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03/10/24

We look forward to welcoming you to our Year 6 Open Evening tonight. The event will be from 16:30-19:00. The Principal's speeches will be at 17:00 and 18:00.

08/03/24

Happy International Women's Day! Special thanks to Ms Harris and Mrs Tyson for the kind staff gift this morning. pic.twitter.com/c0ZE5YUeFt

01/03/24

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29/02/24

Student briefings this week have been about kindness pic.twitter.com/xvVPQuY7FA

29/02/24

Year 11s have paused during their heavy mock season and taken time to show their gratitude to staff who are going above and beyond. pic.twitter.com/7e18Lc7rOp

07/12/23

REMINDER: It is Christmas jumper day tomorrow!

20/11/23

Some of our members of staff supporting children in need. pic.twitter.com/W8znHeDYbK

17/11/23

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16/11/23

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15/11/23

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15/11/23

Odd sock day at HARI This is a national event marking the start of Anti-Bullying week. This event celebrates our differences and what makes us unique! pic.twitter.com/4cBXiNZwXC

13/11/23

Lest we forgetOur Riverside cadets laid wreaths to commemorate all who lost their lives whilst fighting for freedom pic.twitter.com/2H25FH2UYE

06/11/23

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06/11/23

Year 11 mock season begins; good luck! pic.twitter.com/Q62XCPV5ww

10/10/23

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09/10/23

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02/10/23

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02/10/23

All set up and ready to go for an English Walking Talking Mock with some AQA Examiners today. pic.twitter.com/EwWN9F8Ncl

18/08/23

Congratulations to our Class of 2023 on their results. Further details here: https://t.co/Wozbfu9OK0

18/08/23

That’s our Head Girl! Maria is going to University College London to study Statistics, Economics and Finance! 💶 Congratulations Maria from everyone at HARI ! 👌 pic.twitter.com/gIBa7gj4xW

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Music

The key stage 3 music curriculum aims to contribute to the school’s high-quality education through; 

  1. Generating a passion for music as a discipline to perform and compose thought provoking work, through observing profession examples of work. 

  1. Developing musical techniques to explore a variety of contexts or respond to stimuli, which will extend their musical repertoire by experimenting with sound, through performing, composing and listening. 

  1. Preparing students for the study of musicianship, through knowledge of performance skills, musical analysis, and application of music theory. To enable them to create disciplined performances, that make a connection with the audience and create new improvised ideas. 

  1. Enabling students to learn about musicians and composers from the past and be aware of career paths in the music industry. 

  1. Supporting pupils to work collaboratively, to perform, compose and notate pieces of work which will maintain the attention of an audience, and to reflect on and evaluate their own performances and that of others, both in the class, and the professional world of the music industry. 

The key stage 4 music curriculum aims to contribute to the school’s high-quality education through. 

  1. Using the specification from Eduqas, generating a passion for music, as a discipline to perform and compose thought provoking work, through observing professional examples of work from the four areas of study; western classical tradition (musical forms and devices), music for ensemble, film music and popular music.  

  1. Developing musical techniques to explore a variety of contexts or respond to stimuli, which will extend their musical repertoire and portfolio by experimenting with sound, through performing, composing and listening. 

  1. Preparing students for the study of musicianship, through knowledge of performance skills, musical analysis, and application of music theory. To enable them to create disciplined performances, that make a connection with the audience and create new improvised ideas.  

  1. Enabling students to learn about musicians and composers from the past and be aware of career paths in the music industry. 

  1. Supporting pupils to work collaboratively, to perform, compose and notate pieces of work which will maintain the attention of an audience, and to reflect on and evaluate their own performances and that of others, both in the class, and the professional world of the music industry. Enabling them to appraise music effectively so they can also competently answer exam style questions in component 3 of the Eduqas exam paper in summer exam year 11. 

Substantive and second-order understanding 

Studying music requires both substantive understanding of western and non-western ideologies and second order understanding of the process of creating performance pieces, which has been used by past and present musicians. 

  1. Substantive Knowledge refers to the substance of music; musical elements, music theory, genres, styles, instrumental technique, sound, stage presence, performance and composition. 

  1. First Order concepts refer to past musical concepts, for example opera, overture, choral, expression, fusion, music technology, Bach, Haydn, Debussy, 20th and 21st century (Political and social). 

  1. Second order (Procedural) Knowledge are the tools needed to perform through developing disciplined performance and practice skills, teamwork, confidence, focus, timing, pace, accuracy, time management, musicality