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Engaging Boys in Singing

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

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Vocal Starters. Have you brought your voice?

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

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Y4 sing 'Three Little Birds' for dynamic plenary

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

4:37

Y5 introduction emphasising reading music

Using a simple tune, these young players concentrate on reading the music.

3:67

EYFS: The Name Game

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

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Developing Accurate Buzzing

In this advanced trumpet lesson, the teacher takes the student through a warm up which will be later linked to the ma...

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WCIT and the Curriculum

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

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Focused Listening

This classroom practitioner uses Saint Saen’s Carnival of the animals to scaffold a composition lesson.

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Listening & The Teacher's Role

This teacher is actively involved in the listening activity. Clear questions have been articulated before the example...

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Peer Assessment

In this y8 arranging lesson, the groups engage in peer assessment.

2:26

Listening & Feedback 1

Listening to student compositions is, in itself, a critical skill for teachers to develop.

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Listening & Feedback 2

Listening to student compositions is, in itself, a critical skill for teachers to develop.

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Differentiation by Outcome

Composition and creativity can lead to varying outcomes within the same task.

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Understanding Simple Devices

This teacher comments on the need for her Y7 class to understand how to use simple compositional devices.

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Listen & Appraise Starter

Encouraging listening children identify instruments in Baroque style piece.

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Listen & Appraise Starter Develops

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

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Performance concentrating on rhythm

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

3:36

Peter & The Wolf. Instruments use

Linking instruments and characters.

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Vocal Starters. 'Have you brought' commentary

Vocal specialist explains the rationale behind 'Have you brought your voice?

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Vocal Starters. 'Give Me Five'

Children respond to teacher actions like 'Give Me 5', Give Me 10, Low 10...

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Vocal Starters. 'Give Me Five' commentary

Vocal specialist explains rationale behind 'Give Me 5' vocal starter.

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Vocal Starters. Loosen up and begin.

Vocal specialist shows how to start a vocal session.

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A vocal specialist on teaching vocal starters

Vocal specialist makes the case for teaching vocal starters.

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Vocal Starters. 'My Name is Joe'

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

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Vocal Starters. 'My Name is Joe' commentary

Vocal specialist explains rationale behind this kinaesthetic vocal starter.