Music
At St Alban’s, we believe music is a powerful tool for creativity, expression, and personal growth. Music at St Alban’s nurtures creativity, confidence, and collaboration, helping children flourish as musicians and individuals. Our curriculum provides a broad and balanced musical education, with clear progression of skills across Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
Children explore music through a wide range of historical periods, styles, traditions, and genres, developing both practical and theoretical understanding.
Our Curriculum Focuses On
- Singing and Performing – Developing confidence and skill in vocal performance and playing instruments.
- Listening and Appraising – Actively listening to music, recognising elements, and responding thoughtfully.
- Composition and Improvisation – Creating original music and expressing ideas through sound.
- Interrelated Dimensions of Music – Understanding how music is created and communicated through pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure, and notation.
- Evaluation – Reflecting on and improving musical work.
These areas are supported by age-related expectations for KS1, Lower KS2, and Upper KS2, guiding teacher assessment and pupil progress.
Curriculum Support
Our music curriculum is enriched through:
- Get Set 4 Music – A structured programme that supports musical progression and integrates cross-curricular links.
- Surrey Arts Instrumental Tuition – Specialist teachers provide instrumental lessons to KS2 pupils, enhancing their musical experience.
Instrumental Learning
We ensure every child has the opportunity to learn an instrument during their time at St Alban’s. Pupils are taught:
- Glockenspiel
- Recorder
- Voice
- Ukulele
- Toots
- Violin
In addition, Surrey Arts offers small group and individual tuition in:
- Piano
- Guitar
- Flute
- Recorder
- Violin
- Ukulele
- Toots (beginner woodwind instruments)
- Singing
