Music
Explore our classroom-ready, evidence-based Music lessons, aligned with Australian standards and built on effective teaching principals.
Overview of Music for Learning Units
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Empower Music and Generalist Teachers
As a subject in the Australian Curriculum, all students participate in music education in primary school.
Despite this, most Australian primary schools do not have a specialist music teacher. Generalist teachers, while expected to teach music, can find music classes challenging.
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Music for Learning simplifies music education with ready-to-teach lessons for any teacher, specialist or not.
It includes bespoke videos for non-musicians and adaptable content for music experts.
Discover an Evidence-Based Music Curriculum
Music for Learning combines sequenced lessons and scaffolded resources for optimised teaching.
The curriculum is evidence-based on the Kodály pedagogy.
It introduces students to key music concepts, progressing from concrete understanding to abstract music notation.
Lift Student Results Through Music Education
Evidence shows there are significant learning benefits for students who participate in music education, including:
- enhanced cognitive development
- better memory and focus
- improved physical coordination skills
- higher self-discipline and commitment
- more effective teamwork and social interaction
- boosted self-expression and stress relief.
Access a Complete Music for Learning Toolkit
The toolkit contains:
- Classroom-ready lessons
- Teaching Guides
- Student Workbooks
- Assessment framework
- Teachers’ professional learning modules.
Music for Learning is mapped to the Australian Curriculum for English.
Develop Students’ Love of Music
Music for Learning centres on singing and instrumental play, teaching students percussion, ukulele, recorder and piano, as well as music composition with acoustic instruments and iPad apps.
It enriches all students’ lives with music, offering self-expression and enjoyment, and provides talented individuals with advanced opportunities, all within their cultural context.
Enhance ACARA Cross-Curricular Priority Areas
Music for Learning includes links to ACARA cross-curricular priority areas: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia, and Sustainability, using music as a tool to help teach a better understanding of these domains.
Rely on a Growing Body of Evidence
A trial of Music for Learning run in two campuses of the Cape York Aboriginal Australian Academy found that over half of the Year 3–6 students were at higher than or comparable to national music levels for their age.
Made in Australia for Australian Schools
Music for Learning embraces a diverse musical heritage, reflecting Australian, European, Indigenous and global influences, and encourages local community engagement.
It fully meets the Australian Curriculum standards, including ACARA cross-curricular priorities