Music

Over the course of the primary years, children will listen to and perform a range of music. In Reception and KS1 this will often include singing songs and rhymes and playing untuned instruments such as tambourines or rainmaker sticks. 

In Key Stage 2, children will perform pieces both alone and as part of a group using their own voice and a range of musical instruments, including those with tuning such as glockenspiels or keyboards. They will both improvise and compose pieces using their knowledge of the different dimensions of music such as rhythm and pitch. They will also begin to use musical notation, and to learn about the history of music. Music is taught by a specialist teacher.