Singing
Music is at the heart of Hackney New Primary School
Singing is central to daily life at Hackney New Primary School, as well as being a crucial tool in supporting our students in their instrumental journey. As well as a four music lessons a week (one of which is specifically for singing) children partake in:
- Weekly Singing Assemblies
- Singing to support other curriculum areas such as Maths, Spanish and History
- Singing to support transitions in the day
- Perform in two concerts annually
Hackney New Primary School has worked with Sing Up to develop singing within the school achieving the Silver Award in Summer 2017 and Gold Award in Summer 2018. The school is still an active participant in Sing Up and continues to use this programme to develop the singing across the school and ensure we are providing an engaging, diverse and versatile repetoire to our community of learners.
By the time our children leave HNPS at the end of KS2 the singing curriculum will have:
- Given children a large repetoire of songs from around the world and in a variety of languages
- Used singing to celebrate religious and cultural ceremonies from around the world
- Given children greater ownership and control over their singing choices
- Increased awareness of vocal health
- Developed children's cultural awareness and respect
- Taken part in singing ensembles
- Performed as a part of an ensemble to a community
- Developed their understanding of tempo, pitch, harmonies and other skills
Reception singing Mini Mini Birkush
In September 2017, the school embarked on Ex Cathedra’s Singing Playgrounds Project. The project began with a workshop day where children were taught how to be Singing Leaders and teach other children Playground Songs with games. This has led to:
- Children taking greater ownership of their singing
- Improved playtimes
- The introduction of a Singing and Performance Area in the Playground
The Singing Playground Project has been taken forward by our Assistant Headteacher and since September, the number of singing leaders in the school has steadily grown.