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30/06/25

Y5 & Y6 Oval Trip Our Year 5 and Year 6 cricket teams have enjoyed a sunny trip to The Oval cricket ground today. They watched Surrey v Durham as part of ’s school’s day. Was especially nice bumping into friends from !#HPASK pic.twitter.com/qgRa0ZWLnA— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 30, 2025

23/06/25

Harris Federation - Award Winners! We’re the newest members of and very proud to be part of the Harris Family. Transforming the education of young people, across London, on a daily basis! https://t.co/qKYZY1DwqW— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 23, 2025

19/06/25

Year 6 Residential Still time for some football before the sun sets!#HPASK pic.twitter.com/WeOpZvse7N— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 19, 2025

19/06/25

Year 6 Residential A 3km morning hike to the beach for Year 6 on their residential – fresh air, great views, and even better company!#HPASK pic.twitter.com/KDIjsiyT51— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 19, 2025

19/06/25

Year 6 Residential Outdoor survival skills in action! Year 6 learning to light fires safely and confidently on their residential – teamwork, resilience, and a spark of adventure!#HPASK pic.twitter.com/snhzrZQSdR— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 19, 2025

19/06/25

Year 6 Residential Some high octane axe throwing this afternoon!#HPASK pic.twitter.com/xdpWzYc3dT— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 19, 2025

19/06/25

Year 6 Residential Archery skills were refined and tested today as the recent London weather visited Wales!#HPASK pic.twitter.com/rIFP9bqwV3— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 19, 2025

19/06/25

The year so far… It’s been an incredible year so far and we have achieved so much. As part of our opening ceremony celebrations, we have a special photo exhibition in the small hall. Enrichment and opportunity everywhere you look! pic.twitter.com/zBjOriRA08— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 19, 2025

19/06/25

Opening Ceremony! Sir Dan visited us today and was blown away by the transformation at South Kenton since we began our journey last September. He spoke to the children about the special community they were part of and the wider family!#HPASK pic.twitter.com/3BUJhEWTHK— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 19, 2025

19/06/25

Opening Ceremony! Exciting day at HPASK today! We proudly hosted a fantastic ceremony celebrating a new chapter in education for the children of South Kenton and everything we have achieved since September. Huge thanks to everyone who made this possible!#HPASK pic.twitter.com/wooN7IiPGp— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 19, 2025

18/06/25

Year 6 Residential Year 6 enjoyed an afternoon in the sea as they took on the challenge of paddle boarding! 🏄 pic.twitter.com/2mqpVaAPTe— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 18, 2025

17/06/25

Year 6 Residential They might not have had the scorching London sun but that hasn’t stopped our Year 6 children having a brilliant day. First up today was climbing. Some very impressive vertical skills on display!#HPASK pic.twitter.com/x3pGwNiFDb— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 17, 2025

17/06/25

Year 6 Residential After a long journey, time to stretch some legs. An evening stroll taking in the beautiful scenery was a lovely way to end the day!#HPASK pic.twitter.com/TfRziOtEmj— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 17, 2025

17/06/25

Year 6 Residential Year 6 are away this week on their residential in Pembrokeshire. After a long journey, they safely arrived yesterday afternoon.#HPASK pic.twitter.com/oOhOAHHCIi— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 17, 2025

04/06/25

Parent Forum! Please join us for a warm and welcoming Inclusion Coffee Morning, where parents can connect, share experiences, and enjoy a coffee. Our new SENCO will also be there to say hello! 📅 Thursday 5th June 🕘 8:45am  📍 Small Hall#HPASK pic.twitter.com/U86REVFUNW— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 4, 2025

03/06/25

Community Cafe ☕️ It was lovely to see our Community Cafe back open today. Fresh coffee and some delicious sweet treats was a wonderful start to the day. Missed it today? Don’t worry, we’re open again on Thursday afternoon!#HPASK pic.twitter.com/a8TEJAaWi8— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 3, 2025

03/06/25

Cricket Champions! 🏏 🏆 We are very proud of our Year 5 and 6 Girls’ Cricket Team. Today, they took part in a competition against local schools and came home as winners! Brent Borough Champions!#HPASK pic.twitter.com/ZMDHqXKji8— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 3, 2025

