Music Action Plan
Review: Where are we now?
What we are currently doing:
Currently, Newhaven KS3 curriculum and Foundation curriculum have no stand-alone music lessons. However, music has been embedded in areas of the project’s curriculum across the year.
At Gardens students have opportunities to explore music through Arts Award and music is used in Engage to develop students’ understanding of poetry.
There are opportunities for students at King’s Park to participate in Music Therapy as stated on their EHCP and as a part of supportive interventions taking place. Students where it is not stated on their EHCP are selected through request.
At King’s Park, there is a guitar club at lunchtimes where students can self-select to attend
There are currently opportunities across the year where students can access music through careers and external agencies coming in. This has been at the Garden’s site and this could be used across all sites next year due to its successes.
Students in year 10 can study Music at college and gain a qualification.
Priority targets:
- To provide opportunities for students to learn about music within the curriculum.
- To provide enriching extra-curricular activities, subject celebrations and career opportunities.
Intent Where do we want to be? |
Implementation How will we do it? |
Impact Reviewing how effective it is? |
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Students continue to have access to Music therapy. | Music therapy will take place at King’s Park Campus in line with students' EHCP targets. |
Student feedback to be conducted (this can be a SurveyMonkey to provide student voice)
Feedback is provided from the music therapist to the SENCO |
Students will be able to participate in guitar clubs across all sites. |
KP is to be led by Jo Lewis and the Music therapist.
Gardens and NEST are to be led by PC Bradley. |
Clubs are promoted around the school for students to see.
Student attendance is monitored and reviewed. Opportunities for the learners to play their music learned via video recording or live performance to their chosen audience |
Foundation Students will continue to have access to music lessons embedded within the project's curriculum. |
Continue to develop the curriculum embedding music wherever possible.
Ensure any instruments needed are sourced/ bought. Train staff who have not taught music before. Link a Foundation team member to another school that teaches music to gain inspiration in developing the curriculum. |
Student feedback on projects.
Staff to share their resources and good practice when teaching out of specialism. Students should show progress in line with the KS2/KS3 music programs of study. |
External agencies should be used to promote music across all sites. |
TARU
Explore other agencies that could come in. |
Student feedback on any external activities that have taken place.
Staff feedback on how successful they feel the visits were and the impact on students. Monitor student engagement and response to the sessions. |
Students continue to have access to music in college. | Continue to have this as an offer in 2023-2024 |
College to continue to assess in line with the examining body.
College leads to feedback regularly on how students are getting on and engaging in lessons. |
Head of Performing Arts to establish ways to embed music further within the curriculum. | Seek opportunities where music could be used in other areas of the curriculum. | Visits to other secondary schools to be organised to work with music departments on how they embed music across the school. |
To increase the music the students are exposed to. |
Seeking opportunities for musicians to come in and perform in assemblies/ as an individual event.
Find opportunities to showcase/ play music in social spaces. Play a piece of music on exit of the assembly. |
The calendar has dates of performances for the year.
Music is played at the end of assemblies that could be introduced to students to explore a range of different genres. |
To introduce music outings and musicians performing for students. | Head of Performing Arts to look for music opportunities for schools | Dates are in the calendar for music trips and performances. |
School to introduce music week to give classes opportunities to explore music in lessons. | Heads of Department to explore activities they could use during music week to form their lessons. |
Music Week is celebrated
Activities are carried out and photographed/ recorded. |