Purpose, process and audience.

What is the starting point in planning learning?

A strong framework should be taught properly from the outset.

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.

A specialist visiting teacher on a lesson for brass novices

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

Looking at loud and quiet, long and short notes.

Vocal specialist explains rationale behind this kinaesthetic vocal starter.

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

Vocal specialist makes the case for teaching vocal starters.

Vocal specialist shows how to start a vocal session.

Vocal specialist explains rationale behind 'Give Me 5' vocal starter.

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

Pupils play chants on instruments conducted by a pupil.

The teacher explains the planning around a Y4 module on Peter & The Wolf.

Linking instruments and characters.