TEACHING PRIMARY MUSIC
Teaching Primary Music is a bank of lessons plans, activities and resources designed to support Primary Class Teachers working with ages 4-11.
”Music and arts ignite the spark of true learning - they tap into something deeper, something that no intervention or booster session can bring out of a pupil. The power of music improves maths, English, behaviour and attitudes to learning. At Feversham Primary we have harnessed this force of human nature to bring happiness and academic success to young hearts and minds. Together with the Benedetti foundation, it is our vision and ambition that teachers across the world are supported to use music to transform the lives of children and lay the foundation of a happy, fulfilling and successful life. A life that can transcend the mundane and connect with the sublime.”
Naveed Idrees OBE, Headteacher at Feversham Primary Academy, Headteacher of the Year, 2019 TES School Awards
About Teaching Primary Music
Teaching Primary Music was created by Jimmy Rotheram, primary music specialist at Feversham Primary Academy, in Bradford, along with several collaborators and edited and developed by the Benedetti Foundation. For a full list of contributors, please see the final page of the resource books.
Originally created in response to the Covid-19 crisis to support primary classroom teachers, who are non-specialist musicians, bring music into the primary classroom, we hope these activities will enable all teachers, teaching assistants, or those responsible for delivering music in the primary setting build their confidence and skills to teach this subject regularly and embed it within the school day.
The resources are designed to be accessible, easy to use and deliver a high-quality music offer to children.
The resources can be used in whichever way best suits your setting and further resources can be found from all the contributors to these books.
The Teaching Primary Music Package Provides:
6 sets of lessons with activities for KS1 ages 4 – 7 and 12 for KS2 ages 7-11
Books with lesson plans and resources FREE to download
Videos for each activity presented by some of the UK’s top music workshop leaders
Training for all - Bespoke training sessions for your organisation available. Contact us info@benedettifoundation.org for more information
Download the Books Here
The Benefits of Teaching Primary Music
These resources will help your pupils to:
develop confidence and social skills
develop an accurate sense of pulse as a group
develop an accurate sense of rhythm, from the simple to more complex
ensure children understand the concept of pulse/beat
develop listening skills
explore music of many genres with active listening activities embedded throughout
develop “thinking voice” or “inner hearing” - the cognitive, internal conceptualisation of music
prepare notation (music reading and writing) skills
develop expression and understanding through movement