Here at Blaydon West we follow the online scheme Charanga, your child has their own individual login to access this site. There is a children’s section called YUMU.

https://charanga.com/site/

For any child who plays a musical instrument you can login here to click onto the instrument you play and follow some tuition.

https://www.gatesheadsouthtynesidecharanga.co.uk/music-world/resources

General Music Websites

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise
• https://cornerstoneconfessions.com/2012/08/the-ultimate-list-of-online-music.html
• http://www.creatingmusic.com/
• http://www.sphinxkids.org/

Music Tuition

• https://www.facebook.com/BenedettiFoundation/
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNp_cT0g-jORt3PG6FP2T5g

Places to experience live music locally

https://sagegateshead.com/your-visit/

EYFS

Exploring Sounds

• The Jungle – https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/eyfs-music-sonic-explorers-garden-jungle/zhvmkmn
• The Supermarket – https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/eyfs-music-sonic-explorers-supermarket-space-station/zmsqcqt
• Beach Dinosaurs – https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/eyfs-music-sonic-explorers-beach-prehistoric-times/zjjbhbk
• Under the Sea – https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/eyfs-music-sonic-explorers-under-the-sea/zvrpqp3

Nursery rhymes

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/nursery-rhymes
• https://cheekychompers.com/blog-post/top-sing-alongs

KS1 Music

Listen

• http://creatingmusic.com/BlockGames/ComparingGame/
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/music/mm/mood01.shtml
• http://www.musicgames.net/livegames/orchestra/orchestra2.htm

Play

Dancing to different kinds of music related to the elements – fire, water, ice

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/physical-education–music-ks1-dance-with-the-elements/z7m2y9q
• http://www.musicgames.net/livegames/12steps/12steps2.htm

Learn

Classical Music

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/classical-music-early-years/znvhrj6
• https://www.classicsforkids.com/music/hearthemusic.php

CBeebies Music Raps

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/andys-raps-index/z6tjcqt

Making Music at home

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/half-term-music-activities/zmmpxyc/
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/make-a-jam/zfcd8xs

Fun songs with sign language

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/5-songs-in-bsl/z4g88xs/

Music from around the UK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/national-pioneers-pages/zvg9kmn

Different groups in an orchestra

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/orchestral-families/zfbyy9q

Nursery rhymes

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/nursery-rhymes

KS2

Listen

Classical Music

• https://www.classicsforkids.com/music/hearthemusic.php
• http://creativekidseducationfoundation.org/kids/opera/base.htm

Classical Music Composers

• https://www.classicsforkids.com/shows/pastshows.php
• https://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/composers_timeline.php
• https://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/composers_map.php

Choosing Music as a Career

https://www.classicsforkids.com/music/musical_careers.php

The Orchestra

• https://www.classicsforkids.com/music/instruments_orchestra.php
• http://www.musicgames.net/livegames/orchestra/orchestra2.htm

Games

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/music/mm/sound01.shtml
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/music/mm/mood01.shtml

Play

Understanding Musical Terms

• https://www.classicsforkids.com/games/musical_terms.php
• https://www.classicsforkids.com/games/compose_your_own_music.php
• https://www.classicsforkids.com/games/rhythm_master.php
• https://www.classicsforkids.com/games/note_names.php
• http://creatingmusic.com/BlockGames/3×3/

Games

• http://creatingmusic.com/BlockGames/3×3/
• http://www.creatingmusic.com/BlockGames/NewGames/BlockGames.html

Learn

• https://www.classicsforkids.com/music/musical_dictionary.php
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/music/mm/orchestra02.shtml

Music Books

Fiction

• Music Fiction Stories
• Mozart Finds His Melody by Stephen Costanza
• Ninas Waltz by Corrine Demas
• The Orphan Singer by Emily Arnold McCully
• A Band of Angels by Deborah Hopkinson
• The Piano by William Miller
• Mole Music by David McPhail
• The Dog Who Sang Opera by Jim West
• A Fiddle For Angus by Budge Wilson
• Nate the Great and the Musical note by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
• Hallelujah Handel by Douglas Cowling
• Spider Storch’s Music Mess by Gina Wilna-Pardo
• Basket of Beethoven by Susan Currie
• The Mystery of the Stolen Music by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• Beethoven in Paradise by Barbara O’Connor
• Mountain Solo by Jeanette Ingold
• Dance me a Story: Twelve Tales from the Classic Ballets by Jane Rosenberg
• Sing me a Story: The Metropolitan Opera’s Book of Opera Stories for Children by Jane Rosenberg

Non Fiction

• Eyewitness Music by Neil Ardley
• Beethoven by Anna Carew-Miller
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by Diane Cook
• Great Composers by Stuart A Kallen
• Pyotr Tchaikovsky by Wendy Thompson
• Introducing Vivaldi by Roland Vernon
• Sebastian: A book about Bach
• Music Makers: Woodwind Instruments by Elizabeth Reid
• Music Makers:Cellos
• Music Makers: Saxaphones
• Music Makers: Tubas
• Music Makers: Trombones
• Carnival of the Animals by Joh Lithgow
• The King Fisher Young People’s Book of Music by Clive Wilson
• Those Amazing Musical instruments by Genevieve Helsby

Books for Parents

• Raising Musical Kids by Robert A Cutietta
• The Young Musicians Survival Guide by Amy Nathan