YEAR 7 YEAR 8 YEAR 9 YEAR 11 YEAR 12 YEAR 13 YEAR 10 Year 7 Welcome and Baseline Assessment Actively seek out rewards Volunteer to help others UNIT 1: BUILDING BLOCKS Develop good independent study habits Be introduced to the Music Department, advice and Enrichment Programme! OPTIONS EVENING Make your informed GCSE option choices Reignite your passion for Enrichment! Embed excellent study habits and get ahead with revision Consider the format of MUSIC GCSE examinations and refine Music revision techniques Complete Y10 mock exams to get GCSE ready Revise for and sit your Y11 mock Music examination. Develop your wellbeing and relaxation techniques ready for exams Develop an effective Music revision calendar and put it to use. Apply for University through UCAS or alternative post 18 courses Reflect on your journey so far Refine and perfect your revision techniques Revise for and complete your Y13 mock exams Continue your lifelong love of learning and personal development UNIT 2: CHINESE MUSIC UNIT 3: COMPOSING AN 8-BAR MELODY UNIT 4: KEYBOARD SKILLS UNIT 5: INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA UNIT 6: DANCE MUSIC ACROSS THE AGES UNIT 7: MUSICAL FUTURES UNIT 8: REGGAE UNIT 9: MUSIC OF THE WESTERN CLASSICAL TRADITION UNIT 10: JAZZ & BLUES UNIT 11: ROCK & ROLL UNIT 12: FILM MUSIC UNIT 13: POPULAR MUSIC Sit Y7 end of year Music Exam THEORY BOOSTER! Sit Y8 end of year Music Exam FORMS & DEVICES MUSIC FOR ENSEMBLE POPULAR MUSIC SET WORK STUDY SUMMER GCSE LISENING & APPRAISING EXAM ALL COURSEWORK COMPLETETD EXAM REVISION & PRACTICE FILM MUSIC COMPOSITION BRIEF Start! COMPOSITION “FREE” Start! SOLO & ENSEMBLE RECORDINGS EDUQAS MUSIC GCSE EXAMINATION MUSIC DEPARTMENT LEARNING JOURNEY UNIVERSITY APPRENTICESHIP GAP YEAR EDUQAS MUSIC A LEVEL EXAMINATION AOS1 DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYMPHONY FREE COMPOSITION & PERFORMANCE HAYDN 104 WELCOME & THEORY BOOSTER SOLO RECITAL EXAMINATION INTO THE 20TH/21ST CENTURY COMPOSITION TO A BRIEF Learning about # & b and the pentatonic scale and Improvising on the pentatonic scale. Vocal technique and posture Music literacy & context Staff Notation: treble clef, time signatures, signs and symbols Develop an understanding of musical instruments. Sequencing & Looping Whole class ensemble work To understand syncopation and how it is used in reggae music Music in context; the study of the western classical music canon (key dates, events, people, pieces, musical features etc…) 12-bar blues structure & improvisation. 7th Chords! Triads Bass lines Lyric writing UNIT 14: SAMBA Themes & Motifs How music can enhance the visual images and dramatic impact of film, and can reflect the emotional and narrative messages of the drama. About the different types and styles of songs from different times, places and styles. Be entered in for the ABRSM Grade 5 theory exam if not achieved already. classical style typical harmonic progressions sonata form structural balance, phrasing and melodic shapes, typical devices such as arpeggio figuration, sequence textural contrasts and devices such as unison, counterpoint, fugato tonality, related keys, typical cadence, progressions, approach chords, OPTION CHOICE