Extended Opportunities
Extending the Music offer
Music Extended Opportunities are plotted in a sequential and progressive manner. They add breadth and depth to key concepts that are taught across the curriculum. They also extend these concepts beyond the curriuclum itself.
Extended Opportunities are mapped as:
1. Extension of core conecpts (core music rudiments). These are primarily focused on melodic construct, for example, pitch and rythm. These are organised as opportunities for pre-teaching or deepening and extending
2. Extension of curriculum knowledge through wider instrumental experience and tuition
3. Extension of the Primary Curriculum and linking into Secondary / Higher Education
4. Extension of performance opportunities linking experinece to a wider varity of musicians and audiences. These include a) in person b) digital and online
What is taught and when?
Extending what is taught?
Trips
Year 1
Theatre Royal | TR2 and Drum Theatre
Why this and why now? Pupils are introduced to life on the stage. They visit behind the scenes, meet actors and musicians as well as build up to performing as part of an extended curriculum arts project. This experience extends and deepens pupil's understanding of how cross disciplines complement each other to make performance art.
Year 2
Theatre Royal | TR2 and Drum Theatre
Why this and why now? Pupils are introduced to life on the stage. They visit behind the scenes, meet actors and musicians as well as build up to performing as part of an extended curriculum arts project. This experience extends and deepens pupil's understanding of how cross disciplines complement each other to make performance art.
Year 3
The Woodfest Music Festival
Why this and why now? To link to other musicians and schools as well as put them in touch with a new audience who are outside the local community.
Christmas Concerts
Why this and why now? Pupils learn a selection of festive and winter songs and perform them live to audiences alongside Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir. Performances take place as a mini Christmas Tour e.g. Buckland Abbey, Guildhall Plymouth, Barbican Christmas Lights, The Market Hall, Mayflower's Carols in the Community and local Church venues.
Theatre Royal | TR2 and Drum Theatre
Why this and why now? Pupils are introduced to life on the stage. They visit behind the scenes, meet actors and musicians as well as build up to performing as part of an extended curriculum arts project. This experience extends and deepens pupil's understanding of how cross disciplines complement each other to make performance art.
Year 4
The Woodfest Music Festival
Why this and why now? To link to other musicians and schools as well as offer a new audience who are outside the local community.
Christmas Concerts
Why this and why now? Pupils learn a selection of festive and winter songs and perform them live to audiences alongside Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir. Performances take place as a mini Christmas Tour e.g. Buckland Abbey, Guildhall Plymouth, Barbican Christmas Lights, The Market Hall, Mayflower's Carols in the Community and local Church venues.
Theatre Royal | TR2 and Drum Theatre
Why this and why now? Pupils are introduced to life on the stage. They visit behind the scenes, meet actors and musicians as well as build up to performing as part of an extended curriculum arts project. This experience extends and deepens pupil's understanding of how cross disciplines complement each other to make performance art.
Year 5
The Woodfest Music Festival
Why this and why now? To link to other musicians and schools as well as offer a new audience who are outside the local community.
Christmas Concerts
Why this and why now? Pupils learn a selection of festive and winter songs and perform them live to audiences alongside Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir. Performances take place as a mini Christmas Tour e.g. Buckland Abbey, Guildhall Plymouth, Barbican Christmas Lights, The Market Hall, Mayflower's Carols in the Community and local Church venues.
Theatre Royal | TR2 and Drum Theatre
Why this and why now? Pupils are introduced to life on the stage. They visit behind the scenes, meet actors and musicians as well as build up to performing as part of an extended curriculum arts project. This experience extends and deepens pupil's understanding of how cross disciplines complement each other to make performance art.
Year 6
The Woodfest Music Festival
Why this and why now? To link to other musicians and schools as well as offer a new audience who are outside the local community.
