Music Starter Pack

Two documents designed to help with planning for the year ahead. The first document is introductory piano booklet designed for early stage piano players but could also be used as ten minute lesson starters, ACE groups, or as class challenges. The booklet consists of two pages of practice logs for the tutor to comment on and for the student to complete during any practice undertaken, four pages of music broken down into a right hand only and left hand only section for each piece, culminating in a both hands ‘recital’ version.

At the back of the booklet there is also a certificate to be awarded to the student when they have completed the whole booklet.

The curriculum journey document offers a suggested progression path for the secondary school music curriculum starting at year seven and going through to year thirteen. There are two versions given. The first breaks down each year group into individual years, and the second shows how each year group operates alongside each other year group.

For key stage four and five actual topics have been replaced by the term Areas of Study only and are labeled AoS1, AoS2, AoS3 and AoS4. This is so the individual can take into account which exam board they will be following at this point and can decide the order in which to teach their Areas of Study.

For KS3 topics have been suggested but can be altered should you wish.