Music at Madginford offers children the opportunities to appreciate, create, compose and perform through a wide range of styles and genres. Our teaching of music is underpinned by our school values. Through the study of iconic musicians and pieces from across the globe, children develop a strong musical grounding for them to build on in their future education. 

As well as offering a diverse curriculum, there are multiple opportunities for children to develop their passion beyond the classroom. Through Andrew Parry Music (whose contact details are listed below), children are invited to further develop their musical skills during specialist lessons. These lessons are offered in piano, guitar and drums. Children also have an exciting new opportunity to join RockSteady! RockSteady offers collaborative instrumental lessons where children can choose to learn the drums, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboard or singing as part of a band. The website link to sign up for these lessons is available below also.

Miss Simmons has also been running a Christmas Choir over the last two terms. The children worked really hard to learn a set of Christmas songs and perform them at the Bearsted and Madginford Christmas light switch on events. They sang excellently and thoroughly enjoyed wearing their Santa hats! We can't wait to do this again next Christmas. 

Our Music Scheme

The Kapow Primary Music scheme is designed to help pupils recognise themselves as musical and to nurture a lifelong love of music. The scheme develops the skills, knowledge, and understanding needed to become confident performers, composers, and listeners. The curriculum introduces pupils to music from across the world, encouraging respect and appreciation for the music of all traditions and communities.

Pupils build musical skills through singing, playing tuned and untuned instruments, improvising, composing and listening and responding to music. They develop an understanding of the historical and cultural context of the music they encounter and learn how music can be notated. The scheme also supports the development of transferable skills, including teamwork, leadership, creative thinking, problem-solving, decision-making and presentation and performance abilities. These skills are integral to pupils’ development as learners and have wide application in their lives beyond school.

Contact details for Andrew Parry

Email: andrewparrymusic@gmail.com
Website:www.andrewparrymusic.com

Contact details for RockSteady

rocksteadymusicschool.com 

Please see parent sign-up letter.