Primary Hackney Music Service

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Annual Music Conference

Course overview

The music education sector has always been resilient in times of great change and challenge. In the wake of Coronavirus Pandemic, we will carefully consider how music and the arts have been impacted, how can we keep music education alive in our schools and community, and how we can use music as a tool to support recovery in its widest sense. 

Challenges and chances: reset, remodel, rejuvenate. 

Who should attend?

The conference is targeted at Head Teachers / SLT, Subject Leaders for Music and the Arts in both Primary and Secondary settings, all general Classroom Teachers involved in delivering the music curriculum, NQTs, teachers from SEND settings, School Governors, Instrumental Tutors, Music Hub Network Partners and Cultural Organisations making a local offer. Essentially, anyone who has an interest in Music Education in Hackney. 

Please note priority places will be given to Hackney delegates.

  • Target audience:
  • Primary
  • Secondary

£0.00

(incl. VAT)

Primary and Secondary Music Network

These sessions are to update music subject leaders with current developments in the teaching and learning of primary music.

 

The session is a cross phase and joins the Secondary Music Network Forum

  • Target audience:
  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • Included in package:
  • Primary
  • Secondary

£0.00

(incl. VAT)

Primary Subject Leader Network: Music

These sessions will be run by Hackney Music Service (HMS) and are all FREE.


 Introduction

Our termly conferences for music practitioners are essential for fostering community among music educators, who often work in isolation as the sole specialists in their settings. These sessions provide opportunities to share best practices, resources, and teaching observations, as well as to collaborate on performances. They also facilitate cross-curricular partnerships, particularly with MFL, EYFS, and SEND networks, including a dedicated SEND Music network.

Despite being a legally required subject, music education is often undervalued and under-resourced. Specialist music teachers, who see each class weekly, deliver the most effective instruction, yet many schools rely on overstretched classroom teachers. Our network meetings, attended mainly by specialist teachers, offer critical professional development and quality assurance. They also grant access to diverse opportunities through partnerships with various professional music organisations, enhancing the inclusivity and richness of music education.

Draft Agendas (more information to follow)

Monday 9th September 2024

Please join us for a session on Trauma Informed Practice in Music Education - this will be delivered by Dr Phil Mullen who has presented at Hackney Music Education Conferences in previous years. His specialism is Inclusion and this will form part of the session, but this will be the first time he will have delivered a focussed session on TIP for us.  This is being offered to schools absolutely free of charge so please do not miss this opportunity.

 

Anyone in your school is welcome to attend.

 

Wednesday, 25th September 2024

Update on the National Plan for Music Education and the Schools Music Development Plans. This session is an opportunity to get into questions about this in more depth, and to share good practice with writing a Plan for your school, including how to best use the various Self Evaluation Toolkits and Templates there are floating around. The main drive will be to discuss how to ensure the creation of a SMDP can be something genuinely useful for your school and to move away from it being an administrative exercise that the DfE 'expects' all schools to do, without it being officially mandatory. 

Thursday, 16th January 2025

Curriculum - OFSTED, Assessment, Progression

Monday, 19th May 2025

Music transition - please book here.

Who should attend?

School subject leaders, coordinators and TAs 

 

  • Target audience:
  • Primary
  • Included in package:
  • Primary

£0.00

(incl. VAT)