Music

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We encourage children to experience music in all its forms through subjects, assemblies and after school activities.

Children are taught to play the recorder in Key Stage 2 and have the opportunity to learn the guitar and violin through clubs and private lessons. Our Key Stage 1 music club gives children the opportunity to compose, learn simple notation and sing. Children perform at school celebrations, services and festivals throughout the year.

Throughout the music curriculum all pupils will work on the following two programmes of study.

The Two programmes of study are:

One

  • Performing and composing
  • Singing a variety of songs and playing simple pieces and accompaniments
  • Select and combine appropriate instruments
  • Make expressive use of musical elements
  • Use symbols when performing-communicating musical ideas

Two

  • Listening and appraising
  • Listening to live and recorded sounds
  • Recognising different sounds
  • Listening to a wide variety of music in different styles and from different cultures
  • Describe and compare sounds
  • Recognise how music communicates moods and ideas
  • Evaluate own work
  • Use a musical vocabulary to describe and compare music from different traditions