Just a few days ago, the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) released the Arts consultation curriculum, which is the proposed Australian Curriculum for the Arts, including music. The Australian Curriculum in its current form has been in place since 2015, so a process to review it began in 2020, which is a
Need a little inspiration and fun in your music classroom? There are so many tools that teachers can use to gain momentum for themselves and gain their students’ attention! This post is about sharing one of those tools - that is the power of using cool online videos. You can use these videos to catch
This collection of 10 music theory jokes is one of the many Fun Music Company of Tools for #FunMusicTeachers. In this series of articles we aim to give teachers lots of ideas and resources for making their music lessons FUN! Why use Humor in music theory? Having a few music theory jokes in the memory
Are you a Fun Music Teacher? Seriously… are you? I'm not just talking about if you're a customer, client or friend of the Fun Music Company of course! If you are a client of ours then of course you have some wonderful materials. However, this is talking about a lot more than
So you want to teach the Ukulele? I don’t know how you’ve found this article. Maybe someone has suggested to you that the ukulele would be a good idea for your music classes, or alternatively perhaps you’ve been teaching the ukulele already for a while, but you’re feeling a bit “stuck in a rut” and
“Hey (insert your name here) why don’t you do some ukulele playing with the (insert difficult class)?” How many of you have heard that sort of thing before? I don’t know why you’re here, but you’ve found yourself on a page with an article that says it includes three keys for setting up
I always find it fascinating to look back on my career so far as a music teacher and think to myself….what did my students really get from it all. Did they just learn about the techniques and fingerings that they had to learn over the years to pass the next exam…. or was it much
Have you ever had times where things just don’t feel like they’re ever coming together and yet had other times where it’s all been so easy? I was reflecting on it this morning on my run and I realized that there have been two major milestones which have felt well, easier, and in the past
During my early teaching career, there was one extracurricular activity that I never missed and that was our annual State Music Camp. I loved it! It was a buzz for me to attend as a teacher for many years, the kids were stoked to be there, some great conductors gave their time and energy freely
Ever wonder how to get your school noticed worldwide and become the coolest high school teacher ever overnight? Recently (January 2015) theatre teacher, Scot Pankey and his 200 students did just that - not with some fancy computer school program or high maths or english test scores, but with one single music clip where