Music
Music at St Edmund’s is alive!
We offer a varied and rich curriculum that includes singing, individual and group instrumental tuition as well as a whole range of opportunities for the children to perform.
Music supports learning across a range of subjects and is often used to enhance our lessons. This proves to be an effective and stimulating way to learn. All our children develop a real love of music.
St Edmund's have been awarded the 'Music Mark of Recognition' by Richmond Music Trust for dedication and improvement in music education for the last several continuous year. We are incredibly proud of this achievement.
Comments from our past and present pupils
Year 3: "I like moving to the pulse and playing instruments"
"Listening to the different music videos"
"Doing actions to the songs"
Year 4: "I learn how to play musical instruments"
"I like watching the music videos and listening to songs I’ve never heard before"
"I enjoy learning new things every week"
"Singing in parts"
Year 5: "I enjoy composing, when all the sounds come together it sounds lovely"
"I mostly enjoy playing musical games as they are so much fun"
"I enjoyed using YuStudio and creating music for a film clip - it was great fun."
Year 6: "Watching the videos and listening to the different styles of music"
"I enjoy learning up-to-date songs and playing on the instruments, I also enjoy making my own songs"
"I enjoyed The BBC School Music stories, videos and songs"
"I enjoyed using YuStudio to create music online for my hip-hop project."
The St Edmund’s Playlist
Check out our new St Edmund’s Playlist. Our fantastic musicians and vocalists show off their talents from across the school. If you are interested and would like to participate, please notify your teacher or Mr Jankowski.
- St Edmund's Catholic Primary School perform a creative dance routine based on Tchaikovsky's famous music from the Nutcracker.
- St Edmund's Choir performing 'We Will Rock You' by Queen on rhythm sticks. https://vimeo.com/673849018
- Pupils from St Edmund's Whitton performing 'The Blessing' by Kari Jobe and 'Cover Me in Sunshine' by Pink at the St Mark's School Singing Festival.
- St Edmund's Polish Choir performing a traditional Polish carol - Pójdzmy wszyscy do stajenki https://vimeo.com/673849326
- Examples of pupils work using YuStudio as the music soundtrack creation tool.
Choir and Music Clubs
We have a thriving choir that makes regular public appearances including the Richmond Music Singing Festival at the Rose theatre, Kingston, St Mark’s Joint School Choir Festival, Whitton Lights and St Georges's Day Parade.
Performance in assemblies and concerts are also a regular feature of St Edmund’s providing children with the opportunities to perform to whole school audiences. This includes the popular end of year Summer Ensemble and showcases the incredible range of pupil's instrumental and singing skills for an audience of their peers, parents and friends of families.
Instrumental lessons
The Richmond Music Trust provide further specialist tuition https://www.richmondmusictrust.org.uk/site/
Lessons run in school currently consist of
- Monday - Piano
- Tuesday - Violin (currently online)
- Friday - Guitar
School Clubs
- Wednesday KS2 Choir with Mr Jankowski, Miss Bennett and Mrs Moreland 3:15 – 4.15pm.
Choir resources are regularly uploaded for those children who attend choir. Children can use their log in for Charanga to find out what is coming next!
Online Teaching Music Programme
- Click here for Charanga Log In - (charanga.com)
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Click here for more information about individual Music tuition from Richmond Music Trust.
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Click here for more information on the Music National Curriculum.
Educational Music to Explore
- Classic FM: https://www.classicfm.com/composers/
- Lightning Jelly https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zwxhfg8
- BBC Ten Pieces Film and Orchestra https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/intro-films-and-orchestral-films/zv2gqp3
- BBC Ten Pieces Tasters https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/ten-pieces-at-home/zjy3382
- Instruments of an orchestra https://philharmonia.co.uk/resources/instruments/?desktop=true
Music Games
- https://www.therhythmtrainer.com/
- https://www.classicsforkids.com/music-games/
- https://www.zzounds.com/edu--musicgamesforkids
- https://www.learninggamesforkids.com/art-and-music-games.html
- https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/music/
- https://colmanweb.co.uk/guessthetunes/index.htm