Every student in Year 7 and 8 receives one hour of Music a week with an option in Year 9 to continue for two hours a week. The topics studied throughout the course are mainly learnt through practical activities and the students have the opportunity to develop their performing, composing and listening skills at the same time as learning about particular styles of music and the context in which they are found. At Key Stage 4, students have the option of studying Music for GCSE and the board that is currently used is OCR. As well as classroom lessons, there is a thriving extra-curricular programme on offer. The department strives to offer a group for everyone who would like to get involved no matter how much previous experience students have had. The many performance and workshop opportunities available to the students enhance their experience of Music at St Bede’s and make it the vibrant department that it is. Examples include the talent show, summer concert, whole school musical and visits from professional performers and composers such Jeffery Wilson and Philippa Herrick.

Names and contact details of staff:    

Miss P Bell,  Head of Music, pbell@stbedes.cambs.sch.uk
Miss L Davis, Teacher of Music, ldavis@stbedes.cambs.sch.uk

Course descriptors for KS3 and KS4:

Autumn Term

Yr 7:   TV Theme; African Drumming
Yr 8:   Theme and Variations; Samba
Yr 9:   History of Pop and Rock
Yr 10:  AoS 1 My Music - Performance; AoS 2 Shared Music
Yr 11:  Composition; Log and Evaluation

Spring Term

Yr 7:   Form and Structure
Yr 8:   Blues
Yr 9:   Film Music; The Musical
Yr 10:  Aos 1 My Music – Commentary and composition; AoS 3 Dance Music
Yr 11:  Creative task revision; Listening exam revision

Summer Term

Yr 7:   Caribbean Music; The Beatles
Yr 8:   Dance Music; Reggae
Yr 9:   The Music Industry
Yr 10:   Ensemble performance; AoS 4 Descriptive Music
Yr 11:   Creative task; Listening exam

Trips and workshops planned for this academic year:

October:  Jazz Workshop with Jeffery Wilson
December:  Yr 10 Music GCSE students attend School’s Carol Service at King’s College
February:  Film Music Composing workshop for Yr 9 students
March:  Steel Pan workshop for all Yr 7 students

Overall Enrichment, Music.pdf