Years
7,8 and 9
At Key Stage
Three pupils have one hourly lesson per week in music. Classes
alternate between our composition teaching room and our performance
teaching room each half term, with access to all equipment in
both. Through our recording studio facility there are opportunities
for pupils to have their compositions and performances put onto
Cd at the end of each project.
AIMS
- To deliver
a broad and balanced curriculum within the attainment targets
of the National Curriculum at Key Stage Three.
- To offer
a logical and accessible progression into music at Key Stage
Four.
- To promote
a positive learning environment in which all pupils can achieve
musically, regardless of their musical background or ability.
- To enable
pupils to build on skills in performance and composition.
- To encourage
pupils to listen objectively to all types of music.
- To develop
pupil understanding of the elements of music through their performance,
composition and listening experience.
- To monitor
the progress of each pupil regularly.
- To offer
a variety of extra-curricular music activities and peripatetic
instrumental lessons which complement work in the classroom.
- To increase
the self esteem of pupils and engender an enthusiasm for the
subject.
All pupils
will be assessed each half term and will be given a national curriculum
level based on work produced in the following projects:
| Year
7 Compositions |
Jingles |
Gamelan |
Music, Society & Politics |
| Year
7 Performances |
Musical
Elements |
Instruments
of the Orchestra |
African
Music |
| Year
8 Compositions |
Bhangra |
Music
for Dance |
Minimalism |
| Year
8 Performances |
Blues |
Britpop |
Musical
Eras |
| Year
9 Compositions |
Film
Music |
Song
Writing |
Fusions |
| Year
9 Performances |
Musicals |
Theme
and Variation |
Jazz |
|
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