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Characteristics of Effective Learning

This teacher talks about the characteristics, playing and exploring, active learning and creating and thinking critic...

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Assessing for next steps in learning

An Early Years teacher defines learning outcomes.

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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. 'Give Me Five'

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

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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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Peter & The Wolf. Pupil conductor

Pupils play chants on instruments conducted by a pupil.

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Peter & The Wolf. Performing chants.

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

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Peter & The Wolf. Feedback: The Characters

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

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Peter & The Wolf. Creating Characters

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

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Peter & The Wolf. Instruments use

Linking instruments and characters.

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Performing rhythmic motifs: next steps

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

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Performing rhythmic motifs: a reflection

A teacher reflects on embedding rhythm and pulse.

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Performing rhythmic motifs

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

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Generating rhythmic motifs

Using food names, children improvise rhythms.

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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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Listening & Feedback 1

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

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Peer Assessment

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

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Restriction for Freedom

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

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Simultaneous Learning

It is often difficult to separate out the component parts of musical learning.

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Whiteboards: Assessment for Learning

In this y8 classroom music lesson, the teacher encourages the class to map out ideas for arranging the song "Stand by...

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Behaviour Management

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

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Scaffolding Composition

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

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Assessing a Creative Process

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

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Choice and Musicality

In this lesson the teacher offers the children a opportunity to suggest their own musical interpretation for performa...

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Peer Learning Y9

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