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Department Vision Statement
Penistone Grammar School's Performing Arts Curriculum offers an exciting, unique and enjoyable way for students to experience, perform and create Music and Drama. At KS3 in Music and Drama we aim to boost performance skills and attributes as a primary objective. Our curriculum is based heavily upon the fact that any area of Music and Drama needs a solid understanding of performance skills. This is our foundation on which to build further. Our curriculum will enable students to become more knowledgeable composers and devisers and when watching performances students are better equipped to analyse and make critical judgements about them. Our Curriculum in Performing Arts is very ambitious as we aim to help every student learn an instrument and every student build the self-confidence to call themselves a musician and a performer. We take great pride in the fact our curriculum is bespoke for every individual student, regardless of a student's previous performance / musical experience, preference of instrument or preference of role within a production, we cater for all our student's individuality.
Year Group | Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
Y7 | Introduction To Instrument Options + Solo Performance | Solo Performance (Graded Pieces) | Ensemble Performance (Band Performance) |
Home Learning: | MS TEAMS QUIZ | MS TEAMS QUIZ | MS TEAMS QUIZ |
Y8 | Solo Performance (Graded Pieces) | Solo Performance (Graded Pieces) | Ensemble Performance (Band Performance) |
Home Learning: | MS TEAMS QUIZ | MS TEAMS QUIZ | MS TEAMS QUIZ |
Y9 | Solo Performance (Graded Pieces) | Solo Performance (Graded Pieces) | Ensemble Performance (Band Performance) |
Home Learning: | MS TEAMS QUIZ | MS TEAMS QUIZ | MS TEAMS QUIZ |
Y10 | · Performance Solo · Listening/Appraising | · Composing · Listening/Appraising · Performance Ensemble | · Composing · Listening/Appraising · Performance Solo/Ensemble |
Home Learning: | Practice of performance pieces weekly
Revision/tests on Focus On Sound Website/App | Practice of performance pieces weekly
Revision/tests on Focus On Sound Website/App | Practice of performance pieces weekly
Revision/tests on Focus On Sound Website/App |
Y11 | · Composition 1 FINAL RECORDING · Solo Performance FINAL RECORDING · Listening/Appraising | · Composition 2 FINAL RECORDING · Ensemble Performance FINAL RECORDING · Listening/Appraising | · Listening/Appraising for Exam in June. |
Home Learning: | Practice of performance pieces weekly
Revision/tests on Focus On Sound Website/App | Practice of performance pieces weekly
Revision/tests on Focus On Sound Website/App |
Revision/tests on Focus On Sound Website/App |
Y12 | · Performance Solo · Compositional Techniques and Devices · Grade 4 Theory ABRSM | · Performance Ensemble · Development of the symphony (set works) · Compositional Techniques and Devices | · Into 20th Century Analysis · Intro to (Set works) · Performance (Solo + Ensemble Mock)
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Home Learning: | Focus On Sound Tests - Analysis and Performance Practice | Focus On Sound Tests - Analysis and Performance Practice | Focus On Sound Tests - Analysis and Performance Practice |
Y13 | · Performance Solo · Compositional Techniques and Devices Grade 4 Theory ABRSM | · Performance Ensemble · Development of the symphony (set works) Compositional Techniques and Devices | · Into 20th Century Analysis · Intro to (Set works) · Performance (Solo + Ensemble Mock)
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Home Learning: | Focus On Sound Tests - Analysis and Performance Practice | Focus On Sound Tests - Analysis and Performance Practice | Focus On Sound Tests - Analysis and Performance Practice |
Meet the Team
Mr M Lee
Curriculum Area Leader: Visual & Performing Arts
Mr D Southern
Second in Department
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