Music

We are very fortunate to have Mr Perry, a specialist music teacher, teaching music across the school, from nursery to Year 6. This specialist teaching ensures that children are taught by someone who has the musical ability and subject knowledge to deliver an ambitious music curriculum.

We are excited to be using a new music platform called ‘Charanga Musical School’. The platform offers two schemes and we follow the scheme based on the DfE’s ‘English Model Music Curriculum’ which has progressive week-by-week lessons, covering all the statutory requirements of the national curriculum. Mr Perry also makes effective links to learning in other subjects, so children can develop their musical knowledge from different eras and traditions within a more meaningful context.

Learning within the Model Music Curriculum scheme is based on:

- Listening to and appraising music of different times and cultures

- Performing - Singing and playing instruments

- Composing and improvising - creating and exploring their own music

In Year 3, all children have the opportunity to learn violin, ocarina and African drums and they enjoy showcasing these skills to their parents during the year. Children in Key Stage Two also have the opportunity to learn a variety of instruments through individual and small-group tuition. Children have regular opportunities to sing and perform outside of their music lessons. A highlight of the week is when the whole school comes together for a singing assembly on Friday afternoon, and children in all year groups are given the opportunity to take part in a musical performance each year. From time to time, groups of children are invited to take part in external events including the ‘Echoes’ performances, organized by the Bucks Music Trust, and large-scale concerts such as ‘Young Voices’ and ‘Voice in a Million’.