At Highfields we use Sing-Up to support our music teaching. We use Charanga for music technology teaching and to enhance our music lessons. Both Sing-Up and Charanga are online music schemes provided by Essex Music Services with lots of visual aids and interactive resources to support your children's learning about music. Our children love using a set of glockenspiels and percussion trolleys to take part practically in classroom music lessons. Take a look at our music curriculum overview above to find out what units your child will be covering in music this year.

All year 4 children also have the opportunity to learn either the flute, clarinet or trumpet during their whole class music lessons this is funded by the Essex Music Hub. This is a fantastic opportunity and often leads to children taking up individual  or group music lessons for that instrument.

All children also take part in a Key Stage singing assembly once a week where they learn songs  related to the season or important festivals and have the experience of singing for fun. Key Stage Two have even been learning to sing in harmony! At Christmas Lower Key Stage 2 invite parents to a Carol Concert. The Foundation Stage children  put on their own nativity with lots of singing and dancing. KS1 children produce a Christmas performance based around the Christmas story.

To support our music teaching and provide engaging opportunities for our pupils, we often invite guests into our school. Recently we have had visits Saffron Hall who played to KS2 children leading them through the inter dimensions of music such as rhythm, dynamics and pitch. In year 4 the children take part in 'Create Day' which is organised Essex Music Hub and the Royal Ballet and Opera House.  by  As well as having guests into school we also take groups of children out of school the year 4/5 and 6 Choir sings each Christmas at the local Rotary service  and year 2/3 choir sing in the Spring concert as does the year 4/5/6 choir. Children have the opportunity to take up peripatetic music lessons in singing, piano, guitar, ukulele, flute, clarinet, trumpet and saxophone. The children also have the opportunity to be part of the schools band that is run by one of our wonderful peripatetic music teachers from Essex Music Hub.