Patricia Broadfoot discusses the importance of setting learning objectives.

An Early Years teacher defines learning outcomes.

Why don't we assess across a broad curriculum and acknowledge that learning is complex and uneven?

What is the starting point in planning learning?

Opportunities are offered by the framework to include music in your intent.

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.

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.

Vocal specialist explains rationale behind using this expressive song

Vocal specialist shows how to start a vocal session.

Pupils play chants on instruments conducted by a pupil.

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

Often in whole class teaching, we are required to teach with a more staged approach than we would in small group less...

Whole class lessons provide an excellent opportunity for children to learn the context of pieces they will begin to l...

This teacher explores body percussion in parts to secure understanding of the rhythmic elements and to internalise th...

Prior to learning the piece of guitar music the class will study, this teacher leads a body percussion piece that inc...

Whole class teaching, when taught well, includes a variety of activity and opportunity to develop and discover musica...

In this short extract from a music lesson the teacher explores singing with a traditional African song.

The charanga musical school resource offers great choice in repertoire but must always be supported with specialist k...