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Periodically, we hold workshops for children across the school. These are varied and where appropriate, link to other curriculum areas. Most recently children across the school enjoyed rap workshops delivered by the very talented Rob Bradley. https://www.therapschool.com/about-rob

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Your Facilitator | The Rap School | Rob Bradley | Rap and Spoken Word Workshops

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Educational rap workshops for young people. Unlocking creativity and building confidence one rhyme at a time.

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Our excellent, resident pianist Debbie Craig, has been a valued member of the school team for many years. She's supported and lead school performances, Key Stage singing sessions and choir groups. Children in Key Stage 2 can apply to have private piano tuition with Debbie.

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In Year 1 children have the opportunity to join the Fun Music club. This takes place after school and is run by local musician Kathy Kearsley. Kathy is an excellent multi instrumentalist with many years of experience. She creates fun and engaging sessions where children can sing, dance, compose, perform and have fun.

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A range of teaching and learning strategies are used in order to  provide a rich and stimulating curriculum for the children. Each lesson involves the use of a tuned musical instrument, usually a glockenspiel, so that children's learning is meaningful and revolves around a central song or tune. Lesson plans are available for teachers along side online audio and visual resources which guide teachers and children through the lessons. The scheme provides teachers with the capacity to assess progress and to make recordings to evidence the children's learning journeys. Opportunities to listen, appraise, learn to read and write music and perform are embedded into each lesson throughout school. In this way, repetition is used to secure knowledge and is extended and built upon week by week and year by year.

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At Woodlesford Primary School we are committed to providing a rich and stimulating musical experience, through class and extra-curricular lessons, specialised workshops, trips, concerts and visits from musicians. This school is a safe place for children to explore and develop their skills, talents and confidence in the subject.

As music transcends race, ability, culture and socio-economic circumstances, it unites us and enables children to learn from one another, while developing their independence and collaborative skills. Their analytical and evaluative skills are also utilized which will enhance their performance across the curriculum.

We believe in a school community that,

Promotes excellence in instruction, performance and practice.

Provides a solid musical foundation for children.

Nurtures and supports students of all ages and ability levels.

Encourages creativity and individuality.

Recognises the value of music in the community.

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Leeds Junior Conservatoire is the home of Saturday and short courses for young musicians and performers aged 9 - 18. We believe a range of high quality musical or performing arts experiences are essential for developing and nurturing talented young musicians, actors and performers.

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Leeds Junior Conservatoire is the home of Saturday and short courses for young musicians and performers aged 9 - 18. We believe a range of high quality musical or performing arts experiences are essential for developing and nurturing talented young musicians, actors and performers. Support Leeds Junior Conservatoire

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Building Off the Pentatonic Scale
This lesson is for guitar players who are already comfortable soloing using the basic pentatonic scale. Three simple add-on concepts will be introduced to provide students with more options to expand their lead guitar repertoire.
What You'll Need: An electric guitar and amp
Level: Grades 5-12
Skill Level: Intermediate
Participants should be familiar with basic 2 and 4 note solos using the pentatonic scale.

Beginner Ukulele Chords
This lesson is for beginners who already know how to play the C, F, and A minor chords on the ukulele. We will learn new chords that will open up access to many more songs. Through play-along videos, we will learn the G, D minor, E minor, and A chords.
What You'll Need: A ukulele
Level: Grades K-5
Skill Level: Intermediate
Participants should know how to play the C, F, and A minor chords on the ukulele.

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Keyboard Archives - Little Kids Rock Jam Zone

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Building Off the Pentatonic Scale This lesson is for guitar players who are already comfortable soloing using the basic pentatonic scale. Three simple add-on concepts will be introduced to provide students with more options to expand their lead guitar repertoire.

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Our School choir meet weekly after school on Fridays. They enjoy performing together and attending the annual Young Voices concert. https://www.youngvoices.co.uk/

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Upon registration we will ask you for the approximate size of your choir. We understand that this might be far enough in the future that you don't have a good estimate - new to the school, first time at YV, bringing a new class year, etc.

