Mick Waters on successful schools and school improvement.

Less focussed on outcomes than process, this teacher believes that learning from mistakes helps to build resilience a...

Governors appreciate what children achieve and are prepared to finance.

Providing opportunities to learn music and visit professional music concerts.

Half termly, the music lead should meet with visiting teachers evolving plans

Engaging with a music hub enables music opportunities in & beyond school

Music makes a difference to children and a bridge to parents.

Visiting music teachers need a place to work and instrument storage.

The financial implication especially as class teachers join in.

Effective specialists enrich provision, heads should monitor delivery.

Identifying Music as a central part of the curriculum.

Identifying those with an aptitude and providing suitable support.

Music benefits diverse needs, those vulnerable and low with self-esteem.

Promoting opportunities to perform in school and beyond.

KS2 sometimes change instruments as skills evolve. This is encouraged.

Completing a successful lesson, diaries are filled in.

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

Warm up, mouthpiece and playing two notes to start a lesson.

Revising notation finger game manages distribution of instruments in year 5.

Whole class teaching to take first steps with a brass instrument.

A specialist visiting teacher on a lesson for brass novices

Managing a mini plenary, homework and packing instruments away.

Playing 'piano' and 'forte'. Crescendo is played too.

Looking at loud and quiet, long and short notes.

Using Charanga, class warm-up buzz, put their mouthpiece in play.