As well as peripatetic music lessons, some of our staff also deliver both classroom and full group instrumental lessons.

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Working with the national curriculum, students are taught the basic rudiments of music.  These include both traditional and graphic musical notation, rhythm, pitch, time, key signatures, scales and chords.

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Using wide and varied materials, students listen, explore, compose and appraise.  Units of work may include composing music for a Space topic, learning and performing an African drum (djembe) piece, describing the character of the music and how it can change a mood or learn how to ‘scratch’ on the modern turntable. Skills are transferable and are demonstrated when changing topics.

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Weekly full group lessons are also given. Recent lessons include steel pans, pBone (plastic trombone), pBuzz (a beginner slide trumpet)  violin, recorder and singing.

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We aim to inspire students to take up a musical instrument and begin weekly peripatetic lessons and to appreciate the role music plays in our lives – supporting mental health and wellbeing.