Dedworth Middle School holds the Specialist Arts Status for 3 years now and we have strived to provide a wide range of Arts activities, projects and trips as possible. The areas included under this status are shown below with some examples of the types of work undertaken since Sept 10. For a list of the projects run over the last 3 years please refer to the Impact Grid.
| Art |
Dance |
English/Drama |
Music |
| @D Talented Artists @ Dedworth – Meet every 3 weeks at lunch (12 chd) |
Street Dancing for girls |
Clive R – 2 days a term (2, 3, 4, 5) (Cross-curricular links) |
Wider Opportunities |
| Lunch Art Club – every Tues Lunch (15 chd) |
Gym and Dance Show prep |
Specialists arts community projects -Possibly Joint Radio Day/Pod-casting (£4000) |
Individual Musical Tuition |
| Pottery Club – 5 Tuesdays in each term after school (15 chd) |
Street Dancing lunch club |
Cinderella production for KS2 |
Choir – lunch club
Singing at Old People’s Homes and Garden Centres |
| TA@D – to V&A 15th Dec (12 chd) |
Gym and Dance Show – Olympics theme |
Victorian Themed Fiesta – 9th Dec |
Orchestra |
| Big Draw – Whole School Competition |
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MADDECT newsletter – once a term |
KS2 Fortnightly singing practices |
| Year 5 to National Portrait Gallery Nov 26th + Dec 6th (120 chd) |
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KS3 Shakespeare Production Nov 25th |
Singing in assemblies |
| Arts Week – Replacing the banners |
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| Tate Modern Trip for Year 7 – March 3rd |
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| Year 6 Madam Tussards – June (TBC) |
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Under this umbrella lots of cross-curricular work happens and this is an example of the kinds of work completed.
Cross-curricular work
- Help the Heroes Day – Fancy dress Army themed – visit from Irish Guards Band – Army related curriculum – Teddy Bear visits – Nov 8th -12th
- Community Cookbook – KN/MCS/BJ and 1st School
- Cooking with EBP – once a term – MCS/KN
- International Schools Award
- Year 8 Themed Kenyan Day – 13th Dec
- Introduction to PLTS - termly
Creative Partnerships projects to include work with:
Dedworth Middle works with the Arts Council’s Creative Junction to run creative project through working with a range of partners through the scheme Creative Partnerships. Over the last two years staff have worked in-conjunction with over 10 long term partners who have collaborated on projects such as Architecture in Maths, Pod-casting in Geography to Street Dancing and Garden design. The projects running this are below. For a list of the projects run over the last 2 years please refer to the Impact Grid.
| Project |
Lead |
Year Group |
Partner |
| Aik Saath and Advertising |
BJ |
Year 7 and 8 |
Rob B and Tom Law |
| Animation in Science |
SMC |
Year 7 |
Dean Soden |
| Self-esteem raising dance |
NA |
Year 6, 7, 8 |
Lyndsey Walker |
| Improving Maths through Music |
AS (DW) |
Year 6 |
Simon Katan |
| French Engagement |
AL/MC |
Year 7 and 8 |
Orode Masila |
| Cross-curricular drama |
HW/JoW |
Year 5 |
Lizzie Monaghan |
| Recycled Bags and Slippers |
LM |
Year 6 and 8 |
Ticia Lever |