Music

Music plays an important part in the life of our school. As part of themed learning, children have the opportunity to listen, compose and perform, in an engaging, exciting and innovative way. Through listening, children learn to appreciate many different styles of music from other cultures and times. In composition work, the children learn to improvise, choose and control a range of sounds, blend and layer musical ideas and become more aware of musical elements such as rhythm, pitch, tempo and form. For performance, and especially with singing, the children progress from developing accuracy of melody, rhythm and diction to increasing control of breathing, articulation and awareness of phrasing. Together with this, all children are taught music notation in conjunction with recital skills.

Extra-curricular music:

We have a number of peripatetic music teachers who come into school and offer music lessons in recorder, guitar and piano.

In addition, Rock Steady music teachers deliver bi-weekly instrumental lessons to some of our children, learning together in a band format – a proven way to progress musicianship, confidence and teamwork skills.

Each week our Choir meet to enjoy singing together. This year we have performed at the switching on of the village’s Christmas lights and we are looking forward to a number of up-coming performances, including the Jubilee celebrations and the village fete.