Music

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and LIFE to everything." - Plato

At St Andrew's and our partner school, Potters Gate, we develop children's aspiration to become passionate listeners, creators and performers of a diverse range music.  We encourage an appreciation of diverse, global musical genres and spiritual worship is a corner stone of our ethos including our Christian values of fellowship, justice, trust and resilience.

We have dedicated time to listen to music and welcome visitors into school to inspire the children to access music for enjoyment, well-being and as a possible career path. Sparkyard gives the school community ownership of leading singing assemblies, class assemblies and develops fellowship and musicality within the community.

Potters Gate, St Andrew's and our extra-curricular groups support events in the local community and give our children the chance to perform to an audience, within a purposeful context and increase their resilience. We offer opportunities to learn Taiko, steel pans, recorders, music ensemble, choir, and glockenspiel clubs.

Our school curriculum 

We follow Surrey Art recommended scheme called Charanga. This is a music education and technology company which supports music learning and has the potential to help them grow up as kind, curious and open-minded young people who are sensitive and knowledgeable about music and the arts.  Charanga is taught across all key stages on a weekly basis.

Together with Potters Gate School, our St Andrew's choir performed beautifully at the Challengers Christmas concert. (December 2025)

The children enjoyed a vibrant African Drumming Workshop. During this engaging and interactive session, the children explored traditional African rhythms, learned basic drumming techniques and experienced the joy of making music together. 

Children from St Andrew's and Potters Gate School took to the stage to perform a number of Christmas songs at the annual Christmas Lights Switch On. (December 2025)

10 of our Year 2 children took to the stage at the annual Farnham's Got Talent event held at the Medicci Theatre in Weydon School. The children performed two wonderful pieces on the glockenspiels. The judges commented on how well rehearsed the children were. (April 2026)