Figure 1.--Here the boys in a junior form are singing their little hearts out. Singing is a popular activity with the younger forms. At some schools it is part of the class program. Other schools have a music room and specislized teacher.
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Figure 1.--Here the boys in a junior form are singing their little hearts out. Singing is a popular activity with the younger forms. At some schools it is part of the class program. Other schools have a music room and specislized teacher. |
Form teachers, especially for the younger children, introduce music and singing in their classrooms. Often a special music teacher, in the larger schools, give classes in music appreciation and theory and provides the younger children experience with introductory instruments. Perrott Hill in Dorset and many other schools introduce therecorder to the younger children. St. John's Beaumont gives boys in their first. year the opportunity to learn the violin and those showing some aptitude are invited to either join specilalist instruction groups or to take indivIdual tuition for instruments of their choice. All schools offer individual tuition in a variety of instruments and may also offer some small group instruction. Caldicott in Bucks reports that "this basic training in singing andin playing a musical instrument creates an enthusiasm for music ...." All children have class singing and usually a school choir. He or she often leads the school choir many of which are affliated with the Royal School of Church Music.
