A Golden Age for Music Services

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• A Golden Age for Music Services
• Uncertain Times for Music Services

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Funding Gap

• 116b money to provide
• Wider Opportunities across a whole year group for
  a year
• 50 continuing tuition

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Financial Strategy

• 50 funding for first year of Wider Opportunities
• Schools pay full cost after first year
• 25 funding for a year of continuing tuition as a
  whole class

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Fantastic Value

• Music Manifesto

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• A Golden Age for Music Services
• Uncertain Times for Music Services

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Music Manifesto

• Partnership and Advocacy Group
• Joined up thinking
• Partnership working

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The Power of Music

• Consultation at Nordoff Robbins, including music
  therapy, special needs music education, community
  music
• Work with Sing Up Beyond the Mainstream
• Identified the need to bring together evidence at
  a summit for supporting at risk/vulnerable/SEN
  children, and link to In Harmony

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Music ManifestoJoined up Thinking

• The Power of Music

• joining up practice

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Workforce Development

• MEC workforce development forum in November with
  a broad range of practitioners
• A daunting landscape with so many different
  training routes and practitioners weary of being
  told they need more training
• Teaching Music website has potential to draw
  together different strands

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Music ManifestoJoined up Thinking

• The Power of Music
• Workforce Development

• joining up practice
• joining up practitioners

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Stronger Frameworks

• Two roundtable discussions to consult on Health
  Check Pack to support writing and implementation
  of LAMPs
• LAMPs offer a unique and exciting opportunity to
  enhance access of young people to the widest
  possible range of music making
• Target of April to finalise material, to be ready
  before the FMS conference

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Music ManifestoJoined up Thinking

• The Power of Music
• Workforce Development
• Stronger Frameworks

• joining up practice
• joining up practitioners
• joining up providers

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Transition

• Identified a need to support local authorities in
  developing good practice beyond the wider
  opportunities year to meet the 50
• Proposals drawn up with David Price for research
  through the Paul Hamlyn Foundation for music from
  year 5 to year 7
• From Wider Opportunities to Musical Futures

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Music ManifestoJoined up Thinking

• The Power of Music
• Workforce Development
• Stronger Frameworks
• Transition

• joining up practice
• joining up practitioners
• joining up providers
• joining up provision

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Celebrating Our Work

• Awards to celebrate excellence aim to bring
  together different award ceremonies to create
  maximum impact
• Awards for good practice which all can aspire to
  engage with different categories of signatories
  to develop the criteria for a Music Manifesto
  Charter Mark to define good practice which they
  should all be pledging

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Music ManifestoJoined up Thinking

• The Power of Music
• Workforce Development
• Stronger Frameworks
• Transition
• Celebrating Our Work

• joining up practice
• joining up practitioners
• joining up providers
• joining up provision
• joining up promotion

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Music Manifesto Aspirations for Schools

• To deliver 36 hours of curriculum music making to
  all children each year (key stage 1 to key stage
  3) which gives every child, including those with
  special needs, access to a wide range of high
  quality live music experiences and a sound
  foundation in general musicianship which
  contributes to the wider aims of the curriculum.
• To have a musical production / concert each year
  which gives every child the opportunity to take
  part during their time at school.
• To be a Singing School / a Sing Up award holder
  (key stage 1 and 2)

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Music Manifesto Aspirations for Schools

• To give every child the opportunity to learn to
  play a musical instrument (key stage 2 upwards).
  Where charges are in place to have a remissions
  policy to enable access for all children,
  including free access for looked after children.
  For schools with pupils at key stage 2 this
  includes the one year wider opportunities
  sustained tuition programme for all pupils as
  well as strategies for those wishing to continue
  after this first year
• Working with other local schools, the music
  service and other providers to provide directly
  or to signpost opportunities for singing or
  playing in groups in a wide variety of styles to
  enable every young musician to pursue their
  musical interests out of school time and to
  receive recognition and accreditation for their
  achievements in their e-portfolio. Music and
  performing arts specialist schools will, in
  addition, provide a leading role.

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Music Manifesto Aspirations for Schools

• Working with other local schools, the music
  service and the local authority to pass on /
  receive details of pupils musical skills,
  knowledge and interests to enable them to build
  on their prior achievements when transferring
  schools.
• To identify and nurture the most talented young
  musicians across all genres and styles and to
  enable those that wish to have a pathway to a
  career in music.
• To support all staff involved in contributing to
  young peoples music making in school with high
  quality continuing professional development.

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Music Manifesto Aspirations for Schools

• To ensure the best use of teaching spaces for
  music, and to consider the development of
  accommodation for music when improving school
  buildings, including major projects through
  Building Schools for the Future.
• To harness the power of children and young
  peoples music making, both in and out of school
  to enable them to become
• Successful learners, who enjoy learning, make
  progress and achieve
• Confident individuals, who are able to live safe,
  healthy and fulfilling lives
• Responsible citizens, who make a positive
  contribution to society

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Music Manifesto and Music Services

• Sign up (if you havent already!)
• Make sure you receive the Music Manifesto
  newsletter by email
• Add your voice to the debates on the web site,
  including the five Music Manifesto work streams
• Build on the advocacy of the Music Manifesto

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• A Golden Age for Music Services