Dirt info for Website: Music department. Year 7. Half term 1. Elements of music. Pupils learn about pitch, duration, structure, tempo, dynamics, timbre and texture. They will be introduced to musical notation, and complete a group composition and a solo performance. Baseline assessments will take place in October. Assessment 1: 33.3% performing, 33.3% listening, 33.3% composition. (Baseline assessment.) Half term 2. Rhythm and Pitch. Pupils reinforce their knowledge of musical notation. Solo performance, solo composition and listening work is assessed. Assessment 2: 33.3% performing, 33.3% listening, 33.3% composition. Half term 3. Listening to Music. This unit Pupils are introduced to a wide variety of continues into music, including world music, classical music half term 4, by and pop. Solo performance, solo composition varying and listening work is assessed. A group rap is amounts performed. depending on Assessment 3: 33.3% performing, 33.3% class progress. listening, 33.3% composition. Half term 4-5. Variation: messing around with music. Pupils are given the chance to experiment with existing compositions, to develop deeper compositional understanding. Solo performance, solo composition and listening work is assessed. Summative Assessment: 33.3% performing, 33.3% listening, 33.3% composition. Half term 5-6 Jazz. Pupils learn about jazz scales and chords. They improvise within these structures, performing to the class. Solo performance, solo improvisation and listening work is assessed.
Assessment. Teacher written feedback on composition and listening work, peer and self assessment on all work and teacher summative assessment on performances.
Assessment. Teacher written feedback on composition and listening work, peer and self assessment on all work and teacher summative assessment on performances. Assessment. Teacher written feedback on composition and listening work, peer and self assessment on all work and teacher summative assessment on performances. Assessment. Teacher written feedback on composition and listening work, peer and self assessment on all work and teacher summative assessment on performances. Assessment. Teacher written feedback on composition and listening work, peer and self assessment on all work and teacher summative assessment on performances.