BIS Music curriculum encourages children to work as a team during practice and learn from each other through cooperation. It allows for children to be exposed to different forms of music, understand differences in melody and rhythm,and develop a sense of self in refining their own tastes and preferences.
There will be three main parts in each music lesson. We will have the listening part, the learning part and the instrument-to-play part. In the listening part, students will listen to different styles of music, western music and some classical music. In the learning part, we will follow the British curriculum, learn stage by stage from the very basic theory and hopefully to build their knowledge. So eventually they can build the pathway to the IGCSE. And for the instrument-to-play part, each year, they will learn at least one instrument. They will learn the basic technique how to play the instruments and also relate to the knowledge definitely they learn in the learning time. My job is helping you to be the password from the very early stage step by step. So in the future, you can find out that you have the strong knowledge background to to do the IGCSE.
Our little Pre-nursery kids have been playing with actual instruments, singing various nursery rhymes, exploring the world of sounds. Nursery ones have developed basic sense of rhythm and movements towards music, focused on learning how to sing and dance to a song, to further enhance our children’s music abilities. Reception students have more awareness of rhythm and pitch and have been learning to dance and sing more accurately and precisely to songs. They have also slip in some basic music theory during singing and dancing, to prepare them for the primary school music study.
From Year 1 on, each weekly music includes three main parts:
1) music appreciation (listening to different world-famous music, different genre of music, etc.)
2) music knowledge (following Cambridge curriculum, music theory, etc)
3) instrumental playing
(Each year group has learnt to play a musical instrument, includes rainbow bells, xylophone, recorder, violin, and drum. BIS also plans to introduce wind instruments and establish BIS ensemble in next term.
In addition to the traditional chorus learning in music lesson, the set-up of BIS music lesson also introduces various music learning contents. Music appreciation and instrumental playing which are closely related to IGCSE music exam. "Composer of the Month" is established to let students learn more about different musicians' life story, music style and so forth in order to accumulate musical knowledge for the subsequent IGCSE Aural exam.
Music learning is not just about singing, it includes various secrets for us to explore. I believe students in BIS can experience the most wonderful music learning journey if they can carry on their passion and efforts. Teachers in BIS are always bring the best education to our students.
