Music at Rhyl
Music is an integral part of our curriculum offer at Rhyl. Our facilities and resources are excellent and include a recording studio as well as a dedicated music room with a full time specialist music teacher. We are proud to be a Music Mark School.
Music lessons begin in Nursery with a weekly 30-minute music lesson. From Reception to Year 6, every child takes part in a compulsory weekly music lesson led by our music teacher. We work at developing key musical skills and awareness through singing and movement. There are many opportunities to play instruments. In Year 4 children learn to play the ukulele and in Year 5 the focus is on playing the xylophone. We have enough xylophones for everyone in the class to have their own instrument. In Year 6 there is a focus on using Garageband, the music software, on iPads.
There are opportunities throughout the year to celebrate all the music that happens here including termly concerts and a big musical production for each year group, from Year 2 to Year 6, every year. There is also an annual Class Singing Competition.
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At Rhyl, every child has the opportunity to learn an instrument with tutors from the Camden Music Service if they want to. There are currently over fifty children learning an instrument with weekly lessons. The cost of these is subsidised to enable access for all. We are very grateful to John Lyon’s Charity for their support through a generous grant.
All of the following instruments are taught at Rhyl.
- Violin
- Cello
- Keyboard
- Piano
- Guitar
- Drums
- Clarinet
- Flute
- Recorder
- Trumpet
We have a thriving school orchestra and two choirs as well as a Samba Drumming Club after school on Mondays.
Our state of the art music studio enables children to record their own compositions and songs. You can listen to these at our very own YouTube channel here: Rhyl YouTube.
