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Music

Curriculum Intent

  • In Music, our students show confidence through engaging and inspiring in their love and passion for music and their talents as musicians.
  • In Music, we develop students’ knowledge and critical thinking through looking at the history of practitioners, music styles, the wide range of instruments and the commonalities in music we hear today.
  • In Music, our students build confidence through applying their skills to different music styles and themes allowing them to increasingly develop their self-confidence and creativity.

Our Key Stage 3 Curriculum


 

Year GroupTerm 1Term 2Term 3Term 4Term 5Term 6
Year 7Building Blocks of MusicKeyboard SkillsRhythmForm and StructureSonority CityFolk Music
Year 8Hooks and RiffsOffbeatVariationsAll That JazzAll About That BassAll About That Bass
Year 9Music through the decadesSoundtracksPopular MusicNew DirectionsSambaWhat makes a good song? 

 

Our Key Stage 4 Curriculum

GCSE SpecificationGCSE (9-1) Music J536 Specification
Year GroupTerm 1Term 2Term 3Term 4Term 5Term 6
Year 10Introduction to GCSE Conventions of Pop Performance MasterclassRhythms of the world Practical ComponentFilm Music 
Year 11Concerto through the time Composing to a briefPractical Exam Composing to a brief Part 2Revision/ Exams

End of Course

Careers

Composition

Live events production

Media and communication (music industries)

Music production

Musical theatre

Song writing

Higher Education

Electronic and computer music

History of music

Music education

Music production

Musical theatre

Composition of music for film and television

Images

Links

Oak Academy

Music lessons for Key Stage 3 students - Oak National Academy (thenational.academy)

Seneca

Seneca - Learn 2x Faster (senecalearning.com)

BBC Bitezie

I GCSE Music - BBC Bitesize

Carousel Learning

https://www.carousel-learning.com/

Music Theory

musictheory.net - Exercises

 

Further Reading

Images

Links

100 Things to know about Music
Change Sings: A Children's Anthem Paperback
Black Music Greats: 40 Inspiring Icons

The Story of Music

by Howard Goodall

Mindfulness in Music: Notes on Finding Life's Rhythm

by Mark Tanner