GCSE Options 2024
Stafford Grammar School GCSE options booklet 2023
Stafford Grammar School GCSE options booklet 2023
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<strong>GCSE</strong> <strong>Options</strong><br />
Course Components<br />
Description Assessment Overview Weighting<br />
Performance on the pupil’s<br />
chosen instrument and Free<br />
Composition.<br />
Ensemble Performance with<br />
the pupil playing his/her<br />
chosen instrument and<br />
Composition to a brief set<br />
by the examination board.<br />
Listening and Appraising.<br />
Aural recognition and<br />
context to be assessed<br />
through music from areas of<br />
study 2, 3, 4 and 5.<br />
Integrated Portfolio to be<br />
submitted at the end of the<br />
course<br />
Integrated Portfolio to be<br />
submitted at the end of the<br />
course.<br />
A written paper, with CD.<br />
1 hour and 30 minutes at<br />
the end of Year 11<br />
60 Marks<br />
30% of the total <strong>GCSE</strong><br />
60 Marks<br />
30% of the total <strong>GCSE</strong><br />
80 Marks<br />
40% of the total <strong>GCSE</strong><br />
Music is a subject that Universities recognize as demonstrating discipline, confidence and<br />
organization and is therefore of benefit to prospective University students whether<br />
intending to study Music or not.<br />
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.<br />
(Ludwig van Beethoven)<br />
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