About this curriculum

The teaching of Music at Manadon Vale follows the National Curriculum, delivered predominantly through the Charanga Scheme. This scheme has been adapted to a bespoke Manadon version and is supplemented with additional practical activities, particularly topic-based composition opportunities. Embedded in Manadon’s Music Unit Map is a carefully designed and challenging progressive plan of the various musical skills and strands, to ensure that children are constantly developing and improving as musicians throughout their Manadon journey. 

At Manadon, children gain their love of music and skills from inclusive participation in fun, engaging and practical activities. They sing, play instruments, perform, improvise, compose, notate, listen and appraise, continuously increasing their musical vocabulary and enjoying music with a range of history, culture and style. They progressively learn about the inter-related strands of pulse, rhythm and duration, pitch, dynamics, tempo, timbre, structure, texture and notation, linking and combining their learning in these strands when they compose.

Children at Manadon enjoy a well-resourced music room – they play a wide range of quality tuned and untuned percussion instruments. We are a ‘Singing School’ where everyone sings regularly, to further extend our musical skills and understanding, but also to have fun and bring our community together. 

The inspiration from quality music curriculum provision results in many children also choosing to learn an instrument in small peripatetic groups and every Year 3 class learns the violin. Large numbers of children also choose to commit to the extra-curricular choirs and orchestra. We love to perform at larger scale events, at school, in our local community and nationally! 

At Manadon Vale, we are all musicians!

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Some EYFS children and parents enjoyed the school library this evening at the afterschool reading club. All classes have now had an opportunity this half term to enjoy this space! An email will be sent out after half term informing you of some additional library slots before Christmas. Thank you, Miss Harris.
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Foundation Stage have had a brilliant spooky day today! A huge thank you to Manadon Vale PTFA for the super party this afternoon 🎃👻
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Year 3 Come Dancing 🕺🏼 💃 This term, Year 3 have been creating a range of motifs and dynamics in their dance lessons. A change of speed and level has been a focus, as well as being able to perform in cannon and unison. This morning, both Orcas and Coral performed to each other. Here are some stills 📸 More pictures and videos to follow soon
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It was wonderful to see so many Year 6 parents and grandparents turn up to our first afterschool ‘Rock up and Read session’ today. The children loved sharing their independent writing with you! 💙
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Dolphin class had fun playing the glockenspiels today!
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Year 2 have been looking at instructions! We now know what features a set of instructions have! We even managed to follow a simple set of instructions to make cool paper hats! Ahoy⚓️
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Well done to all the competitors in the Plymouth schools cross country competition yesterday. Every child ran so well and all should be very proud of how they did!
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Year 1 parents are currently enjoying their afterschool library slot. Parents and carers are invited in to relax and enjoy this space with a tea or coffee. Juice and biscuits for children ☺️💙
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Reminder ** Tomorrow, all children and staff are invited to wear mufti to school. Please donate a children’s book (second-hand and in good condition) if you can, for our school library. Please note, we are not looking for new books so please don’t go and buy a brand-new book, we are looking for pre-loved books. Thank you, Miss Harris. Year 6 teacher and English lead.
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Rain may have put a halt to our outdoor PE today but it didn’t stop us from having fun indoors.
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Year 6 worked with peers in the opposite class to complete their final piece art work (drawing a face) in the style of Pablo Picasso. They used a variety of 2D shapes and straight lines.
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Mr Williams' football club is not on tomorrow (as stated on the original letter) due to a cross country competition. The cross country is currently still on. The weather looks good tomorrow, though the ground at Staddiscombe will likely be very muddy!
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We still have lots of Halloween disco tickets for sale!🎃
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