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Music at Framingham Earl aims to develop students knowledge of Music and develop skills as composers and performers. All students study Music in Years 7, 8 and 9.
At the end of Year 9 the students have the option to continue to study GCSE Music. There are opportunities for the students across all year groups to take part in extracurricular musical activities. Through Years 7 to 9 students study eighteen units of Music covering a wide variety of musical styles and genres, using a variety of instruments. The units range from Western Classical, including the Great Composers to world music from around the globe. Every unit is centred around gaining knowledge of the elements of music and their application in listening, composition and performance.
The units have been chosen and planned to support the development of musical knowledge and skills. Each unit will have a variety of listening, composing and performance tasks to aid understanding and knowledge development. Some units focus on a specific element of music and some centre around music theory and a specific style or genre. Students will develop their level of skill during a topic and this will be assessed at the end of each topic. Creating compositions and practising for performance, including singing, is an integral part of the curriculum and necessary to make sustained progress. Preparing a piece of music for performing, whether it be composition or performance involves constant revision and improvement and is equivalent to creating an extended piece of writing.
Key Stage 3
Year 7
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Term |
Content |
Assessment |
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Autumn Term 1 |
Duration |
Group composition of rhythmic piece. Written test |
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Autumn Term 2 |
Pitch Sol Fa system Treble Clef notation
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Performance of ‘Mattachins’. Written test
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Spring Term 1 |
Ostinato |
Performance of Ostinato/Riff/Hook. Written test |
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Spring Term 2 |
Ukulele Skills |
Students are assessed on their ability to play a variety of chords and use these in a performance with a backing. Written test |
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Summer Term 1 |
Chords and Britpop
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Performance of Brit pop song. Written test
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Summer Term 2 |
Musical Futures - Wimmoweh |
Group performance of ‘Wimmoweh’ Written test |
Year 8
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Term |
Content |
Assessment |
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Autumn Term 1 |
12 Bar Blues and Improvisation |
Performance of 12 Bar Blues Written test |
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Autumn Term 2 |
Pitch-Bass Clef |
Performance of ‘Hall of the Mountain King’ Written test |
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Spring Term 1 |
Minimalism |
Performance of ‘Tubular Bells’ Written test |
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Spring Term 2 |
Dance Music |
Performance of ‘The Blue Danube’ Written test |
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Summer Term 1 |
Structure - Melody Writing |
Composition or performance of a melody Written test |
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Summer Term 2 |
Film Music |
Performance of Film Theme. Written test |
Year 9
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Term |
Content |
Assessment |
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Autumn Term 1 |
Jazz and Syncopation |
Performance of ‘Boogie Woogie’. Written test |
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Autumn Term 2 |
Raggae |
Performance of 'Three Little Birds' Written test |
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Spring Term 1 |
Gamelan |
Performance of 'Gamelan' piece Written test |
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Spring Term 2 |
Ground Bass
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Performance of ‘Canon in D’. Written test |
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Summer Term 1 |
Song Writing
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Composition of song. Written test |
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Summer Term 2 |
Musical Futures - Just Play
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Performance skills on various instruments. Written test |
Key Stage 4
Year 10
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Term |
Content |
Assessment |
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Autumn Term 1 |
Area of Study 1 inc Badinerie study piece Music Theory |
Music theory exam paper Exam questions Area of Study 1 and on Badinerie |
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Autumn Term 2 |
Area of Study 2 Music Theory |
Music theory exam paper Exam question on Area of Study 2
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Spring Term 1 |
Area of Study 3 Composition Skills |
Exam question on Area of Study 3
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Spring Term 2 |
Area of Study 4 inc Toto study piece Composition Skills |
Exam question on Area of Study 4 and Toto study piece.
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Summer Term 1 |
Area of Study 1inc Badinerie study piece Composition Skills |
Exam questions Area of Study 1 and on Badinerie
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Spring Term 2 |
Area of Study 2 Composition skills |
End of year exam |
Year 11
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Term |
Content |
Assessment |
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Autumn Term 1 |
Area of Study 3 Solo performance preparation Composing NEA completion |
Exam questions on Area of Study 3 |
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Autumn Term 2 |
Area of Study 4 inc. Toto study piece Free composition submission |
Exam questions on Area of Study 4 Composition (Free composition) NEA |
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Spring Term 1 |
Area of Study 1 and 2 revision Solo performance submission Composing to a Brief composition submission |
Solo Performance NEA Composition(Composing to a brief) NEA |
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Spring Term 2 |
Area of Study 3 and 4 revision Ensemble performance submission |
Ensemble performance NEA |
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Summer Term |
Revision and listening examination practice |
Final appraising examination |
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