Music

Music is vitally important for children to be able to develop imagination and resourcefulness, resilience, problem-solving, team-working and technical skills.

These are the skills which will enable young people to navigate the changing workplace of the future. Music is both a practical and academic subject. Musical learning is about thinking and acting musically. This means that music lessons are about learning in and through music, not solely about music. Music lessons are focused on developing imagination and creativity, building up pupils’ knowledge, skills and understanding. Young people come into secondary school with a lifetime of musical experiences, which are practical and experiential and which have contributed to their aural memory, practical, discriminatory skills and personal and collective identity formation.

Through immersing students in every aspect of music, we aim to improve a pupil’s communication skills; creativity; collaboration skills; cultural awareness and self-esteem. We aspire to open their eyes to the vast scope of opportunities and experiences that are available within the subject and teach them to appreciate how music is important in shaping our everyday lives.

Assessment of musical learning is rooted in the reality of musical activity that the young people undertake. Consequently, assessment is of the musical attainment they have evidenced in a range of learning activities in which they have been singing, playing, performing, improvising, composing and critically engaging with music.