In Music, students develop skills in performance, music literacy, composition and analysis. They sing, play a variety of instruments including glockenspiels, ukuleles and percussion instruments such as tambourines or claves.  

Junior Music  

During the first few years at NLPS, students learn a variety of folk songs, then undergo a guided inquiry process to discover various elements of music contained in these songs such as pitch, rhythm, form and metre. They then label these elements using solfa (do, re, mi etc.) and rhythm names (taa, ti-ti etc.)  

The students practise how to read and write rhythmic notation and construct beat patterns in order to  compose their own rhythms using conventional notation while performing using percussion instruments. The students learn how melody and rhythm work together to create different tunes and will discover this through practise and performance on pitched instruments such as glockenspiels.  

All students perform an item as part of the End of Year Concert. 

Year 3 and Year 4 

In Year Three  and Year Four students further hone their understanding of musical elements and expand their vocabulary to include the pentatonic scale and a variety of time signatures.  

The Year Four students undergo a unit of Music & Film, creating their own compositions to accompany short videos.  

The students spend time discussing professional works in detail while reflecting on the elements of music. They practise analysing performances and discussing instrumentation and texture, as well has reflecting on emotions in music. 

From Year Three, students have the opportunity to enrol in the Instrumental Music Program and many students make strong connections between their classroom music and instrumental music lessons.  

All students perform an item as part of the End Of Year Concert. 

Year 5 and Year 6

In Year Five and Six, students study chords and harmony through use of keyboards and ukuleles. They continue to expand their vocabulary of musical elements and perform, read, write and analyse music of different cultures and time periods.  

All students perform an item in the End Of Year Concert.