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As I was walking down the street | Lyrics
This is a charming song inviting children to greet and dance with new partners.

In the spring| Lyrics
​​​​​​​ An uplifting and cheerful song, full of the joys of spring!

Pirates! | Lyrics
​​​​​​​ This song is about pirates - they're scary, bold and have a special flag so we know they're coming!

The transport song | Lyrics
​​​​​​​ Jet, set, go with this fun song featuring different modes of transport

Word space! | Lyrics
A song to enthuse writers and improve KS1 written work.

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As I was walking down the street | Lyrics This is a charming song inviting children to greet and dance with new partners. In the spring | Lyrics ​​​​​​​ An uplifting and cheerful song, full of the joys of spring! Pirates!

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Here at Woodlesford Primary school we use the Charanga Musical School. This is a scheme that provides weekly lesson support for teachers, ensuring a clear progression though engaging and exciting lessons. In line with the music curriculum and with guidance from Ofsted, the scheme uses a practical, exploratory and child-led approach to musical learning. The interrelated dimensions of music (pulse, rhythm, pitch, dynamics, tempo, timbre, structure, texture and notation) weave through each unit of lessons, to encourage the development of musical skills. The work is divided into half termly units which enable children to understand musical concepts through a repetition-based approach to learning. Learning about the same musical concept through different musical activities enables a more secure, deeper learning and mastery of musical skills. Musical teaching and learning is not neat or linear. Over time, children can both develop new musical skills and concepts, and re-visit established musical skills and concepts. Repeating a musical skill doesn’t necessarily mean their progress is slowing down or their development is moving backwards! It's just shifting within the spiral.

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In the Early years music is woven through the curriculum and acts as a fantastic tool for exploring and developing their understanding in both English and maths. Children can use and experiment with instruments independently in the classroom, and thus begin to use skills for composition. Listening games and Nursery rhymes are an integral part of the day, encouraging a developing working memory, practicing listening skills and engaging in collaborative activities.

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At Woodlesford Primary School children will gain a good understanding about different music genres and their features, what differentiates and unites them. They will have enjoyed developing their understanding about how music is structured and about the various instrument types and their features. Thus, they will be equipped to evaluate and discuss the features of the music they encounter using an advancing musical vocabulary. Children will have honed their skills to read and write music, using standard and non standard notation, real and digital instruments. They'll be confident to read music written by others and to create their own. Through routine performances during lessons children will gain the confidence to showcase their skills and abilities to audiences and begin to create a presence for performance.

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In Year 5, all children have the opportunity to work with a musical specialist and to learn to play the ukulele. We work in partnership with Artforms who are musical organization who provide peripatetic music lessons to schools as well as whole class tuition. Children can hone their skills and understanding of musical concepts through playing a stringed instrument.

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ArtForms is the music and arts service, working with children, young people, families and schools. There are two strands to ArtForms - ArtForms Music and ArtForms Arts Development. Through these strands we offer an extensive range of arts and cultural programmes, both in and out of school, either directly delivered by ourselves or brokered through our partnerships.

ArtForms Music is the lead partner for the Leeds Music Education Partnership - the music education hub for Leeds.

ArtForms support the Leeds Cultural Education Partnership, working to ensure every child in Leeds has access to a high quality arts and cultural education.

As part of the 0-19 Learning Improvement Team within Children and Families, Leeds City Council, ArtForms is committed to providing high quality arts and cultural opportunities, including continuing professional development training and practitioner led projects delivered in school.

Through Leeds for Learning, we circulate a newsletter for primary schools (half termly) and secondary schools (termly). Previous copies can be found by visiting these links.

If you are a teacher and are interested in attending our CPD and training courses, you can find out information about Music here and Arts here. To book, please visit Leeds for Learning.

Job opportunities are advertised through the Leeds City Council jobs website.

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< Click here to go back to main Music Centres page for fees and other general info Saturday (term time only) at The Rodillian Academy, 9.30am to 12pm Rothwell Music Centre offers a wide range of…