Christmas Concerts
Why this and why now? Pupils learn a selection of festive and winter songs and perform them live to audiences alongside Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir. Performances take place as a mini Christmas Tour e.g. Buckland Abbey, Guildhall Plymouth, Barbican Christmas Lights, The Market Hall, Mayflower's Carols in the Community and local Church venues.
Theatre Royal | TR2 and Drum Theatre
Why this and why now? Pupils are introduced to life on the stage. They visit behind the scenes, meet actors and musicians as well as build up to performing as part of an extended curriculum arts project. This experience extends and deepens pupil's understanding of how cross disciplines complement each other to make performance art.
Expert Visitors
EYFS
Sing and Sign for targetted pupils and wider community
Why this and why now? Exposing children to song and rhyme to enhance language development and a deeper bond with parents. This better prepares pupils for the EYFS music curriculum and raises the profile of community engagement within localised performance. Research suggests that sign and sign type activities stimulate brain development and enhances brain circuity. Nursery rhymes helps with language acquisition and speech development. The Kodaly curriculum is based on developing a musicians inner ear and nursery rhymes are proven to enhance a child's auditory skills.
Year 1 & 2
The Beat Goes On | Body Percussion
Why this and why now? Revisiting what's been previously taught and deepening the understanding of how to perform the skills of pulse and simple rhythm. The use of body percussion helps to internalise the pulse which is paramount to all learning in music.
Kendall | Live Guitar
Why this and why now? In preparation from guitar tuition, pupils are exposed to live guitar performances throughout the year. This is to inspire and offer extended experiences.
Indian Singer
Why this and why now? To inspire a love of singing through experiencing different cultures and approaches this art form.
Year 4
The Music Workshop Company | Classical Ensembles and Soloists
Why this and why now? Pre-teaching through an introduction to orchestral instrumentation. Directly linked to Mayflower's listening curriculum, deepening pupil's understanding of orchestral composition. Signposting further tuition where appropriate.
Year 6
Phil Healy | Simple Accessible Music
Why this and why now? Pre-teaching digital and audio workstation (DAW) in readiness for the transition into Secondary School Music recording and production.
Whole School
Live Performance | The Rock Project
Why this and why now? Offering examples of what contemporary music looks, feels and sounds like. Pupils gain an insight into the power of music on their emotions as well as experiencing where their lessons might take them next. There is a direct link to tuition.
Travelling by Tuba
Why this and why now? Offering additional instruments to those taught in the classroom, Travelling by Tuba perform to the entire school and inspire pupils to take up and challenge Mayflower's tuition offer. This experience broadens pupil's opinions of what music can offer them. This experience also offers our service pupils a direct link to band practice partners. It also links to our Remembrance Service performance.
Tuition
EYFS
Drumming Tuition
Why this and why now? Drumming is an instrument that is accessible to learn and caters for natural progression from early musical learners to experts. Drumming enables rhythm, as a core foundation of Mayflower's Music Curriculum, to be extended through tuition.
Year 1
Drumming Tuition
Why this and why now? Drumming is an instrument that is accessible to learn and caters for natural progression from early musical learners to experts. Drumming enables rhythm, as a core foundation of Mayflower's Music Curriculum, to be extended through tuition.
Year 2
Drumming Tuition
Why this and why now? Drumming is an instrument that is accessible to learn and caters for natural progression from early musical learners to experts. Drumming enables rhythm, as a core foundation of Mayflower's Music Curriculum, to be extended through tuition.
Year 3
Drumming Tuition
Why this and why now? Drumming is an instrument that is accessible to learn and caters for natural progression from early musical learners to experts. Drumming enables rhythm, as a core foundation of Mayflower's Music Curriculum, to be extended through tuition.
Choir Tuition
Why this and why now? Bringing the whole school together, pupils apply Mayflower's Music Curriculum as a Choir. They link directly to, 'North Prospect Community Choir', as well as, 'Blokes Who Sing', through regular performances to the local and wider community.
