Music

 

The importance of music to the curriculum. 

At Bewdley Primary School we believe that music is a powerful, unique form of communication that can change the way pupils feel, think and act.  It enables personal expression, reflection and emotional development.  As an integral part of culture, past and present, it helps pupils understand themselves and relate to others, forging important links between the home, school and the wider world.  The teaching of music develops pupils’ ability to listen and appreciate a wide variety of music and to make judgements about musical quality.  It encourages active involvement in different forms of amateur music-making, both individual and communal, thereby developing a sense of group identity and togetherness.  It also increases self-discipline and creativity, aesthetic awareness, sensitivity and fulfilment.  

  

 

The school aims to: 

 

 

·         foster pupils’ sensitivity to, and their understanding and enjoyment of, music, through an active involvement in listening, performing and composing and appraising;

 

 

·         enable all pupils to realise their individual creative potential and to express themselves through music;

 

 

·         enable pupils to acquire and develop the musical skills involved in performing, composing, listening and appraising;

 

 

·         extend and develop pupils’ awareness and understanding of traditions, idioms and music styles from a variety of cultures, times and places.

 

·         develop, through music, pupils’ skills which contribute to learning across the curriculum;

 

 

·         contribute to the community and the school’s ethos. 

 

Extra curricular music activities.