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Assessment summaries for Website: Music department. Year 7.
Half term 1.
Elements of music.
Pupils learn about pitch, duration, structure,
tempo, dynamics, timbre and texture. They
will be introduced to musical notation, and
complete a group composition and a solo
performance. Baseline assessments will take
place in October.
Assessment 1: 33.3% performing, 33.3%
listening, 33.3% composition. (Baseline
assessment.)
Half term 2.
Rhythm and Pitch.
Pupils reinforce their knowledge of musical
notation.
Solo performance, solo composition and
listening work is assessed.
Assessment 2: 33.3% performing, 33.3%
listening, 33.3% composition.
Half term 3.
This unit
continues into
half term 4, by
varying
amounts
depending on
class progress.
Half term 4-5.
Half term 5-6
Listening to Music.
Pupils are introduced to a wide variety of
music, including world music, classical music
and pop. Solo performance, solo composition
and listening work is assessed. A group rap is
performed.
Assessment 3: 33.3% performing, 33.3%
listening, 33.3% composition.
Variation: messing around with music.
Pupils are given the chance to experiment
with existing compositions, to develop deeper
compositional understanding. Solo
performance, solo composition and listening
work is assessed.
Summative Assessment: 33.3% performing,
33.3% listening, 33.3% composition.
Jazz.
Pupils learn about jazz scales and chords.
They improvise within these structures,
performing to the class. Solo performance,
solo improvisation and listening work is
assessed.
Assessment.
Teacher written feedback on
composition and listening
work, peer and self
assessment on all work and
teacher summative
assessment on performances.
Assessment.
Teacher written feedback on
composition and listening
work, peer and self
assessment on all work and
teacher summative
assessment on performances.
Assessment.
Teacher written feedback on
composition and listening
work, peer and self
assessment on all work and
teacher summative
assessment on performances.
Assessment.
Teacher written feedback on
composition and listening
work, peer and self
assessment on all work and
teacher summative
assessment on performances.
Assessment.
Teacher written feedback on
composition and listening
work, peer and self
assessment on all work and
teacher summative
assessment on performances.