Clarinet Tuition
Why this and why now? Expanding children's opportunities for learning music at Mayflower is one of our key goals. Clarinet is taught by one of our music specialists at Mayflower and encourages them to explore a wider variety of musical applications. It is a more complex instrument to play than contemporary instruments in that it requires pupils to show an increased awareness of musical disciplines and techniques.
Piano Tuition
Why this and why now? Mayflower's Music Curriculum moves from class teaching of voice to glockenspiel to keyboard. Piano, in its own right, is accessible to many as the key you select plays the note you expect. Our tuition offer takes the curriculum to deeper levels of understanding and performance.
Guitar Tuition
Why this and why now? Mayflower's most requested area of musical tuition, the guitar creates opportunities for pupils to follow instruction and move into individual creativity.
Year 4
Drumming Tuition
Why this and why now? Drumming is an instrument that is accessible to learn and caters for natural progression from early musical learners to experts. Drumming enables rhythm, as a core foundation of Mayflower's Music Curriculum, to be extended through tuition.
Choir Tuition
Why this and why now? Bringing the whole school together, pupils apply Mayflower's Music Curriculum as a Choir. They link directly to, 'North Prospect Community Choir', as well as, 'Blokes Who Sing', through regular performances to the local and wider community.
Clarinet Tuition
Why this and why now? Expanding children's opportunities for learning music at Mayflower is one of our key goals. Clarinet is taught by one of our music specialists at Mayflower and encourages them to explore a wider variety of musical applications. It is a more complex instrument to play than contemporary instruments in that it requires pupils to show an increased awareness of musical disciplines and techniques.
Piano Tuition
Why this and why now? Mayflower's Music Curriculum moves from class teaching of voice to glockenspiel to keyboard. Piano, in its own right, is accessible to many as the key you select plays the note you expect. Our tuition offer takes the curriculum to deeper levels of understanding and performance.
Guitar Tuition
Why this and why now? Mayflower's most requested area of musical tuition, the guitar create opportunities for pupils to follow instruction and move into individual creativity.
Year 5
Drumming Tuition
Why this and why now? Drumming is an instrument that is accessible to learn and caters for natural progression from early musical learners to experts. Drumming enables rhythm, as a core foundation of Mayflower's Music Curriculum, to be extended through tuition.
Choir Tuition
Why this and why now? Bringing the whole school together, pupils apply Mayflower's Music Curriculum as a Choir. They link directly to, 'North Prospect Community Choir', as well as, 'Blokes Who Sing', through regular performances to the local and wider community.
Clarinet Tuition
Why this and why now? Expanding children's opportunities for learning music at Mayflower is one of our key goals. Clarinet is taught by one of our music specialists at Mayflower and encourages them to explore a wider variety of musical applications. It is a more complex instrument to play than contemporary instruments in that it requires pupils to show an increased awareness of musical disciplines and techniques.
Piano Tuition
Why this and why now? Mayflower's Music Curriculum moves from class teaching of voice to glockenspiel to keyboard. Piano, in its own right, is accessible to many as the key you select plays the note you expect. Our tuition offer takes the curriculum to deeper levels of understanding and performance.
Music Production
Why this and why now? Music for a digital age. Using Ableton to create electronic music to publish to the world. This tuition is provided by musician and producer, Alex Crocker.
Guitar Tuition
Why this and why now? Mayflower's most requested area of musical tuition, the guitar, creates opportunities for pupils to follow instruction and move into individual creativity.
Year 6
Drumming Tuition
Why this and why now? Drumming is an instrument that is accessible to learn and caters for natural progression from early musical learners to experts. Drumming enables rhythm, as a core foundation of Mayflower's Music Curriculum, to be extended through tuition.
Choir Tuition
Why this and why now? Bringing the whole school together, pupils apply Mayflower's Music Curriculum as a Choir. They link directly to, 'North Prospect Community Choir', as well as, 'Blokes Who Sing', through regular performances to the local and wider community.
