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Primary School Music Resources for Teachers

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Primary School Music Resources for Teachers

Finding reliable, easy-to-use primary school music resources can be a challenge, especially if you’re a non-specialist teacher or juggling a busy timetable. Whether you need quick lesson starters, full schemes of work, or activities that work on-screen without extra printing, this guide highlights effective music resources for primary teachers — including links to ready-made, curriculum-aligned tools you can use straight away.

Everything here supports the National Curriculum and the Model Music Curriculum (MMC), and is suitable for both KS1 and KS2.

Why Primary Teachers Need Accessible Music Resources

Music in primary school is most successful when teachers have access to:

  • no-prep activities that can be delivered instantly
  • clear sequencing across EYFS–KS2
  • high-quality listening and practical tasks
  • assessment tools that don’t create extra marking
  • flexible lessons that fit different classrooms, timetables, and teacher confidence levels

Many schools struggle with consistency because resources are scattered — a warm-up on one site, a song on another, a worksheet somewhere else. The best solutions bring everything together in one place.

1. Ready-Made Primary Music Activities

If you want to teach music confidently without hours of planning, interactive activities are a great place to start. Kidstrument includes a large bank of curriculum-aligned music activities for primary schools, all designed for screen-based delivery via the Activities page.

Popular examples include:

These activities require no instruments and allow teachers to deliver high-quality lessons instantly, even if music isn’t their specialism.

Explore more: Browse all Activities

2. Complete Schemes of Work (EYFS–Year 6)

A strong long-term plan helps teachers feel confident that their lessons build meaningful skills over time. Kidstrument provides sequenced Schemes of Work for every year group from EYFS to Year 6.

Each scheme includes:

  • clear learning outcomes
  • units and lessons across three terms
  • skill development in rhythm, pitch, singing, listening, composition and performance
  • interactive tasks you can click and teach

See more: Kidstrument Schemes of Work

3. Build-Your-Own Lessons with the Curriculum Designer

If you want the flexibility to adapt the curriculum to suit your school — mixed-age classes, themed weeks, assemblies, breakfast clubs — the Curriculum Designer is one of the most useful tools available to primary teachers.

With it, you can:

  • drag-and-drop interactive activities to build custom lessons
  • save lessons to re-use across multiple classes
  • arrange your annual plan in a visual grid
  • teach any lesson instantly with the “Go to lesson” button

Learn more: Curriculum Designer

4. Listening Resources for the Primary Classroom

Listening is one of the most overlooked areas of primary music — yet it’s central to the MMC. Good listening resources help pupils develop musical vocabulary, understand genres, and hear patterns clearly.

Useful Kidstrument listening activities include:

These activities work well as stand-alone lessons, cover lessons, or focused transitions between subjects.

5. Singing & Vocal Resources for KS1 and KS2

Singing is a core requirement of the primary curriculum, and simple warm-ups can make a huge difference to confidence and quality. Teachers often say it’s the area they feel least confident in.

Try these Kidstrument vocal resources:

You don’t need to be a confident singer — these activities guide the children so you don’t have to model everything perfectly.

6. Rhythm & Movement Resources

Practical movement activities help build pulse, coordination and expression. They also work brilliantly when your class needs an energy reset.

Useful Kidstrument rhythm and movement resources include:

These resources are ideal for mixed-ability and SEND-inclusive classrooms because they combine sound, movement and visuals.

7. Assessment & Evidence Tools

Music assessment doesn’t need to mean written tests or piles of worksheets. Kidstrument includes Tracking & Reporting tools that automatically record lesson coverage and progress.

You can:

  • track which activities and lessons have been completed
  • see coverage of strands across the year
  • generate reports for SLT and Ofsted
  • record audio/video clips as evidence of real musical outcomes

Explore these tools: Tracking and Reporting

8. Curriculum Maps and Long-Term Planning Support

For subject leaders, it’s helpful to see the whole offer at a glance. Kidstrument provides curriculum maps for Nursery, Reception, KS1, lower KS2 and upper KS2, as well as year-specific overviews.

These maps help you check coverage, identify gaps, and communicate your music intent clearly to staff and SLT.

View examples:

Summary: The Best Primary Music Resources Are the Ones You’ll Actually Use

Teachers don’t need more paperwork or complicated planning processes — they need practical tools they can run instantly with their class. The best primary school music resources are those that:

  • engage children immediately
  • reduce planning time
  • actively build musical skills
  • are flexible across year groups
  • help teachers show progression clearly

If you want ready-made, interactive resources that are simple to deliver and mapped to the curriculum, Kidstrument gives you everything you need in one place.

Start exploring:

Or read more about how it all fits together: How Kidstrument Works.

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