Welcome to the Performing Arts Curriculum
Performing Arts Department:
Head of Faculty: Mrs K.Parkinson
Primary Subject Lead: Mrs E.Carter
Peripatetic teachers: Nicole Vergel De Dios (GCSE Music teacher and voice teacher), Colynne Hicks (Drama) Lucy Carpenter (Drama), Kathy Burton (Piano), Lloyd Scott-McCullough (Guitar), Ely Jim (Piano and violin), Rebecca Williams (flute, piano, voice), Maisie Preston (voice), Nathanael Burton (Drums)
Curriculum Journey from EYFS to KS4
Reception:
Autumn 1: Harvest Songs
Autumn 2: Infant Nativity
Spring 1: Music Around the World
Spring 2: Big Band - introduction to instruments
Summer 1: Music and Movement
Summer 2: Music and Movement
Year 1:
Autumn 1: Harvest Songs, Animals - classical musical (Dynamics and Tempo)
Autumn 2: Infant Nativity
Spring 1: Under The Sea (Musical vocabulary)
Spring 2: Fairytales (Timbre and Rhythmic Patterns), Easter Songs
Summer 1: Superheroes (Pitch and Tempo)
Summer 2: By The Sea (Vocal and body sounds)
Year 2:
Autumn 1: Harvest songs, West African Call and Response
Autumn 2: Infant Nativity
Spring 1: Identifying Orchestral instruments
Spring 2: On This Island (British Folk Songs), Easter Songs
Summer 1: Myths and Legends (Timbre, Dynamics and Tempo)
Summer 2: Tuned percussion (Glockenspiels and Xylophones)
Year 3:
Autumn 1: Harvest Songs, Recorder instrument study
Autumn 2: Christmas carols
Spring 1: Recorders continued
Spring 2: Jazz Music, Easter songs
Summer 1: Junior show preparations
Summer 2: Junior show preparations
Year 4:
Autumn 1: Rainforests (Body and Tuned Percussion) , Harvest Songs
Autumn 2: Christmas carols
Spring 1: Rock and Roll Music
Spring 2: Samba and Carnival Music, Easter songs
Summer 1: Junior show preparations
Summer 2: Junior show preparations
Year 5:
Autumn 1: An introduction to notation
Autumn 2: Christmas carols
Spring 1: Ukulele Instrument Study
Spring 2: Ukulele Instrument Study
Summer 1: Junior show preparations
Summer 2: Junior show preparations
Year 6:
Autumn 1: An introduction to keyboards
Autumn 2: Rhythms and compositions, Christmas songs
Spring 1: Rhythms and compositions
Spring 2: Junior show preparations
Summer 1: Junior show preparations
Summer 2: Junior show preparations
Year 7 Drama:
Autumn : Performance Skills
Spring : Radio Plays
Summer : An introduction to Shakespeare
Year 7 Music:
Autumn 1: Elements of Music and Using our voices
Autumn 2: Christmas performances (singing and keyboard)
Spring : I've Got Rhythm
Summer: The Orchestra and keyboard skills
.Year 8 Drama:
Autumn : Devising through Darkwood Manor stimulus - horror stories
Spring : Contemporary play study - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Summer : Live Musical Theatre - Shrek
Year 8 Music
Autumn: Ukulele instrument study
Spring 1: Pentatonic Music
Spring 2: Keyboard Skills
Summer: Hooks and Riffs
Year 9 Drama:
Autumn: Contemporary play study - DNA
Spring: Devising through drama - Sarah Graham artist stimulus
Summer: Performing musical theatre
Year 9 Music:
Autumn: Music Technology - using a DAW
Spring: Film Music
Summer: Advanced ukuleles and composition using chords
KS4 -Year 10 & 11 - Level 1/2 Award in Performing Arts:
Exam Board: Eduqas/WJEC
Students can specialise in Drama, Music, Musical Theatre (including dance), Musical technology or technical theatre (lighting/sound/set design/costume design)
Summary of Assessment:
Unit 1: Performing
Controlled assessment: 10 hours
30% of qualification
60 marks
The assignment brief, which will include a scenario and several tasks, will be available via the WJEC Secure
Website, and will remain the same for the lifetime of the specification.
Unit 2: Creating
Controlled assessment: 10 hours
30% of qualification
60 marks
An assignment brief will be provided by WJEC which will include a scenario and several tasks, available via the
WJEC Secure Website.
Unit 3: Performing Arts in Practice
External controlled assessment: 20 hours
40% of qualification
80 marks
An assignment brief will be provided by WJEC which will include a scenario and several tasks, available via the
WJEC Secure Website.
