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| Year Group | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 | Term 5 | Term 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7 | Building Blocks of Music | Keyboard Skills | Rhythm | Form and Structure | Sonority City | Folk Music |
| Year 8 | Hooks and Riffs | Offbeat | Variations | All That Jazz | All About That Bass | All About That Bass |
| Year 9 | Music through the decades | Soundtracks | Popular Music | New Directions | Samba | What makes a good song? |
| GCSE Specification | GCSE (9-1) Music J536 Specification |
| Year Group | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 | Term 5 | Term 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 10 | Introduction to GCSE | Conventions of Pop | Performance Masterclass | Rhythms of the world | Practical Component | Film Music |
| Year 11 | Concerto through the time | Composing to a brief | Practical Exam | Composing to a brief Part 2 | Revision/ Exams | End of Course |
Composition | Live events production | Media and communication (music industries) |
Music production | Musical theatre | Song writing |
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 |
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 |