Music

At St Therese, we aim for children to develop a lifelong love and appreciation for music.  We achieve this through our music lessons, music groups e.g choir, instrument groups, international links, visitors, celebrations and through our spirituality and collective worship.

In our curriculum we aim to ensure that all pupils:

  • Perform, listen to, review and evaluate music.
  • Be taught to sing, create and compose music with a range of instruments.
  • Understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated.

Our aim is for each child to perform music through both voice and instrument. We aspire for the children to be confident performers who enjoy sharing their talents with others. Through our curriculum we aim to inspire children through music by providing a range of rich musical opportunities and experiences. Recorders and glockenspiels are the two main instruments taught in school. In our school a love of music is promoted through singing, performing and listening so children can appreciate the power and gift of music. We aim to encourage and nurture children’s talents and enthusiasm. St Therese’s intention is that children develop their understanding of what music is, through listening, singing, playing, evaluating, analysing, and composing. They learn to appreciate a wide variety of historical periods, styles, traditions, and musical genres. We enable our pupils and provide opportunities for them to share their musical talents with the wider community. This is done through performances held inside and outside of school.

We are currently offering children in the school specialist tuition for the learning of drums, guitar, singing and vocals, and these 1:1 lessons are provided by Rocksteady Music School. We also attend outside of school events with the service that parents can attend. 

Our Music Curriculum is carefully planned using three pillars: 

Technical 

  • This includes the technique of singing (posture, projection and control) and the playing of instruments (hand and body control).
  • The use of technical systems for notation is also included within this pillar.
  • Technical progress includes sound production and the manipulation of sound, with the goal of pupils developing their ability to represent their imagination in sound.

 

Constructive 

  • Knowing how music works – concepts such as scales, chords, keys, systems, forms and structure.
  • Focuses on both deconstructing and constructing music – analysis and creation

 

Expressive 

  • Knowing music’s provenance – its history, culture, social context, geography, purpose and meaning.
  • Knowing how musical elements work together in an interrelated way to give musical expression.
  • Applying technical and constructive knowledge to give music a personal meaning

 

The curriculum has in place a model of technical development in instrumental or vocal skill that is:

  • gradual, identifying small enough component steps to ultimately achieve more ambitious goals
  • iterative, so that further progress is built upon firm foundations

 

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