Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:01 am
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John Milner Fairly tolerant PPL/IR flying a TB 20 from Gloucestershire and Flyer Club member
Bill Haddow wrote:[grumpy]
From the article:
Music is not an add-on, a “soft” subject or a luxury – it is absolutely essential to our existence.
I think the gentleman should have spent more time studying English. By all usual definitions of the word, music is not "essential" to our existence, and adding the word "absolutely" merely creates a tautology.
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Bill H
Every child deserves the magic of music
Sooty25 wrote:Every child deserves the magic of music
and every parent should suffer the screech of a badly played recorder or violin!
romille wrote:Sooty25 wrote:Every child deserves the magic of music
and every parent should suffer the screech of a badly played recorder or violin!
Could be worse, my parents had to put up with bagpipes!
Sooty25 wrote:romille wrote:Sooty25 wrote:
and every parent should suffer the screech of a badly played recorder or violin!
Could be worse, my parents had to put up with bagpipes!
nobody can play bagpipes well, it is phyisically impossible!
johnm wrote:Jess Gillam makes an important point
September 2014 saw the implementation within maintained schools of the new National Curriculum in England. Music as a compulsory subject is expected to be taught to and experienced by all children in Key Stages 1, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.
eltonioni wrote:johnm wrote:Jess Gillam makes an important point
It's not very fashionable to blow Michael Gove's trumpet, but on this one maybe we can.September 2014 saw the implementation within maintained schools of the new National Curriculum in England. Music as a compulsory subject is expected to be taught to and experienced by all children in Key Stages 1, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.
https://www.musicmark.org.uk/marketplac ... c-primary/
johnm wrote:eltonioni wrote:johnm wrote:Jess Gillam makes an important point
It's not very fashionable to blow Michael Gove's trumpet, but on this one maybe we can.September 2014 saw the implementation within maintained schools of the new National Curriculum in England. Music as a compulsory subject is expected to be taught to and experienced by all children in Key Stages 1, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.
https://www.musicmark.org.uk/marketplac ... c-primary/
A fairly standard Gove response, provide some paperwork and tick a box, but don’t trouble with details such as planning and providing the resources to actually make it happen