02/06/25

HPASK Community Cafe ☕️ Tomorrow our Community Cafe reopens! Come and join us for a coffee straight after drop off. There will also be some flavoursome snacks courtesy of Thicc Cookie UK! 🗓️ Tuesday 3rd June 2025 ⏰ 8.30am#HPASK pic.twitter.com/Rh2Ifi94NV— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 2, 2025

02/06/25

Welcome Back! Welcome back to all our families for the 2nd half of the Summer Term. ☀️ ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ A term of celebration and transition as we look back at our achievements this year and look ahead to next!#HPASK pic.twitter.com/F0icR9OffJ— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () June 2, 2025

01/05/25

Y4 Residential Survival skills in the wild! The children had to collect resources and then make a fire! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/DaIDS1hRfP— Harris Primary Academy South Kenton () May 1, 2025

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Music

"Where words fail, music speaks."

Hans Christian Andersen

 

Music is an art form that expresses ideas and emotions through sound, rhythm, melody or harmony. Music is a form of language which evokes movement and emotion.  Music engages the brain while stimulating neural pathways associated with higher forms of intelligence, memory and an improved mental health.

In our teaching of music, we will cover:

  • Pitch, Duration, Dynamics, Tempo, Timbre, Texture and Structure, Composition, Performance
  • A range of styles of music
  • History of music

A musician needs the following skills, which will be embedded within our curriculum

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Intent: introduction, vision and philosophy

The purpose of this document is to clarify the how, why and what of music teaching at our academy.  This is to be used by staff to clarify expectations, highlight the resources that we have access to, and to ensure that a high-quality music curriculum is being taught to all of our pupils in our academy. 

We ensure that our music teaching engages and inspires our pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement.  As our pupils progress, we see them develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with discrimination to the best in the musical canon.

As part of our teaching we strive to provide children with the skills needed to be a musician, which include being analytical, being able to persevere, listening, communicate effectively with others and to have a sense of rhythm.  We encourage children to participate in a variety of musical experiences through which we aim to build up the confidence of all children.  Our teaching focuses on developing our children’s ability to sing in tune both on their own and as part of a group.  We teach them to listen and appreciate different forms of music and provide them with the vocabulary to effectively participate in discussions based on their own opinion of different pieces of music.  We encourage our children to use their analytical skills in music lessons when learning about how music can represent feelings and emotions, critically engaging both in the work of composers, their own and their peers work.

Implementation: what does Music teaching look like?

Music in the Early Years Foundation Stage

At our academy children sing songs, make music and dance, and experiment with ways of changing them.  This is done through singing songs and listening to a range of music types.  We also have access to a wide range of musical instruments.  We encourage our children to join in with a wide variety of songs and dances and give them the opportunity within our provision to experiment with how different objects and instruments make noises.

Music in Key Stage 1 and 2

Throughout key stage 1 and 2, we use a progression grid which outlines the minimum expectation of what should be taught in each year group including relevant vocabulary.  By following this progression, we ensure that knowledge is building upon what the children have remembered from what they have previously been taught.

We recognise that the national curriculum is a minimum expectation of what should be taught to our children therefore we strive to deepen our students’ understanding.  To ensure that this is part of our teaching we have outlined examples of how students would show a deeper understanding of music:

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Each half term a new unit is taught which covers the National Curriculum objectives and allows our children to make meaningful connections. To support our teaching of music we use Charanga; providing teachers with a framework to build units of work and lessons and resources to be adapted for the needs of each class.

Across key stage 1 and 2, music is taught for one hour a week, broken into 2x 30-minute lessons. One focuses on music and the other on singing.

Impact

Our pupils have the opportunity to record their music learning in a variety of ways, which is then recorded in an end of unit video.  Evidence of learning is dependent on the lesson outcome, year group and the knowledge and skills being developed.  It could be in the form of: a performance, discussion, photographs, practising, pupil voice or teacher voice. 

Subject leaders conduct learning walks and pupil interviews to measure the impact of our teaching, based on how much children can remember and how they can articulate what they have learnt.

Subject leaders will meet with their counterparts from other cluster schools half-termly and will moderate the planning, work and monitoring outcomes from their setting to ensure that standards are exceeding the expectations of the National Curriculum.