By extraction from normal classes. In secondary schools, every effort will be made to minimise disruption to the timetable by rotating lesson times to avoid the same subject being missed every week. It is important that the pupil is given a suitable place at home in which to practise. Your encouragement will help enormously, but be careful not to make your child feel that practice is a form of drudgery. Beginners can manage on 15-20 minutes daily, and this will gradually increase to 30 minutes or more as advised by the tutor.
Regularity is more important then spending a long time practising all at once.
It is the Authority policy to encourage ensemble playing. Much of this takes place outwith normal school hours and should be one of the most rewarding and stimulating aspects of playing instruments. Parents are asked to ensure that pupils are available when selected for participation in school, area or regional bands, orchestras etc. Written reports will be issued, either six-monthly or in line with the school's normal reporting procedure. A minimum of 28 lessons, no shorter than twenty minutes, per school session, either individually or as part of group.