Whole class teaching

51 videos

Btec Performance Appraisal

Btec students are given an opportunity to reflect on their performance.

Articulation with Charanga

In this video the teacher uses the charanga musical school resource to explore articulation on the clarinet.

Using Charanga Musically

The charanga musical school resource offers great choice in repertoire but must always be supported with specialist k...

Off We Go

In this whole class lesson the teacher is exploring singing with Year 6.

Whole Class Set Up: Guitar

Whole class teaching is a partnership between the school and the visiting music teachers.

Preparing for Down Time

In this example the instrumental specialist teacher must tune 30 instruments.

WCIT and the Curriculum

Whole class teaching, when taught well, includes a variety of activity and opportunity to develop and discover musica...

Linking Activities for Learning

Prior to learning the piece of guitar music the class will study, this teacher leads a body percussion piece that inc...

Developing Part Playing

This teacher explores body percussion in parts to secure understanding of the rhythmic elements and to internalise th...

Listen and Copy

In this WCIT Year 4 guitar lesson, the teacher uses simple listen and copy to warm up the finger technique prior to p...

Performance: Whole Class Guitar

This clip demonstrates the possible outcomes from a Year 4 guitar group.

Aural and Notation

The musical learning in this example explores a mix of aural and notation based strategies to ensure every child can ...

Understanding Duration

This teacher questions the class on note lengths relative to the piece they have just played.

Choir Warm Up: Me Moo Ma

This classroom practitioner has developed a large school choir in a diverse school.

Choir Warm Up: Articulation

This classroom practitioner develops the choir warm up further into articulation.

Action Songs

Encouraging an extra-curricular group must involve an element of fun.

Building Confidence and Participation

This classroom practitioner is in the early stages of building a school choir.

Choir Repertoire

This school choir begin approaching new repertoire by learning the African words.

Listen & Appraise Starter

Encouraging listening children identify instruments in Baroque style piece.

Developing a Primary Choir

These Whole Class Instrumental Teachers have brought all three year groups to the hall for a larger singing lesson.

Developing Pitch: Primary Choir

This call and response song is triadic in nature.

Engaging Boys in Singing

These Whole Class Instrumental Teachers have brought all three year groups to the hall for a larger singing lesson.

Whole Class Teaching

This teacher discusses the content and value of whole class teaching.

Singing for the Non-Specialist

Instrumental teachers are now using their voice more and more in whole class teaching.

WCIT Variety

This teacher discusses the content of her whole class lessons including the importance of 'brain breaks.'

Teaching WCIT

This teacher discusses the pedagogy, content, challenges and solutions of whole class teaching.

Listen & Appraise Starter Develops

Listening to an organ piece, children recap their knowledge of tempo.

Performing rhythmic motifs

Chime bars are used to perform rhythms created from food names.

Peter & The Wolf. Feedback: The Characters

Children's groups feedback to class on chants they have created.

Performance concentrating on rhythm

Using a simple tune and lyric, children explore tempo and feel pulse.

Generating rhythmic motifs

Using food names, children improvise rhythms.

Performing rhythmic motifs: next steps

The teacher is to develop musical understanding based on one song.

Connecting Physically with Singing

In this Y8 classroom music lesson the teacher takes the class through a series of vocal warm up activities which conn...

Developing Breathing Creatively

In this group flute lesson, the teacher uses a prop to develop the breathing.

10 Top Tips for Whole Class Teaching

This Head of Service offers some advice for teachers working with whole classes.

Wider Opportunities, WCIT, WCET or First Access?

This Head of Service offers a view on whole class teaching for schools defined as "Teaching music through the conduit...

Vocal Starters. Have you brought your voice?

Children are encouraged to respond to a question in contrasting voices.

Vocal Starters. Loosen up and begin.

Vocal specialist shows how to start a vocal session.

Vocal Starters. 'Old King Kong' commentary

Vocal specialist explains rationale behind using this expressive song

EYFS: Commentary

Teacher reflection on first steps in EYFS music.

Peter & The Wolf. Planning

The teacher explains the planning around a Y4 module on Peter & The Wolf.

Vocal Starters. 'My Name is Joe'

Listening and joining in to a catch-on song with increasing complexity.

Vocal Starters. 'Old King Kong'

Encouraging participation requiring strong vocal line from children.

Peter & The Wolf. Pupil conductor

Pupils play chants on instruments conducted by a pupil.

EYFS: The Name Game

Children respond to the name song, singing their own name to the backing.

Y4 whole class brass, warm up

Using Charanga, class warm-up buzz, put their mouthpiece in play.

EYFS: Finding the pulse

Listening for a heartbeat/pulse, Reception play along on woodblocks.

Y4 whole class brass, set up

Set up and introduction establishes clear expectations and routines.

Y4 sing 'Three Little Birds' for dynamic plenary

Singing at end of brass lesson to internalise piano and forte.

Y4 brass lesson reflections from teacher.

A specialist visiting teacher on a lesson for brass novices

Learning brass instruments in KS2.

Whole class teaching to take first steps with a brass instrument.