St Thomas More RC High School

Lynn Road, North Shields, NE29 8LF

Champion School Teacher = Alyson Hodgson (tel 0191 258 8361, email ahodgson@stmschool.org.uk)

Musical Futures at St Thomas More RC High School

• Three years implementing MF approaches
• Year 9 students begin informal learning by working in small groups on their choice of song. They develop their band instrumental skills supported by A Level music students (who work alongside the music teacher throughout the informal learning process).
• Students make use of technology through 'Show Me How to Play' and through uploading their work onto NUMU

Musical Futures Philosophy

“We encourage the students to be as creative as possible using their musical skills alongside newly developed ones. This reinforces our departmental ethos of music being a ‘doing, practical hands-on’ experience.”

Musical Futures training run by St Thomas More RC High School 

Musical Futures Live! 11th June 2012

Initial Teacher Education link

Durham University

Music Department Website