In this resource, we’ll be looking at how you can effectively market your music department. We’ll consider why this is something you should do, and also some of the steps you need to take. We’ll look...
James Manwaring Teaching Materials
In the lead up to Christmas, there are a lot of pulls on a music department. Having back-up resources that require limited effort from teachers and yet create rich learning activities with...
Dice Wood Teaching Materials
Low-stakes testing is considered a good tool in our repertoire, allowing us to understand what progress students have made and what needs consolidation before moving on. Exploring content when it’s...
Dice Wood Teaching Materials
Welcome to the final resource in a three-part series covering recording in the classroom (for the previous two resources, see Music Teacher, April 2023 and July 2023). This time, we’ll move on to the...
Paul White Teaching Materials
This resource attempts to describe a favourite unit of mine: lo-fi hip-hop. We’ll look at the essentials of the subgenre, the potential for musical learning, and a suggested approach to delivering a...
David Guinane Teaching Materials
I love to improvise. It’s the most inventive, liberating and empowering form of musical self-expression I’ve ever experienced.
Nathaniel Dye Teaching Materials
It’s crucial for any non-experienced composer to understand specific steps to navigate their way to a finished composition.
Richard Barnard Teaching Materials
In the first of this three-part resource on recording music in schools, we looked at options for setting up a studio (Music Teacher, April 2023). In this second resource, we’ll move on to the...
Paul White Teaching Materials
Every music department is different, in terms of staffing, rooms, resources and budgets.
James Manwaring Teaching Materials
This is the first in a short series of resources looking at the different aspects of sound recording in schools.
Paul White Teaching Materials
The moment that you need to set cover is never the right moment to have a good think about creating good cover lessons. In a worst-case scenario, you’ll be sick or completely incapacitated, and even...
Jane Werry Teaching Materials
This resource will take you through a range of techniques and approaches aimed at developing students’ understanding and application of textural devices. Its focus is KS3 and KS4, but the early stages...
Liz Dunbar Teaching Materials