HomeMy WebLinkAboutPYP Strings Program 2017-2018 PresentationPYP STRINGS PROGRAM
2017-2018
2011-2012 SY 2012-2017 SY 2017-2020
•Mandatory for Grades 2-6 Mandatory (Grade 2) &Optional
Program (Grade 3-5) Introduced
Mandatory (Grade 2-3) &
Optional Program (Grade 4-5)
*Revisit first year
•60min per week 20min per week 40min/80min block/Trimesters
Use of Performance Hall/school
ended at 3:45pm
Issues:
•No dedicated area for
students to practice
•Mixed abilities with two
groups per class
•Lack of time to practice
•Inconsistent schedule
•Concerns that many students
and parents did not want to
participate/classroom
management concerns
Issues
•No dedicated area for
students to practice
•Mixed abilities with two
groups per class
•Time taken out of the core
content
•Lack of time to practice
•Inconsistent schedule
Opportunities
•Optional program reduced
classroom management
concerns
•Students in the optional
program were dedicated to
learn a strings instrument
Potential Issues:
•Financial concern-purchase
a class set of instruments.
Opportunities
•Dedicated music classroom
and storage
•Increased time to practice
•Caters for abilities
•Strings taken on one day of
the week (Mondays) as a
specials schedule.
•Ensembles with the after
school program
•Maximize Instructional time