Back to Main School> Nursery and Pre-School In Nursery the children enjoy singing a variety of songs traditional and new, sub-consciously introducing all the musical concepts.  They experience lots of instruments and enjoy listening and experiencing live and recorded music using bubbles, scarves, ribbons and the parachute.  In Pre-School they begin to learn to work as a group, singing, taking turns, listening and responding and most importantly enjoying Music.  The children also learn songs and actions for a Summer Concert and our Nativity.

Classes 1 - 3  The children learn many songs for performance, alongside listening to and performing music to confirm the musical elements, consciously.  They enjoy experiencing many different styles of music and instruments and learn in a very active and fun way to help confirm the learning.  By this age the children are growing in musical confidence, knowledge and understanding.  Every week the children learn hymns which are sung with much enthusiam in assembly and each year the Infants perform a Nativity.

Classes 4 - 7 The children in Juniors spend one term each year preparing for a performance; this entails learning and exploring the songs.  They learn techniques to overcome timing, tuning and any other problems they may encounter.  They also learn songs in the same way for Festivals, Concerts and Events. The children learn many other songs and rounds where they have to work together, gain confidence in their individual ability and hopefully have a huge sense of achievement. Through the songs, they are learning about rounds, ostinatos, different music and styles.  They play singing games which are fun and teach them about rhythm, hearing the tune and pulse in our heads, solo singing, using their imaginations, working as a team and achieving. In Class 4 the whole class learns the violin for a term and then decide if they want to carry on. This is a wonderful opportunity for the children to experience another instrument.

Classes 6 and 7 The older children learn about syncopation, tone set, ostinatos, time signatures, notes, rests, form, dynamics, instruments of the orchestra and recognising instruments from their sound and by sight.  The children also learn how to understand how music portrays different moods and then creating these concepts individually.  They experience different kinds of music from all over the world.  Listening examples: Saint Saens - The Carnival of the Animals, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, Mozart and Mahler.  They learn how to write music down in solfa, notation and score just from hearing the music.  They compose and perform music regularly including a Christmas carol competition.    Back to Main School>