Posts by Mark Taylor
Primary Music Lesson – Rhythm Games
Here is Mark showing how to engage a whole class in a primary music lesson with fun rhythm games. This is an introduction to his Rhythmically Speaking samba project.
049: Bonus Ep. – Better Leaders Better Schools with Daniel Bauer
I interview fellow educator Daniel Bauer from the Better Leaders Better Schools podcast.
Daniel E. Bauer helps school leaders create winning cultures, focus on the essential, and lead with courage and integrity.
Better Leaders Better Schools is designed to connect excellent leaders in education and promote leadership development. My passion is developing leaders to their fullest potential – there is nothing greater than this. I accomplish this through creating free consistent content on the blog and podcast as well as offering premium services (like masterminds) that accelerate leadership growth.
We discuss:
- saying ‘Yes and’ and what that means
- taking away obstacles to make things happen
- how to support teachers
- masterminds/mentors
- creativity
- FREE resources
Listen at www.EducationOnFire.com
For full details visit his website at
https://betterleadersbetterschools.com
Twitter @alienearbud
https://www.facebook.com/betterleadersbetterschools/
048: Charanga – Best-selling online resource for primary music
Charanga is the best-selling, modern resource for primary music — online, easy to use and great value.
Includes
- A complete scheme to teach the national curriculum for music
- A vast library of songs, topics, instrument courses and creative apps
- In-depth support for assessment, SEND and personalised teaching and learning
I chat to founder Mark Burke about the history of the company.
We cover:
- How things have changed in technology over their 20 years
- The engagement with over 7000 schools
- Working in partnerships with over 100 Music Hubs
- How it is used by both music specialists and non-music specialist teachers
- International Expansion
- FREE trials
Visit www.charanga.com
You can listen to the full podcast at www.EducationOnFire.com and search for Charanga in the search bar.
LOVE: A story about who you truly are by Anita Moorjani and Angie DeMuro
Anita Moorjani and Angie DeMuro introduce their new children’s book to the world. You may find the book here: http://amzn.to/2fT9QCp
047: First steps in teaching Primary Music with Carol Aveyard
Teaching primary music is often a frightening thought for teachers. Carol Aveyard has over 25 years experience working as a music teacher for music services, primary schools and private practice in the UK and USA.
We discuss simple free ideas every classroom teacher can implement easily. Fear often comes from the unknown, so we take music back to basics and walk you through examples of lessons that will have your classes filled with rhythm and song to give a wonderful foundation on which to build a thriving musical culture in your school.
Here are some of the resources we talk about:
Interviews from this season referring to our cluster music events with Andy Williams from EWS and Hartwell Primary School please search for:
041: Our primary music project with Andy Williams – Head of Music at Elizabeth Woodville School
042: How music was embedded at Hartwell Primary School with Jayne Clancy
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