❤️ Teaching Resources ❤️
A collection of inspiring articles, resources and links to help build your bespoke primary school music curriculum.
Early Years / Foundation Stage: Age 3-5
Key Stage 1: Age 5-7
Key Stage 2: Age 7-11
- EYFS Music Teaching Resources
- Play It!: Get started experimenting with music (EYFS)
- EYFS Music: Activities and games for teachers (‘how to’ videos)
- BBC Teach Bring the Noise: Songs & Lesson Plans for EYFS & KS1
- EYFS / KS1 Music: Musical Storyland – BBC Teach
- SEND/EYFS/KS1: Music lesson plan downloads
- Teacher Techniques: Pupils with additional support needs
- A quality framework for use in music-making sessions working with children in Early Years settings PDF
- Found Sounds with YolanDa Brown (incl. Make An Instrument guides)
- Bring The Noise: Early Years music
- BBC Philharmonic Bring the Noise performances
- Jolly Music (Kodaly Approach to Music Ed)
- NYCOS Song Resources (pre-5 years)
- Benedetti Foundation Music Lesson Plans
- Activities for 3-4 year olds – Tiny Happy People
- SEND Music Teaching Resources
- SEND music teaching guides and tutorials
- SEND/EYFS/KS1: Music lesson plan downloads
- EYFS / KS1 Music: Musical Storyland – BBC Teach
- Teacher Techniques: Pupils with additional support needs
- Five songs in British Sign Language (BSL)
- NYCOS BSL Songs (all ages)
- Video clips designed to help children think about different sounds and how they relate to their environment.
- KS1 Music Teaching Resources
- Classroom 200 – Free Lesson Plans for KS1 Music (ABRSM)
- KS1 Music – BBC Bitesize
- Primary Music resources for teachers – BBC Teach
- Primary School Songs – BBC Teach
- Primary Music – KS1 / KS2 – BBC Teach (topic-based songs)
- EYFS / KS1 Music: Musical Storyland – BBC Teach
- CeCe Sammy’s singing techniques for teachers
- Gareth Malone: Tips for teaching singing
- KS1 Music: Activities and games for teachers (‘how to’ videos)
- BBC Philharmonic Bring the Noise performances
- NYCOS Song Resources (age 5-8)
- Benedetti Foundation Music Lesson Plans
- Oak National Academy KS1 Music Curriculum
- Language development activities for young children ages 4-5
- https://musicators.com/
- KS2 Music Teaching Resources
- Classroom 200 – Free Lesson Plans for KS2 Music (ABRSM)
- KS2 Music – BBC Bitesize
- Primary Music resources for teachers – BBC Teach
- Primary School Songs – BBC Teach
- Primary Music – KS1 / KS2 – BBC Teach (topic-based songs)
- CeCe Sammy’s singing techniques for teachers
- Gareth Malone: Tips for teaching singing
- NYCOS Song Resources (age 7+)
- NYCOS Song Resources (age 9+)
- Benedetti Foundation Music Lesson Plans
- Oak National Academy KS2 Music Curriculum
- BBC Ten Pieces
- Ten Pieces Tasters: Quick and Easy Creative Activities
- BBC Masterclasses: Watch famous faces give advice and inspiration for getting creative with Ten Pieces in a range of art forms, including top tips from Diversity, Fazer and Fiona Bevan
- https://musicators.com/
- Articles & Reports re Primary Music Education
- The power of music to change lives: a national plan for music education – GOV.UK
- Model Music Curriculum Key Stage 1 & 2.pdf
- Music teaching techniques with Jimmy Rotheram
- For Families: How to write a song with your children (Dame Evelyn and Omar Make a Jam)
- How do I teach music if I’m not a musician? A programme is designed to empower you, the teachers, to deliver music in class with confidence.
- Five tips on teaching music for beginners
- Teaching the teachers – introducing music into your classroom simply and confidently (Lindsay Ibbotson)