Music
"At Springdale, we believe that music empowers children and gives them an outlet to express themselves creatively."
Music education is an important part of a child’s learning and should not be underestimated. At Springdale, we believe that music empowers children and gives them an outlet to express themselves creatively. Our high quality music curriculum will enhance children’s language development, co-ordination, listening skills, teamwork skills, confidence, resilience and self-awareness. Our children will have regular access to instruments, a varied song catalogue and the opportunity to perform and shine throughout their time at Springdale.
Curriculum design:
‘A good musical education is underpinned by robust, direct and incremental teaching that provides knowledge of music’s technical and constructive aspects. This knowledge is learned in the context of music’s history and provenance, allowing pupils to make increasingly sophisticated, expressive responses and gain musical meaning. Together, these pillars contribute to what could be described as ‘musical meaning’.
Our music curriculum comprises of the following concepts:
- Artists, style and history
- Performance (instrumental)
- Performance (singing)
- Listening
- Composing and improvising
- Appraising
- Musical notation
Children at Springdale have regular access to instruments, a varied song catalogue and the opportunity to perform and shine throughout their time here.
Instrument lessons
Children in Years 2, 3 and 4 have whole class recorder lessons. For children who want to develop their musical talents even further, we offer peripatetic music lessons in a range of instruments including guitar, cello, keyboard, drums and mini bass. These lessons are available from Year 3 onwards. If your child is interested in starting music lessons, then please enquire for more details at the school office.
Singing is also a big part of our school life with regular singing in assemblies, in class and in music lessons.
