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PROGRAMME OF STUDY

Knowledge, skills and understanding

Teaching should ensure that  listening, and applying knowledge and understanding , are developed through the interrelated skills of  performing ,  composing  and  appraising .

 During key stage 3 pupils deepen and extend their own musical interests and skills. They perform and compose music in different styles with increasing understanding of musical devices, processes and contextual influences. They work individually and in groups of different sizes and become increasingly aware of different roles and contributions of each member of the group. They actively explore specific genres, styles and traditions from different times and cultures with increasing ability to discriminate, think critically and make connections between different areas of knowledge.

Controlling sounds through singing and playing performing skills

1)  Pupils should be taught how to:
a)  sing unison and part songs developing vocal techniques and musical expression

links to other subjects> En1 Speaking and listening 1) c


b)  perform with increasing control of instrumentspecific techniques

c)  practise, rehearse and perform with awareness of different parts, the roles and contribution of the different members of the group, and the audience and venue.

links to other subjects> En1 Speaking and listening 4)


Creating and developing musical ideas composing skills

2)  Pupils should be taught how to:
a)  improvise, exploring and developing musical ideas when performing

b)  produce, develop and extend musical ideas, selecting and combining resources within musical structures and given genres, styles and traditions.

Responding and reviewing appraising skills

3)  Pupils should be taught how to:
a)  analyse, evaluate and compare pieces of music

b)  communicate ideas and feelings about music using expressive language and musical vocabulary to justify their own opinions

c)  adapt their own musical ideas and refine and improve their own and others' work.

Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding

4)  Pupils should be taught to:
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a)  listen with discrimination and to internalise and recall sounds

b)  identify the expressive use of musical elements, devices, tonalities and structures

c)  identify the resources, conventions, processes and procedures, including use of ICT, staff notation and other relevant notations, used in selected musical genres, styles and traditions

d)   identify the contextual influences that affect the way music is created, performed and heard  [Marks the start of supplementary information for example, intention, use, venue, occasion, development of resources, impact of ICT, the cultural environment and the contribution of individuals Marks the end of supplementary information] .


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Breadth of study

5)  During the key stage, pupils should be taught the  Knowledge, skills and understanding  through:
a)  a range of musical activities that integrate performing, composing and appraising

b)  responding to a range of musical and nonmusical starting points

links to other subjects> En1 Speaking and listening 1) a 
 En1 Speaking and listening 1) b 
 En1 Speaking and listening 1) c 
 En3 Writing 1) a 
 En3 Writing 1) b 
 En3 Writing 1) c 
 En3 Writing 1) d 
 PE 6) a


c)  working on their own, in groups of different sizes and as a class

d)  using ICT to create, manipulate and refine sounds

e)  a range of live and recorded music from different times and cultures including music from the British Isles, the 'Western classical' tradition, folk, jazz and popular genres, and by wellknown composers and performers.


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