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

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.

A specialist visiting teacher on a lesson for brass novices

Singing at end of brass lesson to internalise piano and forte.

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

Set up and introduction establishes clear expectations and routines.

Teacher reflection on first steps in EYFS music.

Children respond to the name song, singing their own name to the backing.

I'm a little teapot and the 'ABC' song, pulse and actions.

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

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

Vocal specialist shows how to start a vocal session.

Pupils play chants on instruments conducted by a pupil.

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

Using food names, children improvise rhythms.

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

In this short warm-up the teacher has a simple focus on breathing.

In this flute lesson the teacher begins to work on slurred articulation detail in the music.

In this flute lesson the student is encouraged to spot patterns in the music.

In this flute lesson, the teacher uses a scale linked to the key of the piece the student will study in the main body...