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Bring history off the page and into the music room with the newly updated “The Victorians” Primary/KS2 Music Unit from Musical Contexts. A musical route into Victorian history. A cross-curricular music unit with real classroom purpose This KS2 unit links music learning with Victorian Britain, helping pupils explore the period through listening, performing, composing and discussion. Practical music-making keeps the topic active. The update makes it a fresh choice for primary t

Music teaching works best when the lesson starts with sound, movement, attention and curiosity, not with a last-minute hunt for a backing track or a rushed plan. That is the promise behind the new KS2/Primary fully-resourced music units from Musical Contexts: clear, classroom-ready support that helps every music lesson feel purposeful, creative and enjoyable. Primary music has a lot to do. It needs to build singing, listening, performing, composing, improvising, vocabulary, c

With Christmas being one of the busiest times of the year in School Music Departments, the Musical Contexts Christmas Music Cover Packs 1 & 2 offer 10 different and varied activities that can be quickly and easily set as Music Cover Work over the festive season. All of the activities and tasks within the Christmas Music Cover Packs can be completed without ICT and therefore can be completed in 'non-music rooms' and come complete with answers, solutions and mark schemes. There

Purpose : This unit explores musical styles in Britain during the 1930’s and 1940’s and focuses on popular music during the Second World...

The KS2/Primary 99 Zone unit, "Ancient Greece", has been newly updated exploring Triple Time, Leitmotif and the Pentatonic Scale. 99 Zone...