Australian Curriculum Music v9: Foundation Year Explained for Primary Teachers The Australian Curriculum v9 for Music at Foundation Year requires students to begin exploring music through play, imagination and creative expression. It covers four interrelated strands: developing practices and skills, presenting and performing, creating and making, and exploring and responding. The curriculum at
Play-Alongs, Pop Songs, and Copyright: What Every Music Teacher Should Understand You’ve probably seen them. Boomwhacker play-alongs on YouTube. Bucket drumming videos. Kids playing along to the latest pop song while a screen does the teaching. It looks engaging. It’s easy to set up. And honestly — we get it. When you’re juggling
Boomwhackers for the Classroom - Everything You Need to Get Started Boomwhackers are colour-coded hollow plastic tubes used in primary school music classrooms worldwide. Each tube produces a distinct musical pitch when struck — longer tubes for lower notes, shorter tubes for higher notes — with a colour-coding system that allows students and
What Does a Good K–6 Music Curriculum Actually Look Like? 3 Things That Most Documents Get Wrong Opening a government lesson resource is the most brutal confidence hit you didn't ask for, and I'm not even talking about the 160 pages. I'm talking about the version of yourself that starts to believe
Elements of Music: The Complete Guide for Australian Teachers If you've ever felt confused about the elements of music—wondering whether there are six, seven, or even eight elements, and why different curriculum documents seem to contradict each other—you're not alone. This confusion is one of the biggest challenges facing music educators across Australia,
Valentine's Day Music Lesson Plans & Activities for your Primary or Elementary Classroom We've done the hard work for you – here are three fun Valentine's Day music lessons your class will love! Valentine's Day is a wonderful opportunity to bring a little extra love and fun into your music classroom —
How to Teach Ukulele in the Classroom: A Complete Guide for Primary and Elementary Teachers World Ukulele Day — and there's never been a better time to bring the ukulele into your classroom. Whether you've been thinking about it for a while, or you've just stumbled across a set of ukuleles in
Getting Motivated After The Holidays Ideas and strategies for Music Teachers January. New year. Fresh start... and you're already counting down to Easter break. Sound familiar? You love teaching. You had the break. But walking back into that classroom feels like returning to a treadmill you can't get off. Here's what nobody
The State of Music Curriculum in Australia Your 2026 Guide to Teaching Primary School Music Jump to the content for your state: ACT - New South Wales - Northern Territory - Queensland South Australia - Tasmania - Victoria - Western Australia If you're teaching music in an Australian
From Burnout to Breakthrough: New Year Planning for Music Teachers You made it. Seriously—you made it through another year. The concerts, the chaos, the last-minute planning, the moments when you wondered if you could keep going. But here you are, reading this, probably exhausted, maybe a little cynical about the "fresh start" energy
