Cranford Review 2021
The “Cranford Review” © is a publication of Cranford Community College. Is an annual high standard produced magazine which provides an archive document highlighting various aspects of the life of the academy, its staff, students and community from each academic year. It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of the academy, its staff, students and wider community. A colorful layout with a wide range of topics comprising events, extracurricular activities, recognition awards, initiatives, trips and excursions among many others. Hard copies are provided to stakeholders including families, staff, partners, visitors, prospective parents/students, prospective employees and others with an interest or stake in the academy and its students. Headteacher & Director: Kevin Prunty / Editor-in-chief: Jessica Joyce / Graphic Design: Enzo Gianvittorio Danese (Enzo GD) / Printed by: Springfieldpapers.com
The “Cranford Review” © is a publication of Cranford Community College. Is an annual high standard produced magazine which provides an archive document highlighting various aspects of the life of the academy, its staff, students and community from each academic year.
It is a wonderful read and a useful historical document which, with its termly sister publications and occasional special editions, also serves to describe the values of the academy and support the aspirations of the academy, its staff, students and wider community. A colorful layout with a wide range of topics comprising events, extracurricular activities, recognition awards, initiatives, trips and excursions among many others. Hard copies are provided to stakeholders including families, staff, partners, visitors, prospective parents/students, prospective employees and others with an interest or stake in the academy and its students.
Headteacher & Director: Kevin Prunty / Editor-in-chief: Jessica Joyce / Graphic Design: Enzo Gianvittorio Danese (Enzo GD) / Printed by: Springfieldpapers.com
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PERFORMING ARTS
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Music Curriculum Developments
Summer 2021
We recently chose to update our live music curriculum
at Key stage 3 in order to help students develop their
individual musicianship skills. After creating new
resource sheets for each instrument, we looked at how we
could change the music spaces and put them to better use.
We have now created separate areas for each instrument
group in the band – Drums, Keyboard, Bass, Guitar and
Vocals. Students spend the first half of term practising
alone using headphones, with MP3 players for backing
tracks and newly created resource sheets. This takes place
in the designated instrument areas. Our goal is to give
more opportunity for students to get familiar with playing
the instruments and focus on their musicianship skills in
a non-distracting environment before working in their
bands
Drummers can now follow basic drum notation sheets,
keyboard players are given sheets with triad chords,
guitar and bass players learn using TAB chord sheets and
vocalists have time to develop techniques such as correct
breathing and voice projection.
After half term the students move into their bands,
and by this time are a lot more confident playing their
instruments. The focus now becomes learning how to
work in a group, how to keep in time together and how to
develop an appropriate arrangement of their song ready
to perform at the end of term.
Luke Joyce and Rory O’Hare
(Performing Arts – Music Department)
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