Music

At Mitton Manor Primary School, it is our intent that we make music an enjoyable learning experience. We encourage children to participate in a variety of musical experiences through which we aim to build up the confidence of all children. Our teaching focuses on developing the children’s ability to understand rhythm and follow a beat. Through singing songs, children learn about the structure and organisation of music which supports them during their opportunities to compose pieces of music. We teach them to listen and to appreciate different forms of music and develop their descriptive language skills in music lessons when learning about how music can represent different feelings, emotions and narratives. We also teach technical vocabulary such as volume, pitch, beat and rhythm and encourage children to discuss music using these terms. Music is used to support learning in other curriculum areas. In KS1, the pupils use the Twinkl Phonics songs to help them learn the new sounds and common exception words. There are many songs available to support the learning of times tables and other number facts. Music is also used as a stimulus for Art and Wicked Writing.

Mitton Manor's Music Highlights

At Mitton Manor, we provide extracurricular activities to support Music.  Rocksteady Music provides opportunities for all pupils to learn an instrument (keyboard, drums, electric guitar and vocals) within a band situation and they visit school on Tuesdays. Our termly Rocksteady Concerts are a real highlight for our school community. All information is available from the reception office.

Mitton Manor also take part in the Young Voices Concert every year which provides Key Stage 2 pupils with the opportunity to be part of a huge children’s choir and perform at a large arena with live musicians and dancers. Throughout the year, we provide opportunities for pupils to attend live concerts and theatre shows, invite musicians into school to perform and hold workshops and there are numerous opportunities for children to perform in assemblies, concerts and talent shows. Our annual Mitton's Got Talent truly stands out as a special occasion for our pupils to showcase their gifts to the school and local community.

Over the past year, we have worked hard to raise money to add to and improve our musical instrument resources. Excitingly, our children can learn how to play pieces of music on recorders, glockenspiels and ukeleles, as well as developing their use of percussion instruments. We have also started following the Kapow music scheme for our lessons to ensure we are meeting all statutory requirements and to guarantee progressive lessons for our pupils. Our weekly music assemblies are looked forward to by our children and we have worked hard to carefully choose music that exposes the children to different genres, artists and cultures to develop their appreciation of music and allows them to sing enthusiastically as an ensemble. 

Mitton's Marvellous Musicians

Important Music Curriculum Documents