Teacher & Musician

Oh, how I love to keep a class blog. Oh, how I frustrate myself by not keeping my class blogs up to date.

It shouldn’t be difficult - I have apps on my phone, my tablet and laptop to make sure that I have no excuse. I also tell myself that I should be able to use the time that the kids are packing up to write my entry. So, why doesn’t it happen?

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Following on from my previous blog entry about classroom layouts, this post shows one method that I will use to help pupils adapt to the changes. 

Continuing the redesign of my SoW has resulted in my having to change the design of my classroom.  Click here to read how and why I’ll be making these changes. 

I’ve been redesigning my KS3 SoW and I wanted to share the principles behind the redesign.  Read about them here.

The UK government’s Department for Education has suggested that universities should design A-Level courses. This post outlines my concerns about this initiative.

Recordings of the workshops that I lead at the NAME ‘Becoming a Music Teacher’ event yesterday. 

My thoughts on the Trinity Rock & Pop qualifications and resources after having attended their workshops at Chamberlain Music. 

I was delighted to see Trinity respond to my tweet about their vocal exams compared to RockSchool’s.  See their response here. 

Yesterday, I sent a tweet to Rockschool and Trinity Rock&Pop about discrepancies between their vocal syllabi.  Rockschool sent me a fantastic explanation, which I’ve included in this blog entry.   The discrepancy itself and the response both raise issues with assessing performances (especially within popular music styles) that I’ve alluded to in this post.