Publications: NAME Bulletins

From the Music Manifesto to Musical Futures, from In Harmony to the SNS Key Stage 3 Music programme, there have never been so many different initiatives and projects. It is almost impossible to keep up to date with all of them and so NAME has produced this Bulletin to provide a succinct and comprehensive snapshot of music education in 2009. At 6 pages rather than the usual 4, this Bulletin provides an invaluable summary of current initiatives and developments with details of how to find out more plus a useful glossary which demystifies acronyms and abbreviations.

 Assessment can be a minefield for teachers of music, especially those working in secondary schools who need to develop and implement systems that fit in with whole-school policies and procedures. This bulletin has been written to advise and support teachers by providing clear and straightforward answers to some commonly asked questions, in the context of DCSF, QCA and Ofsted guidance and requirements.

This bulletin is invaluable for all those who teach or are responsible for music in school. It provides a step by step guide and checklist for all the aspects necessary to contribute to the School Evaluation Form needed for the present process for the inspection of schools. It ties in with and greatly amplifies the headings provided by the DfES for self-evaluation, but is of course set in a musical context.

This Bulletin discusses principles behind the accommodation and resource needs for effective practice in music in the primary curriculum according to current thinking. It details, in an authoritative way, all the requirements to enable the best possible practice to take place in schools.

This Bulletin discusses principles behind the accommodation and resource needs for effective practice in music in the secondary curriculum, both formal and extended and according to current thinking. It details, in an authoritative way, all the requirements to enable the best possible practice to take place in schools.