SMS Curriculum Music Provision in Schools
Working with schools to meet and exceed the requirements of the National Plan for Music Education and bring music to the Curriculum - consultancy, CPD, INSET, training and music provision in schools across Sussex.
At Sussex Music School, we believe that all children have a right to a good quality Music Education and know from our expensive experience how to support schools to do this within the constraints of their budgets.
Curriculum Music Lessons
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Sussex Music School provide National Curriculum lessons in schools. Lessons are well structured for progression but allow space and time for creativity. We also offer Online Training, Free Trial Lessons, Regular Meetings, Resources, Workshops, Consultancy and Advice.
By becoming a partner school there are so many opportunities open to you and your staff to aid in bringing an effective music provision to reach all pupils and to meet the requirements of the National Plan for Music Education.
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All children will learn:
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Singing
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Performing skills
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Music reading skills
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Improvising
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Composing
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Listening skills including to great musicians and composers
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Children learn effectively through playing classroom percussion, their own instrument where they learn one outside the classroom and the use of ICT.
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Sessions in Primary schools last ½ hour (KS1) or 45-60 minutes (KS2). A typical secondary lesson lasts 1 hour.
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Lessons cover the National Curriculum requirements. In primary schools, a teaching assistant is expected to be present throughout to aid the visiting teacher as necessary.​​
​​​​​​Curriculum Teachers
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At SMS we believe in developing our music workforce, enabling them to use up-to-date teaching methods and fully understand the needs of each learner. To this end our professional teachers receive ongoing training, monitoring and support from our senior team.
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Only the best teachers in the field locally are accredited to SMS. Valuing our teachers is paramount as this will translate into the best musical experiences for our students.