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Music is very important to us at Waterbeach School. We aim to ensure that all pupils in the school have the chance to listen and respond to music across a broad range of historical periods, genre and styles; that they sing regularly and learn to play a range of tuned and untuned musical instruments; that they improvise and compose their own music and are introduced to music technology.
Through singing, playing, creating and listening, children will learn about the Elements in Music: Pitch, Timbre, Texture, Dynamics, Duration, Tempo and Structure.
Each term music planning includes links to the year group topics – whether it’s a particular historical period such as The Tudors or a scientific topic on the Body. This inspires children and embeds learning.
We have two online resources which we use where appropriate in lessons:
Sing-Up- a vast bank of songs covering every topic and musical style.
Cambridgeshire -developed Charanga Musical School, an interactive digital scheme. This scheme provides courses in ukulele, recorder, djembe drumming and tuned percussion and is a great resource for teaching children staff notation, improvisation and composition techniques. It also features a fantastic bank of recorded music covering varied styles and genres for classes to enjoy and explore.
Further Enrichment
There are currently private instrumental lessons available at school in piano, ukulele, guitar and drums. Private lessons are arranged directly with the peripatetic teachers. The school does not co-ordinate these, so please contact teachers directly on the details below.
For piano, please email Sarah Page at sarahjpage1@outlook.com and Sarah Maunder at sarahmaunder@yahoo.co.uk
For drums, please contact Cambridgeshire Music or Paul Purcell at Paul.Purcell@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
For guitar and ukulele, please contact Cambridgeshire Music or Ben Bradley at Benjamin.Bradley@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
For woodwind, please contact Cambridgeshire Music or Matt Mckay at Matthew.McKay@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
If your child would like to learn an instrument that's not listed above, please click the link to Cambridgeshire Music.
Rocksteady
We are lucky to have Rocksteady Music School at Waterbeach. Rocksteady forms bands with groups of our children and teaches them to play drums, electric guitar, bass, vocals and keyboard ready for an end-of-term rock concert! Rocksteady is in school on Wednesday afternoons. To join a Rocksteady band, please contact the Rocksteady Music School Customer Service Team at info@rocksteadymusicschool.com or enrol@rocksteadymusicschool.com or telephone 0330 113 0330 (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm).
Each week we hold a Singing Assembly for the whole school, and enjoy hearing our instrumentalists play in Celebration Assemblies on Fridays.
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