Music
Our rich and varied music curriculum is part of Brookhurst school’s inclusive, broad and balanced curriculum, celebrating diversity and contributing to pupils’ abilities to flourish in society. Whole class teaching each term is taught by a specialist class music teacher to each class for an hour per week and includes performing skills (singing and playing), composing skills (creating and developing ideas), appraising skills (responding and reviewing), and listening and applying knowledge and understanding. Where appropriate, music is linked closely to other areas of the curriculum.
We use the Get Set Music scheme of work alongside Spark Yard as a structure for our tailored Brookhurst music curriculum from EYFS to Year 6. Our aims are to build a love of a diverse range of musical genres, and to equip our children with the knowledge and skills to continue a life-long enjoyment of music listening, appraising, composing and performance.
In addition, Brookhurst School offers a wide variety of musical experiences both within curriculum time and through extra-curricular clubs and performances. All children enjoy the opportunity to sing together in our weekly singing assemblies. Instrumental teachers from Warwickshire Music Service provide weekly lessons for small groups and individuals in instruments such as guitar, keyboard, violin, recorder and flute. Rock Steady also offers rock-based music lessons each week. Brookhurst Choir meets on a weekly basis and is open to all Key Stage 2 pupils. The choir perform at school concerts and services and takes part in our annual Cluster Music Festival, as well as performing for our local community. Brookhurst Band is open to all instrumentalists and children who love to play percussion and rehearses weekly in preparation for a similar range of performances.
Some of the musical performances happen throughout the year include:
Key Stage 2 Harvest Festival, Key Stage 2 Carol Service, Key Stage 1 & EYFS Christmas Productions; Recorder and Ukelele end of unit informal concerts, Key Stage 1 Easter Celebration and Year 6 Leaver’s Production. Many of these take place at our local church – St. Mark’s.