Music for Teachers

Course Title: Developing Higher Level Thinking Skills in Music at Key Stages 1 & 2

Course Date: 16/10/2006
Times: 09:15 - 12:00
Venue: Shrewsbury Training & Development Centre

Course Leader: Keith Havercroft

9.15 – Introduction
9.30 – Session 1: A series of practical activities in listening, performing and composing, which provide opportunities for the development of higher level thinking skills at KS1 and KS2
10.45 – break
11.00 – Session 2: Developing strategies to maximise the focus on thinking skills and transferring ideas across the curriculum
11.50 – Summary and evaluation
12.00 course ends

Course members are asked to bring along an instrument which can will enable you to play a rhythm and an instrument which will enable you to play a melody (e.g. a tambourine and a xylophone etc.. )

A useful website to find manuscript paper which can be designed to suit your requirements can found here.

The BBC are offering downloads to support Music A level. For further details use the link

It is reported that there is to be greater investment in music in the Primary phase. The following link gives a little more detail but is this really new money? Article on the Education Guardian site