Music

Classroom music lessons

Every pupil has one lesson timetabled per week. Years 7 and 8 are both divided into four groups and each group has one lesson of music per week.

During music lessons:

• Three key areas are focused upon within all the work pupil produce in music which are performance, composing and listening
• children will have access to keyboards, pitched and unpitched percussion
• singing a variety of songs from different cultures and periods will play an important part
• group activities led by the teacher will play a major role in stimulating pupils to listen, imitate and explore rhythmic and melodic patterns
• children will have time to explore on their own or in small groups, independent of the teacher
• there will be a variety of focussed activities – such as ‘teasing-out’ the workings of a tune and coming to recognise sound patterns and relate these to graphic representation
• Perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians
• Learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence
• Understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.