What does Music look like at St Mary’s?
Our music teaching follows a carefully planned progression route created by Our Lady of Lourdes Music Service.
The Model Music Curriculum is at the core of our music teaching and we ensure that all our children benefit from a curriculum which combines knowledge, skills and understanding in a practical way.
Our children come from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and we aim to celebrate our cultural diversity, through the active listening to and engagement in a range of music from the different cultures and traditions linked to our school and wider community. We strive to develop children’s pride in their heritage and appreciation of others’ religions, cultures and traditions and music plays an integral part in achieving this.
Across the whole school, children engage in weekly music sessions that are underpinned by our whole school music progression document.
In the Early Years children begin by exploring a wide range of percussion instruments, including djembes. Building on from this, KS1 are then introduced to glockenspiels, followed by the introduction of boom whackers, recorders, ukeles, guitars, toots, trumpets and flutes in KS2.
We are very fortunate to have a strong team of music specialists (Mr Edwards, Mr Jones and Mr Walters), who as well as teaching our music lessons also run a KS2 choir, a KS2 instrumental group and provide instrumental lessons for Y5 and 6 children who would like to progress further with a chosen instrument. We also provide ‘Nurture Music Sessions’.
Mrs Hayes leads Music at St Mary’s. She teaches music in F1, supports the music specialists, guides our ‘KS1 Singing Playground Buddies’, supports children with attending the Local Area Band and ensures we access a wide range of musical enrichment opportunities.
If you would like to learn more, please speak to Mrs Hayes about music at St Mary’s.
Service Providers Supporting our Planning and Teaching:
School features many exciting opportunities for pupils to showcase their musical talents and grow as a musician. Be it in the school choir, instrumental lessons, the Local Area Band, concerts, school performances and assemblies or opportunities in the wider community.
