Music is a central part of school life at Bournville Village Primary. Before you even step foot in our school building, you will hear the carillon bells that sit atop our school, ring out across Bournville. The immersive nature of music in our school environment encourages and allows children to develop their confidence in and a love of music.
At Bournville Village Primary we use the Charanga Musical School Scheme to deliver weekly lessons for each year group C.haranga supports all the requirements of the national curriculum, is in-line with the guidance from Ofsted and is an integrated, practical, exploratory approach to musical learning.
The learning within this Scheme is based upon: Listening and Appraising; Musical Activities — creating and exploring; and Singing and Performing.
Each Unit of Work is comprised of the three strands of musical learning which correspond with the national curriculum for music:
- Listening and Appraising
- Musical Activities
- Warm-up Games
- Optional Flexible Games
- Singing
- Playing instruments
- Improvisation
- Composition
- Performing
All musical learning in this scheme is built around the Interrelated Dimensions of Music: pulse, rhythm, pitch, tempo, dynamics, timbre, texture, structure and notation. These dimensions are at the centre of all the learning.
Music Curriculum Overview
Choir
Our choir regularly takes part in concerts at the Symphony Hall and at the World Resorts Arena as part of Young Voices. They, along with the hand bell group, perform to many local community groups throughout the year.
Year 5 and 6 Choir
Choir takes place on a Monday 3.30 - 4.30 in The Music Room. If your child wishes to join choir please email [email protected]. There is a cost of £15 per term to cover the costs of our accompanist.
Concerts last year included the Intergenerational Carol Concert at St Francis Church, Year 5 singing for the Memory Cafe at St Francis Centre, Year 6 singing for residents at The Quadrangle and the absolutely amazing concert with Young Voices.
We have strong links with local, regional, and national music organisations. Children are encouraged and supported in becoming members of these orchestras and choirs and if needed will receive help with auditioning. We are immensely proud of what our children achieve musically within our community and the legacy they leave our school.
Below is the repertoire of songs that the Choir will be learning for our festive events:
BFCS Concert:
Away in a Manger
Herod!
The Snow Lay on the Ground
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Carols:
Away in a Manger
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
In the Bleak Midwinter
Infant Holy
O Come All Ye Faithful
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Once in Royal David’s City
We Three Kings
Christmas Songs:
Bells Ring Out!
Feliz Navidad
Follow that star
Hooray in a manger
Jingle-bell rock
Must be Santa
Nazareth
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
The Twelve Days of Christmas
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Winter Wonderland
Please see below a PDF of all the lyrics for the above events that can be downloaded for use:
Carols on the Playground
Young Voices 2025!
We are heading off to Young Voices 2025 on 28th February at Resorts World Arena - Birmingham!
Parents and Carers- please use the link here to access the Parent Section of the YV Music Room.
Peripatetic Music Lessons
Many of our children learn to play a musical instrument. Peripatetic music lessons are delivered by Birmingham Music Service teachers in our dedicated music room.
Music lessons are offered from Year 3 and above and take place within the school day.
Instruments offered for this academic year are:
Mondays: Flute, Clarinet and Saxophone (this instrument needs a large hand span) - Delyth Taylor
email: [email protected]
Bassoon - Philip Brookes ( cost £3.45 per week - lessons are partly subsidised by the
Music Service). email: [email protected]
Tuesdays: Keyboard - Rav Joshi. email: [email protected]
Wednesdays: Violin/Viola - Kirsteen Scott. email: [email protected]
Oboe - Lesley Morson. email: [email protected]
Brass (trumpet, trombone, tenor horn) - Saphran Ali.
email: [email protected]
Thursdays: Guitar and Ukulele - Tom Reed. email: [email protected]
Fridays: Guitar and Ukulele - Tom Reed. email: [email protected]
Percussion - Suzie Reid. email: [email protected]
The cost is £6.90 per week and children must sign up for at least a term. For this price your child will receive a small group lesson and the loan of an instrument. To swap instruments or stop lessons, notice must be given in writing before the end of each term (Christmas and Easter). Please refer to our music contract for more details.
If you wish to be considered for music lessons please email [email protected].