Clarinet Tuition
Why this and why now? Expanding children's opportunities for learning music at Mayflower is one of our key goals. Clarinet is taught by one of our music specialists at Mayflower and encourages them to explore a wider variety of musical applications. It is a more complex instrument to play than contemporary instruments in that it requires pupils to show an increased awareness of musical disciplines and techniques.
Piano Tuition
Why this and why now? Mayflower's Music Curriculum moves from class teaching of voice to glockenspiel to keyboard. Piano, in its own right, is accessible to many as the key you select plays the note you expect. Our tuition offer takes the curriculum to deeper levels of understanding and performance.
Clarinet Tuition
Why this and why now? It is a more complex instrument to play than contemporary instruments in that it requires pupils to show an increased awareness of musical disciplines and techniques.
Music Production
Why this and why now? Music for a digital age. Using Ableton to create electronic music to publish to the world. This tuition is provided by musician and producer, Alex Crocker.
Guitar Tuition
Why this and why now? Mayflower's most requested area of musical tuition, teh guitar create opportunities for pupils to follow instruction and move into individual creativity.
Whole School
Singing Tuition
Why this and why now? Targetting pupils from Years 3 - 6, Mayflower's singing tuition goes beyond the curriculum taught in lessons, with a focus that is specifically on advanced vocal techniques, performance and recording.
Radio and Podcast
Why this and why now? Pupils cross phases between Primary, Secondary and Industry to experience the more technical side of music (and performance) production. Lighting, technical set up, editing, interviewing, script writing, jingle making, networking, working alongside experts and idols, journalism and extending many areas of the curriculum. These two innovative opportunities give all pupils a chance to take any aspect of the music (and other) curriculum areas and extend. Pupils learn beyond the traditional classroom and reach out safely online to clarify their thinking and gain wider feedback (from experts in their field). Pupils are taught to self explain what they are working on and what the impact is as well as serve as a link between schools and community.
Workshops
Year 1 & 2
Boomwhackers | The Beat Goes On
Why this and why now? This workshop revisits the concepts of pitch and rhythm and makes links between how the two complement each other to form a melody.
Year 3
Travelling by Tuba
Why this and why now? Targetting a pre-teach style session for pupils and staff that focusses on introducing the elements of orchestral families. This is in preparation for Year 4 where pupils experience a live orchestral performance.
Year 4
The Music Workshop Company | Classical Ensembles and Soloists
Why this and why now? Pre-teaching through an introduction into orchestral instrumentation. Directly linked to Mayflower's listening curriculum, deepening pupil's understanding of orchestral composition. Sign posting to further tuition where appropriate and offering a workshop approach to classical ensembles.
Year 5
Poly-rhythms and Middle Eastern Music | The Beat Goes On
Why this and why now? Making a direct link between the current topic in Year 5 and music elements, this workshop deepens pupil's understanding of complex rhythm structure played in parts.
Legacy A Cappella
Why this and why now? Offering a new experience of what the voice can do once the vocal foundational techniques are in place. Going wider than Mayflower's extensive choir based experience, this workshop gives a different sense of how voice can link and perform a different style.
Year 6
Legacy A Cappella
Why this and why now? Offering a new experience of what the voice can do once the vocal foundational techniques are in place. Going wider than Mayflower's extensive choir-based experience, this workshop gives a different sense of how voice can link and perform a different style.
Performance
EYFS
Year 1
Year 2
Festival of Arts and Music
Why this and why now? Each year, during the Summer Term, pupils, parents and staff look forward to performing together on stage. Community singing groups, Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir have also linked with our school and worked in partnership to create a Summer Festival of Music and Art. We are kindly supported by our FPTA and Kaya Art Gallery.
Year 3
Spring Mini Concert
Why this and why now? An opportunity to take learning from class based lessons and apply them live to a local audience and online beyond the school itself.
Festival of Arts and Music
Why this and why now? Each year, during the Summer Term, pupils, parents and staff look forward to performing together on stage. Community singing groups, Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir have also linked with our school and worked in partnership to create a Summer Festival of Music and Art. We are kindly supported by our FPTA and Kaya Art Gallery.
Christmas Concerts
Why this and why now? Pupils learn a selection of festive and winter songs and perform them live to audiences alongside Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir. Performances take place as a mini Christmas Tour e.g. Buckland Abbey, Guildhall Plymouth, Barbican Christmas Lights, The Market Hall, Mayflower's Carols in the Community and local Church venues.
The Woodfest Music Festival
Why this and why now? To link to other musicians and schools as well as put them in touch with a new audience who are outside the local community.
Year 4
Spring Mini Concert
Why this and why now? An opportunity to take learning from class based lessons and apply them live to a local audience and online beyond the school itself.
Festival of Arts and Music
Why this and why now? Each year, during the Summer Term, pupils, parents and staff look forward to performing together on stage. Community singing groups, Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir have also linked with our school and worked in partnership to create a Summer Festival of Music and Art. We are kindly supported by our FPTA and Kaya Art Gallery.
Christmas Concerts
Why this and why now? Pupils learn a selection of festive and winter songs and perform them live to audiences alongside Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir. Performances take place as a mini Christmas Tour e.g. Buckland Abbey, Guildhall Plymouth, Barbican Christmas Lights, The Market Hall, Mayflower's Carols in the Community and local Church venues.
The Woodfest Music Festival
Why this and why now? To link to other musicians and schools as well as put them in touch with a new audience who are outside the local community.
Year 5
Spring Mini Concert
Why this and why now? An opportunity to take learning from class based lessons and apply them live to a local audience and online beyond the school itself.
Festival of Arts and Music
Why this and why now? Each year, during the Summer Term, pupils, parents and staff look forward to performing together on stage. Community singing groups, Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir have also linked with our school and worked in partnership to create a Summer Festival of Music and Art. We are kindly supported by our FPTA and Kaya Art Gallery.
Christmas Concerts
Why this and why now? Pupils learn a selection of festive and winter songs and perform them live to audiences alongside Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir. Performances take place as a mini Christmas Tour e.g. Buckland Abbey, Guildhall Plymouth, Barbican Christmas Lights, The Market Hall, Mayflower's Carols in the Community and local Church venues.
The Woodfest Music Festival
Why this and why now? To link to other musicians and schools as well as put them in touch with a new audience who are outside the local community.
Year 6
Spring Mini Concert
Why this and why now? An opportunity to take learning from class based lessons and apply them live to a local audience and online beyond the school itself.
Festival of Arts and Music
Why this and why now? Each year, during the Summer Term, pupils, parents and staff look forward to performing together on stage. Community singing groups, Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir have also linked with our school and worked in partnership to create a Summer Festival of Music and Art. We are kindly supported by our FPTA and Kaya Art Gallery.
Christmas Concerts
Why this and why now? Pupils learn a selection of festive and winter songs and perform them live to audiences alongside Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir. Performances take place as a mini Christmas Tour e.g. Buckland Abbey, Guildhall Plymouth, Barbican Christmas Lights, The Market Hall, Mayflower's Carols in the Community and local Church venues.
The Woodfest Music Festival
Why this and why now? To link to other musicians and schools as well as put them in touch with a new audience who are outside the local community.
Whole School
Family Jam | Experiencing Contemporary Music Making
Why this and why now? Open to all families, this hands-on musical experience offers everyone a chance to get alongside expert musicians and jam out in a fun and fully inclusive way.
Blokes Who Sing
Why this and why now? Open to all blokes who want to sing, this community group supports men's mental well-being through the power of ensemble music making.
North Prospect Community Choir
Why this and why now? Open to all, this community group supports singers of all abilities to access the power of community singing. The group perform as a choir in a variety of local venues. They form the basis of all community and school performances.
