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

Forensic look at the detail of teaching a role song.

Encouraging participation requiring strong vocal line from children.

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

Vocal specialist shows how to start a vocal session.

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

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

Pupils play chants on instruments conducted by a pupil.

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

Children, conducted by the teacher, perform chants as a whole class.

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

Inspired by the music, children create chants for each character.

Linking instruments and characters.

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

A teacher reflects on embedding rhythm and pulse.

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

Using food names, children improvise rhythms.

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

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

Encouraging listening children identify instruments in Baroque style piece.

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An interview with Professor Martin Fautley that presents evidence on an emerging decline of curriculum time and teach...

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

This Y12 student discusses the advantage of rehearsing authentically to prepare for performance.

These pupils describe their experience of a song writing lesson recorded earlier that day. Despite the variance in in...