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Resources to support music education within secondary provision


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#BodyPercussionChallenges is designed to be used by classroom teachers with or without musical knowledge. The pack consists of a pdf and three main videos or backing tracks whichever you prefer to use. For you to make the most of this pack, we recommend using the videos with the animated visual aids to help guide your students through the song structure.

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Mark Phillips HMI (Ofsted’s National Lead for Music) gives an autumn 2021 update on Ofsted’s work, reflecting on the music subject review published in July of that year.

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A recording and transcript of the keynote speech from the award-winning composer, music historian and broadcaster Howard Goodall, given at our Autumn Term CPD Day in September 2021.

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This Black History resource reflects on music-making among enslaved people in former British colonies in the Southern US and Caribbean. Video, audio files and supporting PDF are all free to download, and designed for secondary educators.

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A website created by Huntington School Music Department, York with a collection of teaching resources that we have written/created, and a blog and a podcast designed to share ideas and reach out to all the one-person Music departments. The aim of the website is to share our thinking, ideas, conversations, and resources. We want to learn from others and we want to support the growing number of one person departments.

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A downloadable calendar featuring 31 black composers with link to Spotify playlist.

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A review of research into factors that influence the quality of music education in schools in England.

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This toolkit from British Army Music consists of four free and engaging resources. Introduced by a real-life Army musician, each resource focuses on one instrument and covers instrument knowledge, music history, composition and listening skills.

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A free new music resource, with flexible parts to suit any instrument at any level. Created by award-winning composer Lucy Pankhurst as part of the MECLA (Music Education & Cultural Learning Alliance) 3 year project, funded by Erasmus+.

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Watch recordings of the training sessions from our January 2021 CPD Day.

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