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Characteristics of Effective Learning
This teacher talks about the characteristics, playing and exploring, active learning and creating and thinking critic...
Learning from mistakes
Less focussed on outcomes than process, this teacher believes that learning from mistakes helps to build resilience a...
Student Experience
These students recount their experiences working with a visiting specialist teacher.
Student Perspective
This student recounts his experiences and motivations of learning music at school.
WCIT: Pupils Perspective
These children comment on the experience of learning through whole class teaching supported by the local music service.
Y8 Lesson: Pupil Commentary
These pupils describe their experience of a song writing lesson recorded earlier that day. Despite the variance in in...
A Professional Relationship with Students
This teacher discusses her approaches to extracurricular music and the emerging deepening relationships that are form...
The Whole Child
This Head of Music acknowledges the importance of music for developing the whole child.
Advice for NQT
This experienced teacher discusses her approach to communication with peripatetic staff in a busy department and offe...
Singing and the Vocal Teacher
This experienced teachers discusses his approach to singing from the starting point that everyone can sing.
CPD: Instrumental Teachers
This instrumental teacher discusses the support structures available within a music service. Training and CPD are imp...
Confidence
This instrumental string teacher discusses her approaches to teaching and the connection with confidence
When Confidence Grows…
This gospel medley includes When the Saints, Swing Low Sweet Chariot and Sing Sing Sing. This is explored at a differ...
Extending Range
After working on these partner songs, this experienced vocal teacher uses simple key change to migrate the pitch upwa...
Differentiation 2
Using When the Saints Go Marching In, this experienced vocal teacher takes the group into part singing with different...
Differentiation 1
Using When the Saints Go Marching In, this experienced vocal teacher takes the group into part singing with different...
Developing Quality in Group Singing
This vocal teacher listens forensically to the students singing.