St Paul's Catholic Primary School

Detail

Information

Academic year that this summary covers

2024-25

Date this summary was published

September 2024

Date this summary will be reviewed

July 2025

Name of the school music lead

Zoe-Ann Jones

Name of school leadership team member with responsibility for music (if different)

Name of local music hub

Birmingham Music service

Name of other music education organisation(s) (if partnership in place)

Birmingham Music service

At St Paul’s we teach weekly music lessons from Reception to Year 6.
In addition to music lessons, we also deliver whole school hymn practice once a
week. During hymn practice the children sing with the accompaniment of a guitar. 

Children sing in smaller groups for Prayer and Liturgy, and lessons have lots of opportunity for children to listen and respond. The curriculum covers a variety of genres, musicians and time periods. Children are asked to recall information from prior lessons to ensure key knowledge and skills are embedded before continuing with their learning. During music lessons, knowledge and skills are taught through a combination of practical and written tasks. Our curriculum has been planned and designed in collaboration with the other Lumen Christi MAC primary schools. St Thomas Aquinas, our MAC secondary school, provides termly support and CPD.

Potential next step

·         Children to have the opportunity of learning an instrument.

St Paul’s offers a variety of co-curricular music activities including a school choir, participation in end of year performances and opportunities to work with St Thomas Aquinas Secondary with Christmas and Easter productions. These activities provide students with the chance to further develop their musical talents outside the regular curriculum. To enhance the co-curricular music programme, potential next steps could include:

• Introduce music workshops or an after- school club to promote different genres of music.

St Paul’s provides a rich array of musical experiences for its students, including

singing in mass and assembly, singing for the local community at Christmas time.The children have attended the Christmas Pantomime in the Alexander Theatre and some classical music event at the Symphony Hall. All these experiences have been provided free of charge.

Throughout the year, classes are supported with music lessons and CPD is provided by a music specialists from the local academy secondary school.

Potential next steps:

• Arrange for musicians to come into school to provide workshops for the children.

Looking ahead, St Pauls’ aims to provide music workshops and the opportunity for the children to learn an instrument These future plans will create a platform for students to collaborate, perform, and develop their musical skills in a group setting.