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Darcey Bussell explains why dance should be on the curriculum for all KS3 and 4 students
Last March Dame Darcey Bussell fired up audiences at the Education Show when she talked about using dance fitness to improve student…
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How music can be used to support learning across the curriculum at KS3 and 4
Louise Greene: Music and drama are a priority at our school. Regardless of background, views or ambition, music brings students together.…
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Classroom life - Rainford High Technology College
As a school our ethos is ‘Everyone Matters Everyone Helps and Everyone Succeeds’, and to achieve this at Rainford High Technology…
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Music still matters after KS2
Singing is widespread in most primary schools, and the benefits it brings are well understood. However, once students move into Year 7…
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Product review: Sing Up
I have just returned home with a spring in my step having watched my football team play; in fact I am feeling rather warm and fuzzy. This is…
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Lesson plan: KS4 art – turning thoughts into tangible work
My students are definitely used to me referring to ‘idea babies’; thoughts which have not been fully formed but which appear to offer…
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Young people’s right to a cultural education
At Arts Council England, we believe that great arts and culture should be an integral part of every young person’s education. We know that…
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Why art matters
Students often share their feelings on art education during their lessons with me, often including words like ‘sanctuary’, or describing…
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Keeping music on the curriculum
I’ve heard some fantastic music lessons over the years. The music itself hasn’t always been wonderful but more often than not, the…
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Lesson plan: KS4 English – a modern approach to Shakespeare
Why Teach This? This engaging lesson blends a number of strategies I’ve been exploring this year, which focus on developing thinking…
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Using storytelling across the curriculum
If you think fairy tales are for under fives, think again! We may have re-packaged them for young children, but the reality is a far cry…
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Film Club: movies that boost literacy
Whether it’s a screening of Polanski’s Romeo and Juliet to convince a group of teenagers the Bard’s not boring, a critical analysis…
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Lesson Plan: KS3 Music – improvisation for excellence
Improvisation has played a powerful role in many of the innovative developments that have been made throughout musical history, and it is…