Any Primary School Music Teachers Here?!, Need advice for KS1 music please! Options

[flutey toot]

Hello! About to start an assignment :( to do with KS1 music lessons. Have to include info on the following:
Current issues in early years education
Teaching styles in early years
Role of the coordinator at KS1

And any good websites/ books/ schemes of work etc would be much appreciated!

Many thanks!

Flutey toot xx

[SteveHopwood]

Hi flutey toot

Just sent you an email with the address of a music graduart\ primary teacher who will be happy to help you.

Steve

[flutey toot]

Hi flutey toot

Just sent you an email with the address of a music graduart\ primary teacher who will be happy to help you.

Steve

Thanks Mr H! I will check my emails right now Thanks very much!

[Cyrilla]

Hi - I did a BEd and taught Reception-Year 4 for 11 years before I started specialising in music - I've now been teaching Kodaly to KS1/2 for rather more years than I care to remember - so I may be able to help, flutey toot.

Only problem being I'm away most of the summer - but do let me know if I can help at all!

:)

[flutey toot]

Hey Cyrilla - if you have a spare moment, it would be GREAT if you could email me some of your own opinions and advice on those brief headings I posted! :)

[Garkleine]

Have you checked out the National Curriculum websites etc? :)

[flutey toot]

yup! just looking for info and advice/ideas from people who are actually in the profession at the mo!

[anahita]

Hello! About to start an assignment  :( to do with KS1 music lessons. Have to include info on the following:
Current issues in early years education
Teaching styles in early years
Role of the coordinator at KS1

And any good websites/ books/ schemes of work etc would be much appreciated!

Many thanks!

Flutey toot xx

Hello i'm also just about to start teaching music and have so far purchased music express scheme from A & C Black which seems to be very good any other ideas out there

[anahita]

Hi - I did a BEd and taught Reception-Year 4 for 11 years before I started specialising in music - I've now been teaching Kodaly to KS1/2 for rather more years than I care to remember - so I may be able to help, flutey toot.

Only problem being I'm away most of the summer - but do let me know if I can help at all!

:)

I'd really appreciate some help in understanding the Kodaly method of teaching is there any courses up north

[flutey toot]

Ah good old Music Express! My school uses that although I ended up doing my own things. I think they are pretty good to usebut its best to adapt them according to the class and the abilities. I did find there wasnt too much in the way of getting stuck into music making - rather a lot of listening to little snippets...

[anahita]

Ah good old Music Express! My school uses that although I ended up doing my own things. I think they are pretty good to usebut its best to adapt them according to the class and the abilities. I did find there wasnt too much in the way of getting stuck into music making - rather a lot of listening to little snippets...

Do you have any other ideas for me then all contributions would be welcome. I will be teaching year 2 & 3 both for an hour per week. People have said that i will need to pad out the music express. I am interested in teaching using Kodaly but have only attended 1 workshop so my knowledge is limited. Do you know of any books that will help? thanks Ana

[flutey toot]

Crikey dont know much about Kodaly im afraid. Google it and im sure something will come up.
Check out teachingideas.co.uk and go to the music section for a variety of simple and fun activities. If you are doing Years 2 and 3 then fun 'games' are probably the best way forward- if you play the piano/guitar try teaching them a few simple songs too. In fact, i was scared about the idea that i will be a music coordinator next year but im beginning to look forward to it! I want to be in charge and experiment with different ideas THE POWER!!!!!

[helly burnet]

A great book that you might find very useful is the KS1 'Growing With Music' teacher's book by Michael Stocks and Andrew Maddocks. (ISBN 0 521-56976-1)It contains everything you would need, masses of very simple songs (ie beginning with rhythm songs, then just with :D two pitches, soh and me, the first and simplest interval that children naturally sing) arranged in order of pitch complexity; loads of photocopiable sheets, advice on curriculum, planning, progression, etc. I had some intensive training from Michael Stocks who is in charge of the education side of the Voices Foundation, and he was absolutely brilliant. :D

[flutey toot]

sounds goog thanks for that - will see if the uni library stocks it. Basically im looking to go into Primary only music teaching but as my course is KS2 and 3 I have had very limited experience with KS1 but need to do an assignment on it?!! Well, I wrote 800 on another assignment yesterday YAY! Only another 3 and a half assingments to go...................

[Cyrilla]

Hi anahita - well, there is a Kodaly course in Manchester and also in Darlington - 'the north' is a big place and I'm not sure quite which bit you are in! Do please PM me if you don't want to put it on the website where you live - and I'll see if there will be any courses in your area.

There may well be another day in Birmingham as there was this April.

If you e-mail CELIACVIIC@aol.com she will put you on the mailing list so that you find out in advance about any courses being run by the British Kodaly Academy during the year.

I'm afraid my response to 'Music Express' is mostly YUK!!!!!! You would be far better off learning how to teach according to the Kodaly principles (yes, Michael Stocks' book is helpful here - I was the Voices Foundation's first advisory teacher!!). One singing game teaches the children far more about music than weeks of 'Fireworks Bingo' or singing horrible commercial songs which are unsuitable both in terms of pitch and rhythm for young children to sing. YUK again!! :huh: