Primary Music

KS1 • Ages 5-7

  • Musical Storyland

    Journey through Musical Storyland, where children’s favourite fairy tales and traditional folktales are re-imagined with magical music performed by musicians of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.

    • EYFS/KS1 • Ages 3-7

  • Sun, sea and song!

    Sun, sea and song! is a music series based around the theme of the sea and can be used to support the KS1 topics The Seaside, Under the Sea and Pirates.

    • KS1 • Ages 5-7

  • Traditional tales

    Three traditional stories - Tiddalik the Frog, Anansi the Spider and Lakshmi and the Clever Washerwoman - are explored through songs and music activities. Ideal for combining music objectives with study of a traditional tale. Presented by Andy Day and Rebecca Keatley.

    • KS1 • Ages 5-7

  • Little Red Riding Hood

    Songs and music activities linking to the traditional story Little Red Riding Hood.

    • KS1 • Ages 5-7

  • Jack and the Beanstalk

    Songs and music activities linking to the traditional story of Jack and the Beanstalk.

    • KS1 • Ages 5-7

  • Primary School Songs

    Songs covering a wide range of topics including Food, Travel and Transport, Dinosaurs, Pirates, Historical periods, MFL...as well as songs linked to activities during the Primary school day.

    • KS1/KS2 • Ages 5-11

  • Join in with Music Around the World

    A series providing opportunities for pupils to join in with specially-composed music tracks, either with instruments, voices, tuned or un-tuned percussion and body percussion.

    • KS1/KS2 • Ages 5-12

  • Dance with air, earth, fire and water

    Dances for each of the four element have been choreographed to different pieces of classical music including JS Bach, Karl Jenkins, Aaron Copland, Johann Strauss, Claude Debussy and John Adams.

    • KS1 • Ages 5-7

  • Bring The Noise

    Music resources for use in teaching music to primary school children aged four to seven-years-old.

    • EYFS/KS1 • Ages 4-7
    Graphic showing text "BBC Bring the Noise" and "Play It!".

  • Ten Pieces

    Classical music lesson plans and resources designed to introduce Early Years and KS1 children to the composers Gustav Holst, Jean Sibelius, Vaughan Williams and Kerry Andrew.

    • KS1 • Ages 5-7

KS2 • Ages 7-11

  • The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: A Musical for Schools

    This new musical for schools has been inspired by the book and animated short film adaption (The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, available now on BBC iPlayer) of the same name. It makes an ideal musical performance lasting about one hour.

    • KS1/KS2 • Ages 5-11

  • The history of western classical music

    A series of 7 videos presented by Naomi Wilkinson exploring the history of western classical music. Featuring her friend 'Ludwig van Offbeaten'.

    • KS2 • Ages 7-11

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream - A Musical for Schools

    Take part in this musical adaptation of Shakespeare's play, with a playscript and eight songs to learn. The resources include the complete playscript, vocal and backing track versions of the songs, plus lyric sheets and music sheets to download.

    • KS2 • Ages 7-11

  • Ten Pieces

    Ten Pieces aims to open up the world of classical music to 7-14 year-olds across the UK and inspire them to develop their own creative responses to the music.

    • KS2 • Ages 7-11

  • The Anglo-Saxons

    Songs and music activities on the KS2 History topic 'Anglo-Saxons', with opportunities to appraise and compose.

    • KS2 • Ages 7-11

  • Join in with Music Around the World

    A series providing opportunities for pupils to join in with specially-composed music tracks, either with instruments, voices, tuned or un-tuned percussion and body percussion.

    • KS1/KS2 • Ages 5-12

  • Rocking Romans!

    8 songs about The Romans - including buildings, customs, gods and goddesses, pastimes, Boudicca, gladiators, arts and crafts.

    • KS2 • Ages 7-11

  • Heroes of Troy

    Vocal coach David Grant has seven exciting songs to learn, each one linking to an episode of the story of the Trojan War. There is also a playscript which incorporates the songs and music in a performance.

    • KS2 • Ages 7-11

  • Macbeth

    Songs and music activities exploring Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. Then stage your own performance of our specially-written musical version of the play.

    • KS2 • Ages 7-11

  • Treasure Island

    Take part in songs and music activities exploring the classic story Treasure Island. Video resources with songs and music to download. Presented by David Grant. Stage your own concert performance.

    • KS2 • Ages 7-11

  • The Tempest

    Take part in songs and music activities targeting learning objectives from the KS2 Music and KS2 Literacy curriculum based on Shakespeare's play The Tempest. Stage your own performance.

    • KS2 • Ages 7-11

  • Viking Saga Songs

    Songs and music activities about The Vikings targeting objectives from the KS2 Music curriculum and KS2 History curriculum.

    • KS2 • Ages 7-11

  • The science of sound, music and musical instruments.

    Fran Scott and Greg Foot explore the science of sound, music and musical instruments.

    • KS2 • Ages 7-11

  • Composing music

    Groups of children work together to create and perform pieces of music.

    • KS2/KS3 • Ages 5-11

  • Eurovision 2023 – Live Lesson

    Inspired by the unique partnership between the UK, Ukraine and host city Liverpool, this 30 minute curriculum-linked music lesson celebrates inclusivity and explores the power of music to bring communities together through fun interactive activities.

    • KS2 • Ages 7-11