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

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

Managing a mini plenary, homework and packing instruments away.

Looking at loud and quiet, long and short notes.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

This teacher comments on the usefulness of peer feedback.

In this Y7 composition lesson, the pupils are encouraged to model approaches to the music elements.

Before this composition lesson begins, the class are focused on a starter activity linking musical elements to defini...

In this Y8 'arranging' lesson, the class teacher offers an 'arranger’s notepad' as a tool to help the groups structur...