Music
What is the curriculum trying to achieve?
Music has a distinctive contribution to make in a child’s personal development, and this is a vital part of our curriculum for educating today’s students for the world of tomorrow.
Music contributes to the development of students and the wider school curriculum by providing a powerful and distinctive form of communication and expression. Equality of access is at the heart of the music curriculum and department and all pupils are entitled, encouraged and supported to participate in music making inside and outside of lessons irrespective of their background or need.
The teaching of music stimulates the acquisition of the skills, attitudes and attributes needed for life such as listening skills, concentration, aural memory, presentation and teamwork. It also develops creativity, risk-taking, intuition, sensitivity, perseverance and a sense of achievement and enjoyment. It affects emotion and moods providing opportunity for personal expression, reflection and emotional wellbeing. It develops thinking, increasing perception, imagination, creativity and physical co-ordination: skills which can be transferred to other areas of experience and learning; underpinning and working in tandem with The Downs School CREARCI values
Music enables children to define themselves in relation to others, their friends, social groups and to the culture in which they live. These skills and attributes help prepare young people for lifelong learning.
How do we organise learning?
Each of our subjects organises learning to achieve our federation vision of ‘Educating today’s students for the world of tomorrow: a seamless education from 4 to 19’. Please click here to see a visual map of students’ planned ‘learning journey’ in music across Key Stage 3, 4 and 5.
To see more detail on what we teach at each Key Stage, please click the relevant links below:
Anything else?
If you have any questions about our curriculum or require more information, please contact the Head of Faculty by emailing contact@thedownsschool.org
| Subject Documents |
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| Year 10 Curriculum Summary BTEC Music |
| Year 11 Curriculum Summary BTEC Music |
