Music

We aim for all children at Broadmayne First School to develop a solid foundation of msucisanship and gain a deep multisensory understanding of the elements of music. This gives them a greater understanding of the music that they create and listen to. We see music as a way of broadening our children's knowledge of the world and expanding their cultural curriculum. 

Our intent is to inspire and provide all pupils with the opportunity to develop their msucial potential through engaging experiences, recognising that music is an important part of cultural identify. We extend and develop pupils' cultural capital through awareness and understanding of traditions and music styles from a variety of cultures, times and places. We also recognise that music benefits both cognitve and personal development. Ensemble performing is a vital part of this and a focus on pulse and pitch recognition is fundamental, and we reflect this in our curriculum. 

We encourage and prepare children for lifelong participation, engagement and appreciation, both in school and beyond. We work closely with a specialist music teacher to ensure our curriculum prepares our children for their move to middle school. 

Alongside our music curriculum, we have other opportunities for our children to develop musicianship and enjoyment of music. For example, our year 3 and 4 children have the opportunity to learn how to play the recorder and samba, which is led by the Wessex Music Programme. We have weekly singing assemblies with Penny. Penny teaches has group songs from around the world. We also provide opportunities for children to develop an appreciation of different music genres by listening to different pieces of music during our assemblies.

The children also have the opportunity to learn a variety of instuments with our peripatetic teachers invidually or in small groups. In addition to this, we provide Rock Steady lessons where children can work together to form a rock band.