Overview

Arts Education: Music provides children with opportunities to engage with a wide range of musical styles and traditions, to become involved in moving, dancing, illustrating, story telling and making drama. The Music Curriculum introduces children to music reading and writing, to song singing and to playing classroom instruments.

Arts Education: Music Curriculum

The Music Curriculum has three strands:

Listening and Responding
Performing
Composing.

The strands are interrelated and activity in one is dependent upon and supportive of understanding in another.

Current Status

Implementation of the Music Curriculum commenced in primary schools in September 2005. This followed a period of national in-service for primary school staffs. Implementation continues to be supported by the advisory service provided by the Primary Professional Development Service (PPDS).