Our school uses Charanga for our music lessons. 

The children this Summer term 2 in year 4 will be looking at how music can connect us with our environment, looking at purpose, identity and expression in music. We will also be playing and composing our own songs as well as listening to and Appraising the songs:

• You Can See It Through by Joanna Mangona and Chris Taylor
• A Ceremony Of Carols by Benjamin Bitten
• The Octopus Slide by Joanna Mangona and Brendan Reilly
• Connect by Joanna Mangona and Chris Taylor

The children this Summer term 1 in year 4 will be looking at how music can shape our way of life, connecting notes and feelings. We will also be listening to and Appraising the songs:

• Train is A-comin'

• ​​​​​​​O Euchre Hildegard Von Bingen

• Oh Happy Day by Phillip Doddridge

• Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy by Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky

• A World Full Of Sound by Joanna Mangona and Pete Readman

The children this Spring term 2 in year 4 will be looking at how music can teach us about our community. We will also be listening to and Appraising the songs:

• Let your spirit fly by Joanna Mangona and Pete Readman
• Symphony No.5 4th Movement by Ludwig Van Beethoven
• Frère Jacques 
• On the beautiful blue Danube by Johann Strauss ll
• The other side of the moon by Joanna Mangona

The children this Spring term 1 in year 4 will be looking at how music can improve the world. We will also be listening to and Appraising the songs:

• Bringing us together by Joanna Mangona and Pete Readman
• Mambo from West side story by Leonard Bernstein 
• Old Joe Clark 
• Bachianas Brasilerias No. 2-The little old train of the Caipira by Heitor Villa-Lobos
• Dance with me by Joanna Mangona and Pete Readman

The children this autumn term 2 in year 4 will be looking at how music can connect us to our past. We will also be listening to and Appraising the songs:

• Looking in the mirror by Joanna Mangona and Chris Taylor
• Take time in life 
• Scarborough Fair 

The children this autumn term 1 in year 4 will be looking at how music brings us together. We will also be listening to and Appraising the songs:

• Hoedown by Joanna Mangona and Pete Readman
• Go tell it on the mountain
• Im always there by Joanna Mangona
• Trick or treat by Joanna Mangona and Pete Readman
• Martin Luther King by Chris Madin