Music In Action!

Wider Opportunities:

Every year the whole school partakes in a Christmas carol concert in a local Church, and Year 2 children go into the community to sing and raise mioney for St Luke’s Hospice. Each year group also puts on an annual performance – with Foundation Stage and Year 1 performing at the end of the Autumn Term, and Year 2 performing at the end of the Summer Term. As a whole school, we attend the Music In The Round event run by Polly Ives at the Crucible Theatre, exposing our pupils to a live orchestra and how to be a good audience. In 2021, when we were unable to attend this trip, we held a "Music in the Round at Dobcroft" day instead, with activities from the story and singing the songs we would have sang if we had been at the theatre.

We are a ‘Champion School’, recognised by the local authority, were awarded the MusicMark award for our high-quality music education, and we have previously achieved the ‘Sing Up’ gold award for providing pupils with a confidence building and stimulating music curriculum.

What do our pupils love about music at Dobcroft?

Foundation Stage:

"We listened to music with the string instruments in izzy Gizmo."

"I like singing and playing with the sticks and drums and bells."

Year 1:

"My favourite song to sing is 'Copycat' because I'm good at doing the action to the beat."

"When I listen to music it makes me want to dance and it makes me smile."

"I know about the beat of the music and the tempo is if it is fast or slow. I like fast music."

Year 2:

"Music is my favoutite lesson because I like learning to play the violin and lessons with John are really fun!"

"When we did the Izzy Gozmo day we learn about the string family, the woodwind family, the percussion family and the brass family. I likle the eprcussion instrumets because they're loud and you hit them to make a sound."

"I like having music on when I come into classroom. it makes me feel calm and ready to learn."