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Our Music Program The program provides: -A means of communication -Opportunities for becoming skillful -A means of expression of both emotional and intellectual perspectives -Exposure to other cultures and other times -A means of accessing other disciplines -A vehicle for wandering, reflecting and consolidating (IB Primary Years Programme Scope and Sequence) At HKA, there is a specialist Music teacher who works, each week, with all students from K3 to Middle / High School. The aim of the Music program is to develop composing, performance and listening skills. This is done through a combination of inquiry and direct teaching. Music enables students to communicate in powerful ways. They are encouraged to explore, respond to and create different styles of music, as well as to learn from music of different times and cultures.
	Easy Go To... <--> Early Childhood Music Primary School Music Middle / High School Music Time Schedule per Grade   Other Links HKA Curriculum HKA Early Childhood Program HKA Primary School HKA Middle / High School Information Technology Mandarin Program Art Program Physical Education Program Learner Profiles	EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC (K3 - K4) Early Childhood classes are accompanied by their co-teachers. Lessons vary in length depending on the age of the students. Children work both as a class and in groups depending on the focus of the lessons. Assessment In Early Childhood, assessments are made and reported upon using the following (PYP) criteria: -Performing -Singing and Playing Instruments -Creating and Composing -Notation -Listening and Appreciation -Attitude and Engagement Each statement is broken down into more subject specific criteria directly relating to each Music strand at each grade level. PRIMARY SCHOOL MUSIC (K5 - Grade 5) The program, operating within the Primary Years Program (PYP) curriculum framework, concentrates on four main strands: -performing -creating and composing -notation and -listening and appreciation. In Grade 3 students will focus on these skills through playing the recorder. Grade 4 and 5 students will explore these areas by learning to play a band instrument. Wherever possible, the work undertaken in the Music lessons supports the units of inquiry in the classroom and sometimes leads them. Choir is offered as after school activities. Assessment In the Primary school, assessments are made and reported upon using the following (PYP) criteria: -Performing -Singing and Playing Instruments -Creating and Composing -Notation -Listening and Appreciation -Attitude and Engagement Each statement is broken down into more subject specific criteria directly relating to each Music strand at each grade level. Middle / High School MUSIC (Grade 6 - Grade 10) In the Middle / High School, Music is an elective, each one running for 12 weeks with two lessons per week. Students can choose up to two Music electives each grade. The Middle School music choices are band and choir, while the High School music choice is performance music. Assessment In Middle / High School, assessments are made and reported upon using the following criteria: -Knowledge and Understanding -Application -Reflection and Evaluation -Artistic Awareness and Personal Engagement Each statement is broken down into more subject specific criteria directly relating to each Music elective.
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