These courses are designed for teachers working with children between the ages of 5-11 years. 

Confidence in Primary Music

This course is designed for non-specialists teaching music to primary aged children (5-11 years) anywhere in the world. The course will help develop your understanding of basic musical concepts, and give you the skills and knowledge to teach music with confidence.

Developing Listening Skills in Primary Music

On this course you will learn how to develop your pupils' listening ability in music from EYFS to KS2. You will consider the different types of musical listening, and consider a variety of research findings that help us to understand how children's musical listening develops over their time at primary school. You will learn aboutthe core competencies that you should be planning and looking out for in each key stage, and what different activities and techniques you should use in the classroom to support your pupils' music listening development.

Development and Progression in Primary Music

On this course you will explore research around development and progression of musical skills in primary aged children. You will learn how knowledge of these different developmental stages can inform the way that you plan, teach and assess music in your primary school.

This webinar is not specific to a particular curriculum, and is suitable for educators working with children from the ages of 5-11 anywhere in the world.

Singing in Primary Schools

This course covers everything you need to know about leading singing in a primary (5-11) setting. It includes the latest research into the impact of singing in schools, advice on developing a whole school culture of singing, video tutorials on singing and conducting techniques, advice on selecting repertoire, using singing to support the curriculum, and how to start, maintain, and improve a choir.

Understanding the History of Music at KS2

On this course you will learn how to help your KS2 pupils develop their understanding of the history of music. You will consider the core skills and knowledge that they need to develop, examples of different approaches to music history, and how to teach this aspect of the curriculum practically and musically, without it becoming a literacy exercise.

Improvising in the KS2 Classroom

This course covers why we should teach improvisation, what the purpose of improvisation is and what kind of outcomes we should be looking for when improvising in the KS2 classroom. By the end of the course you should feel more confident as improviser and as a teacher of improvisation.

Composing in the KS2 Classroom

The national curriculum for KS2 music states that children ‘should develop an understanding of musical composition, organising and manipulating ideas within musical structures’ and to ‘compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music’. This course looks at creative ways to fulfill these aims as part of your KS2 music curriculum.

Planning & Assessing Primary Music

This course covers the processes and pedagogy of planning and assessing primary music. Learners will explore the specific mechanics of planning and assessment for music, which can be very different from the other subjects of the primary curriculum. The course offers support and advice for creating schemes of work, individual pedagogically sound lesson plans, and assessment systems for music.

Excellence in Primary Music

This course looks in detail at the skills, knowledge and understanding that pupils need to develop in order to progress in Performing, Composing/Improvising and Listening, in order to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum for Music.