Music Matters at Stradbroke Primary Academy

The Inspiration Trust strongly believes in the power of music to enhance lives, both through the sheer pleasure of listening to and enjoying music, and through the discipline of individual and group playing and singing. As part of our extended Arts and Culture Programme, pupils have the opportunity to take part in a variety of plays, concerts and music competitions.

As part of our commitment to music education, we also offer our students a range of peripatetic lessons with our highlyskilled and experienced team of Visiting

Music Teachers - these include piano, singing and recorder lessons. Learning to play an instrument helps students to develop cognitive and social skills, expand language and motor skills, as well as help build determination and patience. Plus, it is fun!

Our pupils are encouraged to participate in numerous Trust-wide music competitions and Inspiration Trust has made a pledge to have a full orchestra or musical ensemble in every one of its schools by 2027.

Every year our students get to take part in our Trust-wide Carol Service.

An annual tradition, the Carol Service sees pupils from all across our sister schools - primaries, secondaries and sixth forms - join forces to perform a series of traditional carols and hymns in the Winter Term.

Always a big calendar event, the Carol Service is a fantastic opportunity for our students and staff to showcase their brilliant musical capabilities, whether through playing instruments or singing, while getting to perform in an iconic location.

The Carol Service is a fun Christmas event that always makes for a lovely family evening.

Extra-Curricular Activities

At Stradbroke Primary Academy we are passionate about providing experiences that will enhance the curriculum and provide opportunities for personal development.

At Stradbroke Primary Academy enriching opportunities to build pupils’ cultural capital are offered in many ways. In Key Stage 2 we offer after school enrichment activities which give pupils the chance to try out activities that they may not otherwise have the opportunity to do.

Activities depend on what we have to offer at the time but have included: karate, cooking, sports activities (such as lacrosse and archery, as well as football and basketball), art activities and computing.

Visits and visitors are coordinated to ensure that pupils are provided with developmentally appropriate opportunities. We value the experience of performance to develop pupils confidence and speaking skills.

In Year 2 and Year 5 pupils create ‘A Play in a Day’ in conjunction with Konflux Theatre, creating performances around themes such as ‘The Great Fire of London’ and ‘The Tempest’. In Year 4 pupils explore the conflict between Boudicca and the Roman invaders.

We also feel it is important for pupils to visit places of interest and the range and scope of visits increase as pupils go through the school. We offer a residential experience in Year 6 to ensure pupils can challenge and test themselves to develop skills and character.

Partnerships

All the fantastic opportunities and experiences we are able to provide our pupils wouldn’t be possible without the brilliant partners that we work with.

Stradbroke Helping Hands is a group of parents and grandparents who support the academy on a voluntary basis. They fundraise and support us in holding events for the academy community. They volunteer within the school and support us on school trips.

We have developed many community links including the local police, the sixth form college, other schools within our cluster, The Time and Tide Museum in Great Yarmouth, Konflux theatre and The Royal Opera House.