Introduction

Starters and Plenaries for Music provides ready-to-use starters and plenaries for students in Key Stages 3 and 4. In addition, it provides templates for designing similar activities to fit the objectives of any class Music lesson.

Starters and plenaries are valuable tools for raising students’ attainment. They bring a clear structure to a lesson by breaking it into a number of distinct activities. Starters facilitate an engaging first few minutes at the beginning of the lesson and plenaries offer time to consolidate learning at the end.

Music is a combination of skills and knowledge. The main body of a Music lesson should focus on skills – after all, Music is a practical subject – it’s no good just talking about it! The start and end of the lesson, therefore, offer an ideal opportunity to reinforce musical knowledge. Starters and Plenaries for Music offers a selection of activities to help Music teachers prepare starters and plenaries for their lessons.