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When Confidence Grows…
This gospel medley includes When the Saints, Swing Low Sweet Chariot and Sing Sing Sing. This is explored at a differ...
Engaging Boys in Singing
These Whole Class Instrumental Teachers have brought all three year groups to the hall for a larger singing lesson.
Vocal Starters. Have you brought your voice?
Children are encouraged to respond to a question in contrasting voices.
Whole Class Set Up: Guitar
Whole class teaching is a partnership between the school and the visiting music teachers.
Choice and Musicality
In this lesson the teacher offers the children a opportunity to suggest their own musical interpretation for performa...
Building Confidence and Participation
This classroom practitioner is in the early stages of building a school choir.
Choosing the Instrument
This teacher discusses an approach for students to choose the instrument for them.
The Importance of Ensemble Experience
This experienced Head of Brass discusses his experiences of ensemble playing and motivation.
Advice for NQT
This experienced teacher discusses her approach to communication with peripatetic staff in a busy department and offe...
Whiteboards: Assessment for Learning
In this y8 classroom music lesson, the teacher encourages the class to map out ideas for arranging the song "Stand by...
Simultaneous Learning
It is often difficult to separate out the component parts of musical learning.
Differentiation by Outcome
Composition and creativity can lead to varying outcomes within the same task.
A Broad and Balanced Curriculum
An experienced Headteacher in a faith school discusses the facilitating conditions necessary to embed excellent music...
Music and the Islamic Faith
This Head of Music discusses her experiences working in a large secondary school.
Transferable Skills
This Head of Music discusses the breadth of transferable skills he observes being developed in his students through m...
Y8 Lesson: Pupil Commentary
These pupils describe their experience of a song writing lesson recorded earlier that day. Despite the variance in in...
Student Perspective
This student recounts his experiences and motivations of learning music at school.
Cultivating Extracurricular Music
This student recounts her experience in participating in the extracurricular offer at the school.
Peter & The Wolf. Creating Characters
Inspired by the music, children create chants for each character.
Peter & The Wolf. Performing chants.
Children, conducted by the teacher, perform chants as a whole class.