Performing at Wheatley

At Wheatley we value every opportunity to perform as part of an important part of making music. Within most music classes the children are given opportunities to showcase the learning they have achieved and the skills they are developing. We also use these performing moments as a way of furthering our learning, and learning from our mistakes. 

We work hard to make the musicroom a safe space to make mistakes and keep trying.

Children who learn instruments outside of the class have opportunities to perform to their classmates or key Stage, either in assemblies or classtime.

At significant school events and festivals music is part of our celebrations and we perform our learning and skills, working together to create the performances, practising and learning together to make the performance something we are all proud of.

Throughout their time at Wheatley children have many opportunities to perform outside of their classroom learning. The children are taken to perform in many environments; Dorchester Abbey, Oxford Cathedral, Oxford Music Services building where they perform with other schools and groups.

It is our aim that through the curriculum we provide, children will be able to;

Early years outcomes for performing

• Sing a large repertoire of songs.
• Remember and sing entire songs.
• Sing in a group or on their own, increasingly matching the pitch and following the melody.
• Sing in a group or on their own, increasingly matching the pitch and following the melody

Keystage one for performing

• use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes
• play tuned and untuned instruments musically

Keystage two for performing

• play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression.