Year 9 Curriculum Information Booklet 2018-2019

Music
Music is taught to all students at Stretford Grammar School and the aim is to ensure all
students can read Musical notation of various forms, compose and perform in different
styles and be able to identify key features of different Musical Genres by the end of Year 9
in order to prepare them for KS4. Lessons are mainly practical with an opportunity to work
alone, in pairs and in larger groups for half termly assessments. Some lessons will include
some written, listening and brief analysis and written work. There are always a wide variety
of extension tasks for those students who already play an instrument and read Music so
they have the same level of challenge as someone in the class who is new to the subject. At
the end of Year 9, 4 skills are tested – Performing, Composing, Appraising and Listening.
Unit 1 -Reggae Music
Students will study the following:
Baseline assessment to find out
prior knowledge which includes
written, listening and practical
activities.
Introduce Reggae Music and look at
the origins and development from
Blues Music.
Build up to a progressive
composition by writing chord
sequences, riffs and melodies and
eventually putting together Reggae
songs in groups to perform.
Assessment and evaluation of the
work completed.
Unit 2 – Pop Music
Students will study the following:
Pop Music from the 1960s and why
the Beatles were so famous.
Using prior knowledge to put
together a well-known Beatles song.
Using a 70s Pop Song and they have
to add in chords, accompaniments
etc. to make it typical of the era.
Music technology used to look at
Dance Music and putting together
samples and loops within a Pop
Song structure.
Cover versions of a Pop Song of the
student’s choice.