A complete Year 7 Indonesian Gamelan unit featuring a six-lesson scheme of work, editable student booklet, PowerPoint presentation, ensemble scores, audio examples and practical activities. Ideal for introducing world music through listening, performing and musical understanding.
Join the Carnival! An introduction to the orchestra like you’ve never seen before, with 12 weekly hour-long lessons designed for Year 7 pupils, developing pupil’s musical skills over a term: explore the elements of music, different forms of notation, instruments of the orchestra.
Sing2Save is a national campaign that invites schools and choirs to use their voices to help both raise awareness and funds for some of the UK’s wildlife and environmental charities and support the vital work they are doing.
Explore Berlioz’s Symphonie fanstastique and delve into the world of programme music with Aurora Orchestra in this unit designed for use with KS3 pupils in Year 8 or 9, including a fully-planned 12-week unit, a cover lesson, homework ideas, and a flex-ensemble arrangement of the second movement.
Watch the provocation video, read the full transcript, and join the Padlet conversation from our 2026 summer term T-Time session.
Thinking Routines for the Music Classroom is a practical guide for KS2 and KS3 music teachers, featuring simple strategies to develop listening, discussion, reflection, retrieval, vocabulary and musical thinking. Includes classroom examples, templates and ready-to-use ideas.
The Composer’s Toolkit aims to dismantle the barriers that are encountered when teaching composition in schools. The approach is designed to be both aspirational and accessible with a basis in musical fundamentals, making it easy to integrate into existing teaching.
National Youth Jazz Orchestra’s Network Digital Hub is a place to share best practice in the training and professional development of musicians interested in growing their skills as jazz educators, and increasing their confidence in delivering sessions focused on improvised music-making.
The government’s key stage 4 performance measures and targeted RISE extension consultation seeks views on proposals to improve key stage 4 academic performance measures and to extend school improvement support from the Department for Education’s targeted regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) service. This resource has been put together to help you complete the consultation, allowing you to share your views with the government on this important topic.
A list of questions in the SEND reform consultation organised by the type of person they may be relevant to.
