Music

Music

Over 80% of the pupils from Years 1-6 are currently learning an instrument through one-to-one lessons. We have a range of peripatetic teachers who come in weekly.​

This includes singing, piano, drums, guitar, trumpet, flute, oboe, violin.​

Music is taught as a specialist lesson to every pupil in the school, including Nursery.  The curriculum gives them all access to multiple musical genres and is infused with Kodaly-based teaching. Singing with good pitch awareness and musical literacy are introduced right from the early years. ​​

HIGHLIGHTS of 2024/25/26 INCLUDE:​

All of the pupils do many performances throughout the year. ​

We had a visiting composer, Lucy Armstrong, visit Years 3 & 4 to workshop her song ‘Christmas Magic’.  A parent, Eve Kennedy performing performing Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.​

Year 4 and 6 productions examples include – The Lion King,  The Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins.​

Christmas and Spring concerts​:
There are regular Informal concerts, for which any pupil is free to sign up and perform in. ​

ORCHESTRA​
We offer Training Orchestra, Senior Orchestra, String Group and Year 6 Band as extra-curricular music. ​

CHOIR​
The girls have a weekly choir slot in their timetable from Year 1 to Year 6.​

ENSEMBLE GROUPS​
In Year 4, the pupils learn whole class recorder in Music lessons.​
Year 1 there is a Strings Project where every pupil learns the basics of violin/cello playing.