Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity. Studying Music:
- Increases confidence and self-esteem
- Improves health and well-being
- Provides important life and social skills
- Develops creativity and self- expression
- Improves cognition, literacy and numeracy
- Can be the key to unlocking potential and helps engagement in other areas
We aim to provide a high-quality music education which engages and inspires students to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians.
Through the schemes of work at KS3/4/5 students will perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians. Students will learn to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, and use technology appropriately. Students will understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, through the musical elements: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.
We are committed to ensuring children understand the value and importance of music in the wider community, and are able to use their musical skills, knowledge, and experiences to involve themselves in music, in a variety of different contexts.
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KS3 Music
Year 7
Term 1 - Instruments of the orchestra, theory, keyboard skills.
Term 2 - Variations, Christmas song cycle
Term 3 - Ukulele project
Term 4 - Programme music
Term 5 - World music
Term 6 - Blues
Year 8
Term 1 - Reggae
Term 2 - Waltz
Term 3 - Musicals
Term 4 - Form and Structure
Term 5 - Film Music
Term 6 - Ukulele and Ensemble Skills
Year 9
Term 1 - Latin Music
Term 2 - Rock Music
Term 3 - Baroque Music
Term 4 - Folk
Term 5 - Protest Songs
Term 6 - Free performance / presentation
GCSE Music
Year 10
Term 1
- Composing
- Music theory and listening skills
Term 2
- Traditional Music and composing
- Western Classical Tradition 1650-1910 and listening skills
Term 3
- Graceland (Paul Simon) and composing
- Clarinet Concerto Mozart
Term 4
- Graceland (Paul Simon) and composing
- Clarinet Concerto Mozart and listening skills
Term 5
- Performing
- Popular music and listening skills
Term 6
- Graceland (Paul Simon) and composing
- Traditional music and listening skills
Year 11
Terms 1 & 2
- Traditional Music, Clock revision and composing
- Mock paper and Beatles revision and listening skills
Term 3
- Listening skills - western Classical Tradition 1650-present day revision and composing
- Music theory and listening skills, practical performance
Term 4
- composition completion and programme notes
- Popular Music and Traditional music revision and practical performance
Term 5
- Revision
- listening skills/Beatles revision
Term 6
- Exam
A Level Music
Year 12
Term 1
- Romantic Piano Music - Grieg
- 10 marker technique
- Composing skills
Term 2
- Romantic Piano Music - Brahms
- Composing skills
- Music for Media
- Essay skills
Term 3
- Romantic Piano Music - Chopin
- Composing skills
- Music for Media
- Essay skills
Term 4
- Composing free brief
- Listening skills
- Music for Media
Term 5
- Composing free brief
- Listening skills
- Music for Media
- Consolidation of Romantic Piano Music
Term 6
- Baroque Concerto - Purcell
- Composing free brief
- Listening skills
- Music for Media
Year 13
Term 1
- Romantic Piano Music – Chopin Nocturne
- Composing free brief
- Listening skills
- Jazz
Term 2
- Baroque Concerto - Vivaldi
- Composing- brief
- Listening skills
- Jazz
Term 3
- Baroque Concerto - Bach
- Composing- brief
- Listening skills
- Jazz
Term 4
- Consolidation - Baroque Concerto
- Composing- brief
- Listening skills
Term 5
- Listening skills
- Revision
Term 6
- Exam