SoMi Taster Days

Tell us a little about music at your school

Before we visit, we’d like to understand a little about the music your pupils already experience, what’s working well and where you might like to develop things further.

Your answers will help our team tailor your Taster Day to your school and give us some useful starting points for our follow-up conversation.

It should take around 5 minutes to complete.

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About your school - Step 1 of 5

Your Name *

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Your School Name & Post Code

Your Role / PositionHead TeacherDeputy / Assistant HeadMusic Subject LeadEYFS LeadTeacherTA

Your Email *

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How is curriculum music currently delivered at your school?

• Classroom teachers deliver music
• A music specialist delivers some or all curriculum music
• We use an online scheme or resource
• We buy provision from our local Music Hub or another external provider
• Delivery varies between year groups
• We're currently reviewing our approach
• Other

Select all that apply

Which of the following musical opportunities do pupils currently have access to?

• Whole-class instrumental tuition
• Small-group instrumental tuition
• Individual instrumental tuition
• Choir / singing group
• Bands or ensembles
• Performances / concerts
• Music technology
• Clubs or other extracurricular music
• None of the above
• Other

Select all that apply

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Thinking about music across your school, how would you describe your current provision overall?

• We're really happy with it
• It's generally strong, with some areas we'd like to develop
• It's mixed
• There are significant areas we'd like to improve
• We're currently rethinking our approach
• I'm not sure

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What would you most like music to do for pupils at your school?

• Develop musical and instrumental skills
• Give more pupils the chance to learn an instrument
• Build confidence and self-esteem
• Develop teamwork, listening and collaboration
• Give pupils a stronger sense of belonging
• Engage pupils who don't always thrive in the classroom
• Create clear musical progression
• Provide more opportunities to perform
• Strengthen our wider enrichment offer
• Support disadvantaged pupils with additional opportunities
• Improve the quality or consistency of music across the school
• Increase engagement with music beyond the school day
• Something else

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What's working particularly well in music at your school at the moment?

If you could improve or change one thing about music at your school, what would it be?

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Which pupils would you most like us to work with during the taster?

• A broad mix of pupils
• Pupils already interested in music
• Pupils with little or no previous instrumental experience
• Pupils who might benefit from increased confidence
• Pupils who might benefit from teamwork / social development
• Pupils eligible for Pupil Premium
• We'd like your advice on this

Select all that apply

Are there any particular year groups you'd like us to focus on?

• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 3
• Year 4
• Year 5
• Year 6
• No preference

Select all that apply

Preferred day & time for your Taster Day

• Monday AM
• Monday PM
• Tuesday AM
• Tuesday PM
• Wednesday AM
• Wednesday PM
• Thursday AM
• Thursday PM
• Friday AM
• Friday PM
• No preference

Please let us know which days of the week and times generally work best for your school. We’ll use this when arranging your Taster Day and confirm the final date with you directly.

Is there anything else it would be useful for our practitioner to know before visiting your school?

This could include SEND considerations, existing musical experience, particular groups of pupils or anything else you'd like us to take into account.

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An important part of the Taster Day is understanding what you thought.

We ask that a member of staff involved in evaluating the programme observes at least one complete 20-minute session. We'll then arrange a short follow-up conversation to discuss what you saw, what we noticed and whether SoMi could be a good fit for your school.

Who will observe the taster and take part in the follow-up conversation?

Name & Role

Will this person be involved in the decision about introducing SoMi at your school?

• Yes
• Yes, alongside other colleagues
• No

If other colleagues would be involved in making a decision, who are they?

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