This teacher discusses why she has chosen to engage with the Btec.

This instrumental teacher offers some advice for developing correct bow hold.

This instrumental teacher discusses the support structures available within a music service. Training and CPD are imp...

This instrumental string teacher discusses her approaches to teaching and the connection with confidence

This instrumental violin teacher discusses the importance of establishing correct posture and instrument hold in begi...

Finishing a lesson can be a tool for learning and review.

Music, as a subject based in sound, requires teachers to have strategies for managing behaviour including starting/st...

The periodic direction from the class teacher helps to scaffold this composition lesson so that the class are focused...

The current lead Ofsted HMI for Music, Robin Hammerton writes: "Firstly, pupils’ progress in creating and understandi...

This teacher utilises the capabilities of Logic for this Y8 composition lesson.

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

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

This classroom practitioner uses whiteboards to recap the musical elements.

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

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

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

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

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

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

In this lesson, Year 12 Btec students receive feedback and direction from their teacher.

In this lesson, Year 12 Btec students rehearse for their upcoming performance assessment.

The plenary in this Year 9 lesson encourages the students to assess themselves in 2 clear areas.

After working in groups, this Year 9 group return mid lesson to explain the reasoning behind their musical choices.

In this y9 lesson the class are working in groups to write a song from the stimulus 'Orange'.

In this Year 9 lesson the class are working in groups to write a song from the stimulus 'Orange'.