Nurturing skills and confidence through music
Music is seen as an integral part of the curriculum at Milbourne Lodge. Learning to play and appreciate music can encourage participation, teamwork, and a sense of group identity as well as increasing creativity.
Music develops the children’s ability to understand themselves and relate to others, thus promoting self-confidence and social skills. It can also support learning in other subject areas. The ability to listen and concentrate and the facility for self-expression are useful life skills.
A comprehensive approach to music education
The teaching of music in class is primarily aimed at developing the children’s understanding and appreciation of the subject. Pupils’ natural musicianship skills are developed and honed through singing and aural work (to develop musical memory, the inner ear and a true sense of pitch), use of classroom percussion (to develop a sense of rhythm and pulse) and through exploring the four main pillars of the music curriculum: performing, composing, listening and appraising.
All pupils are taught to sing and to play tuned and un-tuned percussion and are introduced to the basics of music theory in class. They also undertake a comprehensive project on ‘The Orchestra’ in class. Many of them then go on to take up an orchestral instrument as a result.
