Staff
Mrs E Pellow - Subject Leader
Overview
The aims of the course are to:
• encourage students to be inspired, moved and changed by following a broad, coherent, satisfying and worthwhile course of study
• develop broader life skills and attributes, including critical and creative thinking, aesthetic, sensitivity, emotional awareness, cultural understanding, self-discipline, self-confidence and self-motivation
• enable students to engage actively in the study of music
• develop musical skills and interests, including the ability to make music individually and in groups
• enable students to understand and appreciate a range of different kinds of music.
Key Stage 3
Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 study Key Stage 3 of the National Curriculum in Music.
See the attached documents for full details: Yr7 - Yr8 - Yr9
Key Stage 4
Pupils follow the AQA Music syllabus.
See the attached document for full details: Yr10/11 curriculum model
Enrichment
• Choir
• Jazz Band
• Samba Band
• Steel Pan Band
• Rock Groups
• Peripatetic lessons for strings, drums, guitar, brass and woodwind.
Useful Weblinks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/music/mm