At St David’s our aim is to engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so to increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement.

We follow the core National Curriculum values of Listening, Performing, Singing and understanding Music. In increasing depth, children learn about rhythm, pulse, timbre, dynamics, pitch and structure, through songs and musical activities. Children follow a structured programme of musical appreciation, listening to music from the Baroque period to the present day, learning about a different composer every half term. Singing plays a key part for all children in their music education at St David’s, both in the classroom and in assemblies.

Pupils at St David’s enjoy Music lessons from a specialist teacher as well as the opportunity to participate in a number of clubs and extra-curricular activities, including Young Voices at the O2, Instrumental club, Music Theory club and the opportunity to play at informal concerts.

Form 6 Musical
One of the highlights of the School year is always the annual musical performed by our Form 6 pupils and recent performances have included Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Pirates of Penzance, Pepys Show, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Cinderella Rockafella.  

Whole class Instrumental teaching
In Form 3, all children get the opportunity to learn the recorder, in Form 4 they get to learn the electronic keyboard and in Form 5, they learn the Ukulele. During these sessions, the children learn new basic skills for the instrument and take part in whole class performances of a variety of pieces. They also start to work in small groups and some children and, if they develop enough confidence, will have the opportunity to perform on their own.   

In Reception and Nursery, children learn traditional Nursery rhymes and action songs as well as being introduced to some musical appreciation. They also get to experience what various different percussion instruments sound like and how to play them. 

In all the year groups, time is spent preparing for Christmas Celebrations, class assemblies and school concerts.