Free Music Network Meetings
LSMS Music network meetings in partnership with Teaching School Alliances
To ensure the network meetings are advantageous to your attending and have impact on your current practice of leading music across the school, they are being offered as part of your Teaching School Alliance CPD package.
To book onto a network meeting please visit the appropriate TSA website. - NB - TSA website details will be listed here shortly.
You do not need to be a member of the TSA to attend the meeting, and it is free of charge for all attendees.
Network Meeting Diary
Network Meetings for 2018 / 2019 have now taken place. Please find details of meetings for 2019 / 20 below. Links to book places at next years' meetings will be posted below shortly.
Academic Year 2019 / 2020
Autumn Term 2019
The New Ofsted Framework gives your school the opportunity to develop the offer of all primary curriculum subjects. Find out how this can impact your music provision within school and what is on offer to support you to develop the primary music curriculum. Gain and develop new ideas through conversations with other Primary music subject leads, along with expert knowledge from the Leicester-Shire Schools Music Service team.
Other agenda items will be set at the Summer 2019 network meeting to be focused on the needs to the schools that attend.
Spring Term 2020
The DfE have commissioned a new non-statutory Model Music Curriculum, with ABRSM leading the process. The process includes a panel of 14 experts in the music field plus a consultation process with music professionals. The aim is that the Model Music Curriculum will be available to schools by late Autumn. Find out further details and the expectations of the non-statutory Model Music Curriculum, and how it could impact and add to your current music provision.
Other agenda items will be set at the Autumn 2019 network meeting to be focused on the needs to the schools that attend.
Summer Term 2020
The focus of this network meeting will be Early Years because there is a national focus on early music development and how this influences long-term music development. Find out how to support high quality music provision in the Early Years, focussing on Foundation Stage 1 and 2, including documents and resources. Share and learn about the high quality music activities that engage children in Early Years musical learning.
Other agenda items will be set at the Spring 2020 network meeting to be focused on the needs to the schools that attend.
Forest Way Teaching School Alliance (FWTSA)
21st November 2019
18th March 2020
4th June 2020
Time 1:15pm – 3:15pm
Venue: TBE
Loughborough Learning Alliance (LLA)
November 7th 2019
March 4th 2020
May 21st 2020
Time 1:15pm – 3:15pm
Venue: Ashmount School
Symphony
October 23rd 2019
March 11th 2020
May 20th 2020
Time 1:15pm – 3:15pm
Venue: TBC
Syston and Thurmaston Education Partnership (STEP)
20th November 2019
19th March 2020
18th June 2020
Time 1:15pm – 3:15pm
Venue: Ratby Primary School
Thomas Estley Learning Alliance (TELA)
24th October 2019
12th February 2020
13th May 2020
Time 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Venue: Thomas Estley Community College
SEND Network Meetings
23rd October 2019
27th February 2020
14th May 2020
Time TBC
Venue: Ellesmere College
