Music

At Lakeside, we are committed to create a vibrant and dynamic environment for Lakers’ musical exploration and creativity. This includes ensuring there are music spaces and opportunities in our school for all Lakers to make music and perform as well as an enriching Music curriculum for all.

Last updated 11 June 2026

Overview

Our curriculum focuses on enriching our Lakers’ musical experiences through a spiral approach in the reinforcement of skills and knowledge in the domains of Listening, Creating and Performing.

Curriculum for all levels

Focus	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6
Music Elements We Learn	Tempo, Rhythm and Beats, Pitch, Expression, Form, Timbre/Tone Colours, Tonality and Harmony, Texture, Notation
Songs We Sing	Children Songs and Folksongs from SEA culture, Asian, Polynesian/Oceanic culture and Western Classical Tradition
Music We Create	Creation of rhythmic and melodic ostinato patterns, improvisation			Arrangement of choice song using BandLab	Writing our own original songs	-
Special Modules	Rhythm & Beats (non-pitched and pitched instruments)	Boomwhackers	Keyboard	Ukulele 1	Songwiritng Ukulele 2	Kalimba

Young students in school uniforms playing instruments, including keyboards and percussion, in classroom music lessons.

Children in yellow shirts play ukuleles, record vocals, play guitar, and dance in various school music activities.

Music spaces @ Lakeside

Children in yellow uniforms playing instruments in a colorful Jamming Space room with a "Let's Make Music" wall.

Jamming Spaces

Aerial view of a small outdoor courtyard with green grass, benches, a circular paved area, and colorful decorations.

Musical Garden

Explore Our Lakeside Our Songs website for original songs written by our budding singer-songwriters!