In Year 7, students will explore a plethora of different elements of music as a subject. They will work to develop a variety of skills that will enable them to discuss music, develop basic keyboard skills, read basic staff notation and interpret more contemporary graphic scoring. They will also cover some more programme-based music and compositional based music. They will be encouraged to work both in groups and as an individual throughout the units of work and be assessed in all three subject areas for music e.g. performing, composing and listening & appraising in line with the KS3 national curriculum guidelines.
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Students will also study some elements of drama in their performing arts lessons to introduce them to this art form with an emphasis on developing an appreciation of this art form in conjunction with music and also to prepare them for options in school.
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In Year 8 music, students will expand on the skills that they have developed in Year 7 and they will focus more closely on genre-based studies and topics that focus on a specific element of music. As with year 7, the year 8 students will be working in groups and as individuals throughout the units of work and they will continue to work through all three units of learning for music e.g. performing, composing and listening & appraising.
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As with year 7, year 8 will also be studying some drama units to again develop communication and develop some skills that will be useful in many different areas as they approach the end of KS3.
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For the year 9 period, students are currently in a carousel system in which they study a project in an arts subject for a period of time and produce an assessed piece of work. In this instance, there are separate music and drama projects that the students will complete at separate times.
Music
For the music project, students will be focusing on song writing as a main skill. They will also be exploring what goes into planning a music event and the health and safety considerations that have to be made. This project was designed with the RSL Level 2 Music Practitioner qualification in mind which will be an option for GCSE at the end of Year 9.
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Drama
This SOL has been developed to prepare the students for the modules in BTEC Tech Award. It will focus on the analysis of professional works, studying extracts and devising based on a theme. It will concentrate on the development of key skills in Drama and movement. There will be the opportunity to also study aspects of technical theatre
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BTEC Level 1/2 Tech Award in Performing Arts
Following either a Music Theatre/Drama or Dance pathway students will study: –
Unit 1 Internal unit – Exploring the performing Arts (In-depth research into 3 professional works with either an extended essay or presentation to be assessed)
Unit 2 Internal unit – Developing skills and techniques in the Performing Arts (workshops and performance of a piece of musical theatre/ Drama or Dance from repertoire)
Unit 3 External unit – Performing to a brief (Exam performance project based on a set brief from the board)
Ms. C. Milan – Subject Leader cmilan@stmca.org.uk
Mr. J. Bruus – Music Technician
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