At St Michael’s we believe that music education plays a vital role in providing children with a balanced education. Music not only enhances language and maths skills, memory and attention and social skills but can provide children with opportunities to discover new talents and foster a love of the arts.
Throughout our school, we follow the Charanga Scheme for Music (www.charanga.com) which is in line with The power of music to change lives: a national plan for music education document:
‘The national plan for music education sets out the government’s vision to enable all children and young people in England to:
- learn to sing, play an instrument and create music together
- have the opportunity to progress their musical interests and talents, including professionally’ (DFE Website June 2022)
In Year 3, peripatetic teachers from Entrust Music Service Staffordshire teach the children how to play glockenspiels which is then followed on in Year 4 where the recorder is taught.