Music

Music is an integral part of life at Northiam Primary School

Every effort goes into ensuring that the children hear a breadth of music, and see instruments being played, rather than using recordings. During collective worship children are exposed to a variety of music and share their passion for music during choir and special services at the church. We even have visitors coming in which play the guitar; this allows for children to have an opportunity to sing along and be inspired to learn an instrument.

Children have the opportunity to take part in piano lessons provided by an external provider. There has been a good uptake in learning the piano.

The teachers use music throughout their curriculum planning to help engage the children in the learning. An example of this is learning where children have written, sang and performed a song about our school values and shared it with their parents and members of the church community. Children also have the opportunity to learn the ukulele as part of their Friday Focus- The Performing Pioneers.

We strive to have a variety of musical opportunities for the children each year.  We run a weekly choir and children get the opportunity to share their performances during important school events such as: the Christmas Fair, at the 02, part of the Friday Focus and at the Summer Fair.

All children have the opportunity to use their growing skills to perform to an audience - singing and dancing as part of the yearly nativity (KS1) and production (KS2).  They have also had the opportunity to perform at the O2 arena as part of Young Voices with 8,000 other children. 

music whole school curriculum map.pdf