Overview
The music curriculum endeavours to ignite pupil’s passion for music and cultivate their creativity and cultural capital through three clear strands of performing, responding and creating.
It aims to inspire a love of learning that allows pupils the freedom to explore their creativity, whilst developing an extensive practical skillset, and a deep and broad theoretical understanding of music.
Pupils are encouraged to create and refine performance work to the highest standard and develop the crucial skills of analysing and evaluating their own work and the work of others.
Year 7
Term 1 – Elements of music
Term 2 – The orchestra
Year 8
Term 1 – Origins 1 – African drumming, blues and jazz
Term 2 – Computer game music
Year 9
Term 1 – Film music
Term 2 – Origins 2 – samba, reggae, funk, hip hop
Year 10
Term 1 – Elements of music; western classical tradition; popular music
Term 2 – Free composition; traditional music; western classical music since 1910
Term 3 – Free composition; Queen
Year 11
Term 1 – Beethoven’s first; solo and ensemble performance; brief composition
Term 2 – Beethoven’s first; brief composition
Term 3 – Revision
Exam board
EDUQAS GCSE Music