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The Music Education Resources Team prepare an ad hoc newsletter which contains snippets of information which will almost certainly be useful to you, as well as any website updates. See some of the latest newsletters below. We use the Aardvark mailing list system, which ensures that you are in control of your subscription. To subscribe, insert your email address and follow the on-screen instructions. Subscribe Newsletter 2009-03-12 British Music Exhibition Hi there Some of you may already be planning to go to the O2 in london for this event... The following may be of interest - though availability is limited: http://www.theo2.co.uk/learning/bme-private-view.html If you do make it to the show, please look us up - we will be giving presentations on 26th March from around 4pm onwards... Best regards from all at MusicEd ps we'll be letting you have some important info on the BTEC Music re-writes very soon... Watch this space!! John from the MusicEd Team Newsletter 2008-12-09 Hi Just to let you know that ALL level 2 BTEC Music Unit support materials are now available. All 12 units are now written and available for release through the website www.musiceducationresources.org There are also many more level 3 units available for immediate delivery, with even more available by the end of the month... Finally, you may find the link below useful - it is the latest newsletter from Edexcel... http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/Family%20top%20level/BTEC_Bulletin_Issue_32.pdf Happy Holiday!! John from the MusicEd Team Newsletter 2008-11-06 NSS 09 Edexcel have released allocations for the coming NSS cycle. EV's now have their centre details and should be contacting Quality Nominees soon. Once an EV is allocated a centre it is normal to retain that allocation for 4 years so you may already be familiar with your EV... NSS requirements/ changes. Level 3 programmes are nested ie: if you are running more than one Music programme at level 3 your EV will only look at one of them. Similarly your EV will only look at one Music Tech programme. Level 2 programmes are not nested with level 3 so if you are running a BTEC first as well as a national your EV will sample from both. A typical example: Centre running ND and NA Music. ND and NC Music Tech. FD and FC Music. EV will sample ND Music. ND MT and FC Music. Sample size, as before: ND and NC - learner work from 2 first year year and 2 second year units. 4 pieces of work from each unit - total 16 pieces of work. NA/ FC/FD - learner work from 1 unit. Total 4 pieces of work. Internal verification: Assignment briefs must have been IV'd prior to use. At least 50% of the work submitted for NSS must have been IV'd Good Luck! Update - We now have resource packs available for most level 3 units (immediate delivery) ALL level 2 units will have packs available by the end of November... Newsletter 2008-09-29 BTEC Music info In response to requests for clarification with regard to Unit content, the following is taken from the Edexcel CGA (Centre Guide to Assessment) which is available from the Edexcel Website. Unit content The unit content provides the programme of learning for the successful completion of the learning outcomes. Evidence to meet the grading criteria will include relevant areas of the unit content as described in the assessment section of the unit. This is informed by the underpinning knowledge and understanding requirements of the related National Occupational Standards (NOS) where these apply. Each learning outcome has prescribed key phrases or concepts listed in italics followed by the range of related topics. Further detailed lists provide an indicative range to support the specific topic item. It is not expected that all of the unit content is assessed in all units. Hope this is useful Regards, all at MusicEd Newsletter 2008-09-22 MusicEd info and update Hi, and welcome to our latest update! In response to feedback, and a number of requests Music education Resources have made changes with regard to availability and pack content. Check out the site to see what is now available. Music and Music Technology packs for BTEC Firsts and Nationals are now made up from units chosen from each qualification by the buyer. There are no restrictions as to which units are in a pack. Your choice of units from any level 2 or 3 programme make up your pack. Specify units currently available from the list, or request other units to order - check on-line now for a list of available units. Avaliability will be contantly updated. Also in response to requests, we have added the facility to order and pay by post. Check the site for details. Best regards All at MusicEd