At Much Marcle CE Primary School, our vision for the music curriculum is to create excellent models of positive experiences for learning so that ALL children are excited by our offer of high-quality musical opportunities. All children at Much Marcle Primary School will have the opportunity to experience music in a ‘have a go’ environment, where they are able to express their creativity and enjoy all aspects of musical learning no matter what their musical ability is. At Much Marcle we believe that music and performance allow children to gain the confidence and grit to pursue dreams and reach their full potential. 

Our school recognises the importance of the enjoyment of teaching and learning music. Music is proven to create a feel-good state of mind and improve our mental health.   We aim to provide children with a balanced and engaging musical curriculum that compliments all areas of learning.  Besides being a creative and enjoyable activity, music can be a highly academic and demanding subject. Music, particularly singing, is an effective, almost magical medium for learning and retaining information. It activates three different centres of the brain at the same time: language, hearing, and rhythmic motor control.  By inducing emotions, it also creates a heightened condition of awareness and mental acuity.

Music also plays an important part in helping children feel part of a community.  We provide opportunities for all children to create, play, perform and enjoy music, to develop the skills to appreciate a wide variety of musical forms, and to begin to make judgements about the quality of music.