Music
Our Music Curriculum
“Music expresses that which cannot be said, and on which it is impossible to be silent’” Victor Hugo
The teaching of music at Bishop Loveday follows the statutory guidance of the National Curriculum. Details of our curriculum can be found on The Warriner Trust Website.
Music is a universal language. A high-quality music education engages and inspires pupils to develop a love of music. Music also has the potential to make a huge difference to children’s development. It can increase confidence, promote team working, improve concentration and enhance social cohesion within the school and wider community.
Music lessons are fun and inspiring, engaging the children with songs, practical activities and movement. Children in Year 4 enjoy weekly music sessions delivered by a specialist djembe drumming teacher. Our long-term planning overview links to National Curriculum objectives and ensures that the children experience a wide variety of musical genres and a steady progression of knowledge and skills. This will be through listening and responding to music, composition, performing and evaluating.
Further opportunities throughout school include: weekly key stage singing sessions and singing during collective worship times. The children also gain knowledge of the history and origins of music through our ‘around the world’ music journey during our whole school worship sessions. Children are also encouraged to learn to play a musical instrument through a variety of visiting peripatetic staff from the Oxfordshire County Music Service. Our school choir perform at many local venues and at occasions throughout the school year, such as ‘Children Singing for Children’ and taking part in our local church services. Christmas performances and topic based- celebrations also give the children a chance to demonstrate their musical abilities to audiences.
We have been recognised as a 'Music Mark' School. Music Mark Schools are committed to providing a high-quality music education for their school community.
Music Lessons
Music tuition is offered at Bishop Loveday by Oxfordshire County Council visiting teachers during the school day.
Please visit www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/musicinterest for further information.
Bicester Music Centre
Alongside the orchestra (suitable for primary and secondary pupils from after their first term of learning up to Grade 5), we are launching new beginner classes for woodwind, brass and strings so pupils can learn the basics of the instrument before joining in with the orchestra using specially written parts - free instrument loan is included in the cost of the m
usic centre for the first year. The sessions also include a 30 minute workshop exploring different areas of music each term, with this term focussing on djembe drumming.
9:00 - 11:30 am Saturdays, St Edburg's lower school site on Ludlow Road - cost is £8.20 per session (income-based discount available)
For younger children (aged 2-7 years old), we also have our Stringbeans class, which aims to develop a love of music through a range of fun games and activities including playing the violin.
10:15 - 11:00 am Saturdays, St Edburg's lower sc
hool site on Ludlow Road - cost is £7 per session (income-based discount available)
There is more information, including the sign-up link, on our website: