The Arts Team Presentation to Governors 24/11/16 Victoria Marsden – Curriculum Rachel Savage – Arts Carmel Holland – Arts Angharad Jones – Music David Housden – Physical Education
Curriculum Overview • We use the IPC to plan units of work. • We tailor and adapt the IPC to suit the needs of each class. • We check on coverage of the curriculum. • We have developed new assessment processes recently.
The Arts in EYFS • Art – Being Imaginative, Exploring Media and Materials. • Music - Being Imaginative, Exploring Media and Materials. • Physical Education – Moving and Handling, Health and Self-Care. • Creative Arts – Speaking, Listening and Attention, Reading, Writing, Managing Feelings and Behaviour.
Arts – Recent changes, curriculum and teaching standards • A new more challenging National Curriculum which has a skills based approach. • Introduction of a new assessment procedure which tracks development for specific skills. • Theme weeks • Outcomes for Art in 2015-2016 : Year 1 – 82.2% Year 2 – 96.7% Year 3 – 95.0% Year 4 – 95.8% Year 5 – 100.0% Year 6 – 100.0% • Curriculum monitoring showed
Arts – Resources and budget • Recent audit of resources from children and staff. • Replenishing consumable resources. • Recent win of a competition!
Arts – Current action plan Assessment Year 1 of Art skills attainment Artsmark Gold award Arts Broadening coaching for the offer of staff Arts as a whole
Music – Recent changes, curriculum and teaching standards • Introduction of a new Music Express scheme to support the teaching of music. • Introduction of a new assessment procedure which tracks development of specific skills. This year is rhythm and beat. • Coaching of staff to develop and monitor standards in music. Working with 4 members of staff. • Outcomes for Music in 2015-2016 : Year 1 – 99% working at or above NE Year 2 – 100% Year 3 – 97% Year 4 – 96% Year 5 – 98% Year 6 – 97%
Music – Resources and budget • Recent audit and reorganisation of resources in the music room • Continuing to work with local schools and funding organisations (Outer North West Communities Funding Team, Artforms) to support the Groove Generation Project • Employing 3 music practitioners on the Groove Generation Project
Music – Current action plan Continue to develop and Handover of strengthen the subject assessment leadership structure Re-evaluate the new long term plan To continue the Monitor/coach success of the teaching and Groove learning of Generation music Project
PE – Recent changes, curriculum and teaching standards • Implemented the new REAL PE scheme to improve coverage of the new National Curriculum and encourage better development of the fundamental movement skills (Agility, Balance & Coordination). This has been noted in observations. • A new assessment structure, involving audio-visual files being taken and specific skills being observed. • Themed weeks (e.g. Health week where the whole school did Zumba / whole school walked a mile). • Outcomes for PE in 2015-2016 : Year 1 – 95.6% Year 2 – 96.7% Year 3 – 95.0% Year 4 – 89.6% Year 5 – 100.0% Year 6 – 100.0%
PE – Resources and budget • Active Schools Membership • Extra curricular club membership payments • Replenishment of PE stock and playground equipment • Staff CPD opportunities
PE – Current action plan Target inactive Ensure teaching pupils with standards in PE remain specific high provision Assessment structure in place Sainsbury’s PE Coaching and School Games CPD for Mark Gold staff Award
Extra curricular opportunities • Inspiration Tree – Physical Education Opportunities • Cross Country Training and Races at the weekend (including KS1 • Groove Generation Music Project • Get into Guitar Lessons • Creative Building (Lego) Club • Soccer Club • Year 4,5,6 and Girls Football teams, training and tournaments • Treble Makers Singing Group • Keyboard lessons • Recorder lessons • Woodwind and Brass lessons • Ukulele lessons • Performance Assemblies • Christmas and end of year shows • Tranmere’s got Talent • Sports Hall Athletics • Netball Club • Cricket club • Brownlee Triathlon • Athletics showcase • Tennis competitions • Inclusion activities (including swimming, tennis and athletics) • Basketball competitions • Healthy Living competition • Summer and Christmas Town Hall Concert • Art exhibitions and community art projects • Let’s Celebrate Show • Swimming Gala • Multi-skills • Guiseley Carnival
Challenge Days Previous examples: • Arts and RE Phoenix dance theatre worked with 90 children to produce a dance incorporating ‘The Elements’ of Earth, fire and water, which they then performed to the whole school. • Music and PE Indian dancing where a group of professional dancers taught a select group of children, who then performed to the whole school. Coming up: • Motivational art project for the whole school – ‘Until you spread your wings, you’ll never be able to fly. ’
Links with other schools • Lead school for the Groove Generation project, with 7 local schools • Running and organising tournament at St. Mary’s with 8 local schools • Running and organising netball matches with local schools • Aireborough Learning Partnership Network Meetings (hosting and attending) • Running and organising football matches with local schools
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