Music
The Music Department comprises full time music teachers and a
number of peripatetic instrumental teachers. Individual tuition is
available for most instruments. Currently piano, electric keyboard,
recorder, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, trumpet and drums are
taught. Pupils are entered for the Association Board for the Royal
School of Music examinations as well as those of the Trinity and
Guildhall Colleges of Music.
There is a Junior School Choir (Years 3 - 6), which performs for
the Harvest Festival and Christmas Carol Services, in concerts and
at the Speech Day services as well as on other occasions throughout
the year. Watch the whole school sing 'I Vow to Thee My
Country' and 'Jerusalem' below.
There is a String Group, a Wind Group and a keyboard club, all of
which are available to all standards of musician.
Class music is taught throughout the school. Here, a broad
approach is taken, seeking to widen pupils' experience of music of
many styles and periods, from many different parts of the world.
Through listening and appraising, children gain awareness of the
world of sound, and through composing and performing, they gain
confidence and expertise in expressing themselves through
music.
| |
Autumn |
Spring |
Summer |
| Reception |
Steady Beats
Tempo
Harvest Song
Carols |
Themed Concert Songs /
Percussion /
Movement |
High, low, loud, quiet.
Types of sound/
Speech Day song |
| Year 1 |
Exploring Sounds /
Harvest/Carols
Festivals |
Themed Concert Songs /
Percussion /
Movement |
Exploring Tempo, Timbre and Dynamics
Speech Day |
| Year 2 |
Exploring Sound Colour /
Harvest/Carols
Festivals |
Themed Concert Songs /
Percussion /
Movement |
Exploring Tempo, Timbre and Dynamics |
| Year 3 |
Descriptive Sounds / Rhythmic Patterns |
Arrangements / Pentatonic Scales |
Sound colours / Singing |
| Year 4 |
Rhythmic Patterns / Arrangements |
Melodies & Scales /
Sound colours |
Musical Signals / Descriptive sounds |
| Year 5 |
Cyclic Patterns
Exploring Rhythm and Pulse / Rounds |
Exploring Sound Sources/
Exploring Lyrics and Melody |
Performing Skills / Musical Processes |
| Year 6 |
Rounds / Sound Sources |
Lyrics and Melody / Musicals |
Performing Skills / Musical Processes |