect for the role music plays in society and respect for the influence that music has had on culture over time. Children will challenge themselves to appreciate different types of music and for this to impact positively in their own lives.
At Cleves Cross we enjoy listening, playing, singing and composing as individuals and together. All children are given opportunities to play instruments and we hope that children will aspire to play instruments both for fun and to a graded level, creating a skill for life. At Cleves Cross, those pupils who have shown a love or a talent for instruments are given the opportunity to work alongside the Durham Music Service to play woodwind instruments in KS2.
Children that enjoy singing are given the opportunity to join singing club. Here children sing for fun and are given opportunities to perform at seasonal events in the community if they wish. This helps to build team skills as well as individual confident singers.
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Our Aims for Our Pupils
Music Curriculum
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Year 5 have had a lovely walk up to Ferryhill library this morning. 📚❤️👩🏼🏫 ... See MoreSee Less
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What a great first week back for Year 1! The children came back with a wonderful attitude to learning and have started off the term with so much energy! We started our new Geography topic, “Where I Live” by exploring our local community and sharing observations about our surroundings. The excitement continued as we introduced our brand-new Curious Quests characters - the children can't wait to follow them on their learning adventures! Throughout the week, it was wonderful to see everyone exploring and extending their learning across our continuous provision areas. To finish off the week we had a parent story time 📚 A big thank you to the grown-ups who joined us, the children loved having you all there! We are looking forward to another fantastic week ahead! 😃 ... See MoreSee Less
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Don’t forget to go along to the junior park run tomorrow! This could be the week we win the trophy again!✨ SCHOOLS SURVEY IS BACK IN THE MORNING ✨
It’s that day of the month where we take a tally of the schools of our participants to see which school brings the highest % of their school to our event.
There are two trophies up for grabs:
INNER SPENNYMOOR TROPHY - It’s been Rosa Street’s for the last two months, where previously it lived at Kirk Merrington. The only other school to have won in the past has been King Street. Usually in the Top 3 are either St Charles or Tudhoe Colliery with good showings from Springmoor Grange as well. Last month saw a big increase for Middlestone Moor, and were hoping for the same from North Park too!
OUTER SPENNYMOOR TROPHY - This is the trophy for the school that brings the highest % from a school outside of Spennymoor. Current holders are Escomb, and previous winners have been Cleves Cross, Toft Hill and Dean Bank .. will one of these schools take the trophy back to their school or is it another schools time?
Remember, the speed the course is completed does not matter, each junior is counted equally whether they are the first, fifth, fifteenth or fiftieth finisher. ... See MoreSee Less
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Year 4 have had a busy but exciting week learning about area in maths and setting up a folder in computing. They especially enjoyed creating different shapes using Post-it notes to check how the area changes. ... See MoreSee Less
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What a brilliant trip Year 2 had to Durham Cathedral! The children loved learning about the life of St Cuthbert through drama and costumes. They really enjoyed seeing the Cathedral and hearing about the history of the building, they’re all history and RE experts now! ⭐ ... See MoreSee Less
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We had such a lovely day in Nursery on Wednesday. First, we were joined by Jami, an artist who helped us to make some beautiful rangoli patterns linked to our learning about Diwali. Then, in the afternoon, we welcomed our grown ups to join us for storytime and songs. Thank you to everyone who was able to join us! 🪔📚 ... See MoreSee Less
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Reception class absolutely loved their first visit to Ferryhill Library this morning! We enjoyed listening to a story, completing a book hunt and colouring in with our friends. We already can’t wait for our next visit! 📚❤️ ... See MoreSee Less
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