New in our School !

Sydney Catholic Schools has introduced a new comprehensive music education program designed to promote excellence in teaching and learning in 13 of our schools in the south-west Sydney area. St John Vianney Catholic Primary School has been selected to offer the program to Years 3 – 6 students.

Decades of research shows that learning an instrument and playing in a musical ensemble strengthens neural pathways in the brain and can:

Students in Year 3 to Year 6 will receive orchestral instruments and will participate in small group and ensemble music lessons delivered by specialist teachers. Together, through music, they will help students learn numeracy, literacy and emotional skills. God gave us song – now students in Sydney’s south-west are being given the instruments to empower them to shine.

The investment into this program is unheard of – it’s really leading the way in what music education should look like and it’s inspiring. Music might not be for everyone, but it is giving students an opportunity to ‘give it a go’.” – Ms Newey

Our tutors have made some short videos for students and their families demonstrating how to open instrument cases, handle instruments, clean and pack away.