Legacy A Cappella
Why this and why now? Offering a new experience of what the voice can do once the vocal foundational techniques are in place. Going wider than Mayflower's extensive choir based experience, this performance gives a different sense of how voice can link and perform a different style.
Community Empowerment
EYFS
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Spring Mini Concert
Why this and why now? An opportunity to take learning from class-based lessons and apply them live to a local audience and online beyond the school itself.
Christmas Concerts
Why this and why now? Pupils learn a selection of festive and winter songs and perform them live to audiences alongside Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir. Performances take place as a mini Christmas Tour e.g. Buckland Abbey, Guildhall Plymouth, Barbican Christmas Lights, The Market Hall, Mayflower's Carols in the Community and local Church venues.
Festival of Arts and Music
Why this and why now? Each year, during the Summer Term, pupils, parents and staff look forward to performing together on stage. Community singing groups, Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir have also linked with our school and worked in partnership to create a Summer Festival of Music and Art. We are kindly supported by our FPTA and Kaya Art Gallery.
Year 4
Spring Mini Concert
Why this and why now? An opportunity to take learning from class based lessons and apply them live to a local audience and online beyond the school itself.
Christmas Concerts
Why this and why now? Pupils learn a selection of festive and winter songs and perform them live to audiences alongside Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir. Performances take place as a mini Christmas Tour e.g. Buckland Abbey, Guildhall Plymouth, Barbican Christmas Lights, The Market Hall, Mayflower's Carols in the Community and local Church venues.
Festival of Arts and Music
Why this and why now? Each year, during the Summer Term, pupils, parents and staff look forward to performing together on stage. Community singing groups, Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir have also linked with our school and worked in partnership to create a Summer Festival of Music and Art. We are kindly supported by our FPTA and Kaya Art Gallery.
Year 5
Spring Mini Concert
Why this and why now? An opportunity to take learning from class based lessons and apply them live to a local audience and online beyond the school itself.
Christmas Concerts
Why this and why now? Pupils learn a selection of festive and winter songs and perform them live to audiences alongside Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir. Performances take place as a mini Christmas Tour e.g. Buckland Abbey, Guildhall Plymouth, Barbican Christmas Lights, The Market Hall, Mayflower's Carols in the Community and local Church venues.
Festival of Arts and Music
Why this and why now? Each year, during the Summer Term, pupils, parents and staff look forward to performing together on stage. Community singing groups, Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir have also linked with our school and worked in partnership to create a Summer Festival of Music and Art. We are kindly supported by our FPTA and Kaya Art Gallery.
Year 6
Spring Mini Concert
Why this and why now? An opportunity to take learning from class based lessons and apply them live to a local audience and online beyond the school itself.
Christmas Concerts
Why this and why now? Pupils learn a selection of festive and winter songs and perform them live to audiences alongside Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir. Performances take place as a mini Christmas Tour e.g. Buckland Abbey, Guildhall Plymouth, Barbican Christmas Lights, The Market Hall, Mayflower's Carols in the Community and local Church venues.
Festival of Arts and Music
Why this and why now? Each year, during the Summer Term, pupils, parents and staff look forward to performing together on stage. Community singing groups, Blokes Who Sing and North Prospect Community Choir have also linked with our school and worked in partnership to create a Summer Festival of Music and Art. We are kindly supported by our FPTA and Kaya Art Gallery.
Whole School
Family Jam | Experiencing Contemporary Music Making
Why this and why now? Open to all families, this hands on musical experience offers everyone a chance to get alongside expert musicians and jam out in a fun and fully inclusive way.
Blokes Who Sing
Why this and why now? Open to all blokes who want to sing, this community group supports men's mental well-being trhoguh the power of ensemble music making.
North Prospect Community Choir
Why this and why now? Open to all, this community group supports singers of all abilities to access the power of community singing. The group perform as a choir in a variety of local venues. They form the basis of all community and school performances.