Primary curriculum resources
- Oak Academy – Search for Free Teaching Resources | Page 1 of 5 | Oak National Academy A collection of units of work where the lessons are led on the screen with downloadable slides.
- Bristol Beacon – Teaching Resources | Bristol Beacon A range of Primary curriculum resources aimed at non-specialists including links to curriculum documents.
- Benedetti Foundation – Teaching Primary Music — The Benedetti Foundation – Free flexible activites and lesson plans for KS1 and KS2 created by experienced classroom music teachers.
- BBC ten pieces – BBC Ten Pieces Introduces classical music to 7-14 year olds through films, lesson plans and instrumental arrangements.
- BBC trailblazers – Ten Pieces Trailblazers! – BBC Teach Challenges students to rethink orchestral music through ten trailblazing composers and their pieces of music.
- BBC Primary music – Primary Music resources for teachers Songs and activity resources for KS1 and 2 topic based around a range of themes.
- KS1 BBC bitesize – KS1 Music – BBC Bitesize Animated videos to explain the dimensions of music, history, notation and more.
- KS2 BBC bitesize – KS2 Music – BBC Bitesize Animated videos to explain the dimensions of music, history, notation and more.
- ABRSM classroom 200 – Classroom 200 A collation of lesson plans for activities based on 200 pieces of music from different genres.
- Friday Afternoons – Friday Afternoons | Britten Pears Arts Resources to support singing, song writing and music making.
- London Symphony Orchestra – Activities and Resources for Families and Schools | London Symphony Orchestra Video resources based on the orchestra. Stories illustrated by instruments of the orchestra with opportunities to play/sing along
- Royal College of Music –Digital resources for schools | Royal College of Music KS1 and 2 resources and videos on the instruments of the orchestra.
- Guildhall School of music – Resources | Guildhall School of Music & Drama Features guidance on how to write a rap for KS2 and songs for KS1 and includes body percussion acitvities.
- Minute of listening – Home – Minute of Listening Introduces children to a range of music and sounds with accompanying resources and follow-up questions encourage children to discuss what they heard, thought and felt.
- Drums for Schools – West African Djembe Drumming – A KS2/3 Scheme of Work Resource Free KS2 West African Drumming unit of work.
- Tenebrae – Free Classroom Singing Resources | Tenebrae Choir Video resources to demonstrate physical and vocal warm ups and songs to sing in a round with actions.
- Academy of St Martin in the fields – SCHOOL RESOURCES – Academy of St Martin in the Fields A series of videos and accompanying PDF resources to support listening with interactive activities
- Opera North – Opera North’s Little School of Music Resources using ‘Carnival of the Animals’ to introduce the instruments of the orchestra with activities for KS1
- First thing music – 8. One Two Three Four (Rhyme) – First Thing Music Kodaly based training videos for teachers