Music Curriculum
1.Overall Aims of Music Curriculum
Music education helps students:
- To develop creativity, the ability to appreciate music and to effectively communicate through music;
- To nurture aesthetic sensitivity and cultural understandings;
- To develop music skills, construct knowledge in music, and cultivate positive values and attitudes;
- To gain enjoyment and satisfaction through participating in music activities; and
- To pursue a life-long interest in and the valuing of music.
2.Learning Targets
Music is an important medium for expression and communication among human beings. In the process of music learning, students use creativity, performing and listening skills to express the qualities of music and the emotions embedded in it. Students gain rich and comprehensive music learning experiences through the integrated activities of creating, performing and listening, and achieve the four Learning Targets of the Music curriculum. The four Learning Targets are inextricably intertwined and form the core of the Music curriculum. They are all important and should be developed concurrently and systematically. However, they do not necessarily bear the same weight in curriculum design and the process of learning and teaching. Teachers should be flexible in adjusting the emphasis according to students’ learning needs as well as their abilities. The four Learning Targets of the Music curriculum are:
- Developing Creativity and Imagination
Develop music ideas and acquire creating skills, together with performing and listening, to cultivate creativity and imagination;
- Developing Music Skills and Processes
Develop performing skills to experience and express music, with emphasis on cultivating music imagination and musicality in practice;
- Cultivating Critical Responses in Music
Comprehend, respond to and appraise music so as to nurture aesthetic sensitivity and awareness;
- Understanding Music in Context
3.Our Curriculum
The music subject of our school is in Through-train curriculum. Primary one and Primary two students will learn rhythm with Practice Pad and Cajon in class to develop their sense of rhythm. In addition to learning the recorder, students in Primary three to Primary six will also learn different musical instruments, such as Kalimba or Ethereal drums, etc. Students will be able to learn different musical concepts in activities such as creating, performing, listening or cross-curricular activities.
Our school organizes different music activity classes, such as choir, instrument class, percussion orchestra, etc., to give students the opportunity to experience different performances or competitions, and enhance students' self-confidence and team spirit.
4.Useful website
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Hong Kong Arts Festival