Wallands Community Primary Music
There is overwhelming evidence regarding the positive impact that music can have on all our lives. We believe it is important that all pupils can participate in rich music lessons. Music is an important foundation subject because it can have a positive impact on pupils’ wellbeing and mental health and brings the school community closer together.
What does music look like at Wallands?
Music is taught as a discrete weekly lesson in all classes. We use the Sing up music scheme, which provides unique lesson plans for all year groups. The lesson plans are engaging and exciting and the scheme supports all the requirements of the national curriculum.
Our music curriculum allows children to:
- listen and discuss different genres and periods of music
- sing and perform as a class, in groups or as a solo
- play tuned and un-tuned instruments
- compose and improvise using voices and instruments
- develop understanding and use of key terminology
- develop understanding and use of different musical notations
Across the school, children have access to a range of instruments, including glockenspiels, ukuleles and recorders. Pupils develop their skills and knowledge of these instruments as they progress throughout the school.
KS1 and KS2 have a weekly singing assembly where they learn and sing songs together.
Music events and opportunities throughout the year
Over the course of the year, children perform to parents, including sharing assemblies, Christmas performances and end of year performances.
East Sussex Music service provide weekly piano, violin, cello, guitar and woodwind lessons. Children can also be part of the choir or school orchestra.
To find out more about music lessons: https://www.eastsussexmusic.org/home