In Beechlawn School, Music is highly valued and we want all pupils to have the opportunity to take part in a variety of musical activities. Music enables pupils to explore feelings and moods and be able to express themselves in different ways other than verbal communication.
 
Music develops:    
·            Creativity and understanding of the expressive impact of music.
·            The purpose behind various compositions, through composing, performing and listening.
·            Pupils' Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities.
·            And builds self-confidence, self-esteem and listening skills. 

The 3 strands of the Music Curriculum taught in Music Lessons are:
 
·            Working creatively with sound by creating musical stories, pictures, patterns and conversations.
·            Singing and performing with simple instruments
·            Listening and responding to their own and others' music-making.
 
Music links with Literacy and Creative Arts. There is a strong link between beats and rhythms in Music with syllables and rhythms when reading text. Pupils have access to a great range of instruments to choose from including all types of percussion, recorders, tin whistles.
 
As teachers we aim to make Music lessons fun, interactive and exciting.
 
·            We use a variety of BBC music programmes on different topics which can be linked to Literacy and Art.
·            Pupils learn about the different sounds each untuned percussion instrument makes and they can choose which would be appropriate to enhance their poem or story.
·            Pupils listen to different styles of music and make personal choices about likes and dislikes
·            Pupils learn how to compose tunes on tuned instruments by writing music notes in a tune for themselves. 
 
Choir. 

Any pupil in Beechlawn School can join the school choir. It is a valuable way of encouraging pupils to work together as a team. Pupils learn tunes and lyrics very quickly and love to perform to others.
 
Visits.
 
Pupils' musical experiences have been increased this year by having "live" music from a Strings group and a "hands-on" experience from a drummer.