Music | Werneth School

The Department.

Music is one of the specialist areas of Werneth School. It has been a consistently high performing department for many years now. It is acknowledged as being one of the most successful departments and it is also one of the most active.

All students at KS3 follow a programme of work that allows them to develop their performing, creative and listening skills. Students are encouraged to work individually, with partners, as part of small groups and as a whole class. Achievement and reward are a high priority for the department.

Examination results for the Music department are consistently outstanding, outperforming national averages both at KS3 & KS4. Students are encouraged once again to develop both as individuals and as part of their groups. Lessons are well structured and dynamic.

Digital technology is a fundamental part of the department with a modern suite of Apple Mac computers and a digital recording studio. These facilities are used across the curriculum to enable students to become familiar with industry standard equipment and practices.

The Music department has been an integral part of the specialist team from the initial stages of the specialist bid to its work as a specialist department. This team has also been responsible for gaining Art’s Mark Silver Award and which will hopefully be upgraded to Gold in the coming term.

Enrichment and Out Of Hours Learning.

Music has a vibrant and exciting programme of extra-curricular activities which are are open and accommodating to both accomplished musicians and also to all interested students of all abilities and ages.

We have 2 school bands – Senior & Intermediate.
We have 3 school singing groups – Specialist group, Senior Singing group and Lower School singing group
We have a number of other ensembles – Swing Band, Samba Band
We have facilities that allow a number of rock/pop bands to rehearse and perform.

There are Music Tech clubs running at lunchtimes and after school and an after school Music Theory class.
We are part of the team responsible for producing the annual musical which is performed over 4 nights involving a team of over 100 students. Examples of musicals in the past have been Joseph, Jesus Christ Superstar, Bugsy Malone, Fame, Oliver
Our band and singing groups have been on tours to Lake Garda (Italy) and Lake Geneva (France) as well as going on a residential activity week in Hexham.
The Senior bands and singers have performed at the Bridgewater Hall, RNCM, Stockport Town Hall, local churches as well as a number of local charity events.

Additional to this we have also have an community adult singing group which rehearses on Monday evenings in the Music department.

View Music Documents available on Kaleidos here

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