Music is a unique and integral part of life. It has the capacity to inspire all students' creativity and imagination, engage them in the art of expression, immerse them in a language and history that is rich in culture, provide them with opportunities beyond the classroom and excite them about life and learning.
The skills, concepts and attitudes that students acquire as a result of music education benefit them not only during their schooling but also in the years beyond, whatever their chosen career path.
The overarching purpose of the co‐curricular Instrumental Music Program is to provide students with the opportunity to become musicians and experience the expressive qualities of music through learning to play a band or orchestral instrument and to participate in performance ensembles such as concert bands and orchestras.
As a compatible and complementary curriculum to that of primary and secondary classroom music and music extension programs, Instrumental Music provides opportunities for greater participation in music education for the whole school community as well as enrichment experiences for gifted and talented students.
To complement our feeder high school, Redbank Plains State High School’s instrumental program, we offer our students Instrumental Music—Percussion, Woodwind, Brass. Lessons take place during school hours.
We have engaged with suppliers through our department’s procurement process to ensure we have a range of percussion, woodwind and brass instruments for our students in Years 4–6. A Student Families will pay for Instrumental Music through our Resource Scheme of $100 per school year. This will cover the hire cost of the instruments and the use of music instruction books. The Student Resource Scheme can be paid at the school office (cashless) or via BPOINT or Centrepay.