This Music video introduces teachers to how dynamics, articulation, tempo, and structure are shown on staff notation. It explores the use of symbols and markings such as dynamics from pianissimo to fortissimo, articulation with staccato dots and slurs, tempo markings like largo or presto, and structural devices including repeat signs, first and second time bars, and double bar lines.
year: Year 5
Teacher skills video: Tuned percussion
This Music video introduces teachers to the correct playing technique for tuned percussion, such as glockenspiels, chime bars, xylophones, or even marimbas. It highlights common mistakes pupils often make, including holding the beater like a pencil or resting it on the bar, and shows how to correct these to achieve the best sound.
Teacher video: Minimalism
This Music video introduces teachers to the key features of North American Minimalism, helping pupils to recognise repeating patterns, layered textures, interlocking rhythms, and simple harmonies when listening to music.
Teacher video: Gamelan Music
This Music video introduces teachers to the musical features of Gamelan, focusing on the Slendro scale and how it links to the pentatonic scale. Pupils will explore the scale notes (A, C, D, E and G), learn to sing using note numbers as Indonesian children do, and practise the melody of the unit song Blue Sky.
Teacher video: Monster mash-up
This French video introduces teachers to a creative sentence-building activity inspired by Spike Milligan’s playful poetry. Pupils use their knowledge of nouns, gender, and body part vocabulary to invent mashup creatures, combining phrases such as il a la tête d’un éléphant and il a le corps d’une girafe.
Teacher video: Body parts
This French video introduces teachers to a practical grammar activity where pupils use detective skills to identify patterns in French nouns. Through a phonics starter, children link sound and spelling before sorting nouns into Carroll diagrams by gender and number.
Teacher video: To have or to be
This French video introduces teachers to two of the most important and irregular verbs in French: être (to be) and avoir (to have). Pupils will already have encountered them in previous contexts, but this lesson places them centre stage, with a strong emphasis on correct pronunciation and confidence in using them.
Teacher video: Verbs in a spin
This French video introduces teachers to creative, kinaesthetic strategies for helping pupils practise regular verb conjugations. Using a simple spinner template, pupils can test each other by forming verbs with different subject pronouns, reinforcing how endings change in the present tense.
Teacher video: Who’s doing that?
This French video introduces teachers to the use of subject pronouns and regular -er verb conjugations in the present tense, helping pupils recognise how verbs change in both spelling and sound depending on the subject. Using a simple shared reading activity, the lesson models the verb chanter (to sing) across different pronouns so that children can spot patterns for themselves and practise with actions.
