Teacher Notes

Clear guidance built into every activity — what happens, how to deliver it, how to adapt, and how it links to learning outcomes. Made for confident delivery by specialists and non-specialists.

Built for confident teaching

Teacher notes are designed to remove uncertainty: what you’re doing, why you’re doing it, and what to do if it doesn’t land first time. This keeps delivery consistent across classes and staff — especially when music is taught by non-specialists or during cover.

  • At a glance: what happens, teacher tip, and key objectives.
  • Deliver: classroom setup, how to run, quick fixes.
  • Adapt: support, challenge, and extension ideas.
  • Learning outcomes: clear mapping for progression and reporting.
Teacher notes deliver tab with classroom setup, how to run, and quick fixes
Example: “Deliver” tab — setup, how to run, and quick fixes.

The four teacher note tabs

Every activity follows the same structure so teachers can find what they need quickly.

Activity notes at a glance showing what happens, teacher tip and objectives
At a glance Quick summary: what happens, a teacher tip, and learning objectives.
Deliver tab with classroom setup, how to run and quick fixes
Deliver Classroom setup, how to run the activity, and common quick fixes.
Adapt tab showing support, challenge and extension options
Adapt Support and challenge ideas, plus extension activities linked to the same concept.
Learning outcomes tab showing how the activity maps to outcomes
Learning outcomes Clear mapping so progression and coverage can be understood and evidenced.

Session structure teachers can follow

Teacher notes work alongside the session structure: clear overview at the start and a simple recap at the end.

Session overview showing planned activities, intentions and success criteria
Session overview What’s planned, learning intentions and success criteria — clear for teacher and class.
Session recap showing what we learned and what we will learn next time
Session recap “What we learned” and “what’s next” — simple continuity across a term.
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