Curriculum Music in Schools
Sussex Music School provide the highest quality Curriculum lessons in schools with highly qualifed, fully safeguarded and, importantly, experienced teachers.
Lessons are well structured for progression but allow space and time for creativity.
By partnering with SMS for Curriculum (or instrumental) lessons there are so many opportunities open to you and your staff to aid in bringing an effective music provision to reach all pupils.
For summer term 2024/25 we are offering Free Curriculum Trial Lessons to all schools in our areas of operation.
A list of our Current Curriculum Partner Schools can be found below -Please feel free to let us know if you'd like to speak with them about our services and we'll be happy to put you in touch or use our Curriculum Application Form.
What Ofsted say about our Partner School
Music is the beating heart of school life. The choir includes everybody and inspires all. Everyone gets to learn musical instruments. Disadvantaged pupils are well represented in every opportunity, including the impressive school orchestra. Ofsted Report for SMS Partner School St Andrews, Hove
Curriculum Lessons
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
Children learn effectively through playing classroom percussion, their own instrument where they learn one outside the classroom and the use of ICT.
Sessions in Primary schools last ½ hour (KS1) or 45-60 minutes (KS2). A typical secondary lesson lasts 1 hour.
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
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.
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.