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Music Curriculum Overview

Term 1 - September to December
Year group Half term 1 Half term 2
Year 7 Pentatonic Sounds

Introduction to world music through performing & musical notation
Year 8 The Blues

Introduction to jazz through performing, composing & Improvising
Year 9 Pop Music

Introduction to contemporary music production through performing & composing
Year 10 BTEC Music

Unit 1: The Music Industry
Unit 5: Introducing Music Performance
Unit 7: Introducing Music Sequencing
Year 11 BTEC Music

Unit 1: The Music Industry
Unit 2: Managing a Music Product
Unit 5: Introducing Music Performance
Unit 7: Introducing Music Sequencing
Term 2 - January to April
Year group Half term 3 Half term 4
Year 7 Major / Minor Sounds

Introduction to Western music through performing & composing
Year 8 Reggae

Introduction to reggae through performing, composing & Improvising
Year 9 Film Music

Exploring emotion in music through harmony & instrumentation.
Year 10 BTEC Music

Unit 1: The Music Industry
Unit 5: Introducing Music Performance
Unit 2: Managing a Music Product
Year 11 BTEC Music

Unit 1: The Music Industry
Unit 5: Introducing Music Performance
Unit 7: Introducing Music Sequencing
Term 3 - April to July
Year group Half term 5 Half term 6
Year 7 Modal / Chromatic Sounds

Exploring the sounds of Klezmer and music in the folk tradition.
Year 8 The Soundtrack

Exploring the world of film music from creation to recording.
Year 9 Rock Music

Exploring the rock band, iconic groups/ artists and their sound.
Year 10 BTEC Music

Unit 1: The Music Industry
Unit 5: Introducing Music Performance
Unit 2: Managing a Music Product
Year 11 BTEC Music

Unit 1: The Music Industry
Unit 2: Managing a Music Product
Unit 5: Introducing Music Performance

Dance / Drama Curriculum Overview

Term 1 - September to December
Year group Half term 1 Half term 2
Year 7 Haunted Mansion

Introduction to theatre techniques and acting skills
Performance Group work
Cheerleading/Stunting

Movement / replication
Stunt techniques
Routine creation
Safe practice - teamwork
Year 8 Creating and performing a character

Introduction to theatre techniques and acting skills
Group & paired work
Performing to camera
Hip - hop dance

Stimulus
History of dance
key terminology [breaking, tutting, stomping]
Year 9 Stage Combat

Combat technique
Partner work Safety
Creating a scene
Devising - Stimulus work - drama

Creating a piece of drama
performance styles
Staging /Techniques
Year 10 BTEC Performing Arts

Components 1 (Dance & Drama)
Understanding the performing arts by examining practitioners' work and the process used to create performance.
Year 11 BTEC Performing Arts

Component 2 (Dance & Drama)
Developing performing arts skills and techniques through the reproduction of acting, dance and/or musical theatre repertoire as performers or designers.
Term 2 - January to April
Year group Half term 3 Half term 4
Year 7 Greek Theatre

The beginning of theatre
Greek Chorus
Story telling
Physical theatre
Introduction to Dance

Dance around the world
Bollywood, African & Contemporary
Key terminology
Routines
Year 8 Contemporary dance/Choreography

Stylistic features
Motif and development- choreographic devices
Choreographing from stimulus
Duologues

Characterisation - interpreting a script
Blocking
Page to stage
Staging types
Year 9 Play Study - Noughts & Crosses

Page to stage
themes & issues
Interpreting a character
Research diary, workshops and performance
Musical Theatre (Hairspray)

Practitioners & Collaboration
How is theatre created
The role of practitioners
Stylistic features
Year 10 BTEC Performing Arts

Component 1 (Dance & Drama)
Understanding the performing arts by examining practitioners' work and the process used to create performance.
BTEC Performing Arts

Component 2 - Preparing for an audition
Year 11 BTEC Performing Arts

Component 3 (Dance & Drama)
Responding to a Brief
BTEC Performing Arts

Component 3 (Dance & Drama)
Responding to a Brief
Term 3 - April to July
Year group Half term 5 Half term 6
Year 7 The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty

Page to stage
Playwright intention
Key themes
Characterisation - Voice and movement
Musical Theatre

Rehearsal
Performance
Mental preparation for big numbers
combine dialogue
Year 8 Physical theatre

Stylistic features
Team building & contact
Movement directors
Human Machines
Shrek the musical

Theory of performance
Explore costume, lighting, set
Theatre review
Characterisation
Year 9 Devising - Stimulus work - dance

Creating a piece of dance
performance styles
Staging /Techniques
Practitioner work

Stanislavski -Naturalism
Brecht - Epic theatre
Exploring acting styles
What is a practitioner?
Year 10 BTEC Performing Arts Acting & Dance

Component 2 – Preparing for an audition
Year 11 BTEC Performing Arts

Component 3 – Responding to a Brief

Suggested reading material to support subject learning

Year 7

Mark Making
  • YouTube - Intuitive Mark Making Techniques
  • Pinterest - Mark Making Techniques
  • Tate – Mark Making Coursework Guide
  • Courageously Independent – Mark making and how it effects your art
  • Tate – How artists use sound to inspire them
  • Tate – Alberto Giacometti Biography
  • WikiArt – Cy Twombly Artworks
Colour Theory
  • Cavana – Colour theory and the colour wheel
  • Colormatters – Colour, design and basic colour theory
  • Colour Wheel Pro – Colour Meanings
  • Tate – Tate Paint
  • Tate – Street Art
  • Tate – Go on a colour walk
  • Tate - Swingaling
  • Wassily Kandinsky Biography

Year 8

Comic and Animation
  • The Artifice – The History of Comics Decade by decade
  • The Artiface – A Guide to Reading Comics: Where to Start?
  • The Artiface – Anti-Heroes and the Appeal They Have in Comics
  • Jack Teagle Illustration
  • Vox – Tim Burton’s film visual style explained
Natural Forms
  • Art-educ4kids - Georgia O’Keeffe
  • Student Art Guide – Crustaceans and Natural Forms
  • MoMA – Karl Blossfeldt
  • Tate – Who is Georgia O’Keeffe?
  • Leonardo da Vinci Drawings

Year 9

Art Careers
  • Student Art Guide – Art Careers
  • Craft Courses – North West Courses
Cubism
  • My Modern Met – What is Cubism?
  • Michael Lang Collections
  • Tate – Georges Braque
  • Georges Braque Biography
Graffiti
  • Spray Planet – A History of Graffiti in the 60’s and 70’s
  • Graffiti Kings – 10 Street Artists You Should Know About
  • Ranker- The Best Graffiti Artists
  • Graffiti Life – Portfolio
  • Soulful Creative - Workplace

Year 10 and Year 11

Art Careers
  • Student Art Guide – Art Careers
  • Craft Courses – North West Courses
Practical Information
  • YouTube - Abstract art mark making
  • AQA – GCSE Art and Design
  • Art-educ4kids - Georgia O’Keeffe
  • Student Art Guide – Crustaceans and Natural Forms
  • BBC Bitesize – Art and Design
  • Student Art Guide Website
  • YouTube – A* GCSE Art Sketchbook – tips and advice
  • Julia Stubbs – Art and Design Exemplar Material GCSE
To find out more about the curriculum Newhouse Academy delivers please contact Hannah Gregory-Harris on 01706 369436 or email gregory-harrish@newhouseacademy.co.uk
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