150 Years
Music
The opportunity to take part in Creative Arts is encouraged throughout the school and process of making music is much enjoyed at St Mary’s. The school has a fine choir and regularly performs at church services and in local music festivals. Following the Charanga scheme of learning, Instrumental teaching starts in Year 1, first with recorders, then later with glockenspiels. As the pupils progress through KS2, so the range of instrument lessons offered increases to include violin, cello, guitar, clarinet, saxophone, flute, trumpet and trombone. These are provided by peripatetic teachers and incur a charge. Performance in many different forms is an integral part of school life. Whether within the classroom or at whole school events such as sharing assemblies or the Summer Music Evening, the children are encouraged to develop their skills and talents in a variety of performance settings.