Google Chrome Lab is a free web based music resource and works across a variety of tablet and desktop computers. This training session will explore musical activities and games to introduce pitch, pulse, rhythm and instruments into your music classroom in a fun and interactive way.

Sessions cost £20 individually or £150 for the series.

For more information or to book, please see Services to Schools or email us at SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk.

How should you assess if there is no written work to mark? Guidance from Ofsted and specialist music educators, alongside practical classroom experience, will help you navigate this with confidence across your school.

Sessions cost £20 individually or £150 for the series.

For more information or to book, please see Services to Schools or email us at SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk.

Every primary school has a box of percussion instruments stored away in the cupboard. Can you name each of the instruments and do you know how they're used? Take away some practical activities to invigorate your music lessons using untuned percussion.

Sessions cost £20 individually or £150 for the series.

For more information or to book, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or use Services to Schools.

Join three fabulous Sing for Pleasure tutors for the day: Imelda Shirley, Stuart Overington and Ula Weber.

£60 to include a fantastic day of singing, refreshments and lunch.

To book or for more information, email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or use Services to Schools.

Need to cover composition as part of the music curriculum but not sure where to start? Shape your young musicians into composers with these short but effective plans and projects for the classroom.

Sessions cost £20 individually or £150 for the series. Please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or visit Services to Schools for more details or to book.

The new National Plan for Music Education (NPME2) recommends that each school should have their own Music Development Plan, setting out how they aim to deliver high-quality music provision for all pupils.

This half-day session will allow music co-ordinators to evaluate their current provision, develop an overall vision and then document how to get there. Evaluation tools and form templates will be provided.

To book, email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or using Services to Schools.

That old box stuffed full of untuned percussion instruments in the corner of the store room… what instruments are they? How can we use them effectively in the classroom?

Suitable for anyone teaching music at EYFS, KS1 and KS2 level (music co-ordinators, classroom teachers and teaching assistants).

Part of our CPD Package to schools, where up to five members of staff can attend per school. For more information, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk.

To book your place and find out more, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or book via Services to Schools.

Following on from our sessions on Writing Your Music Development Plan, this whole day session will give Music Coordinators and Senior Leaders the chance to review their goals from their Music Development Plans. If you are new to writing a Music Development Plan, there will be the opportunity to break out of the main session to discuss writing one from scratch.

Over the course of the academic year (2023/2024), we have met with nine music coordinators, three each from Newcastle, Sunderland and North Tyneside, to discuss Assessment in Primary Music. Our focus group will be presenting their findings.

To book your place, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or book using Services to Schools.

An in-person training session looking at ways of embedding curriculum plans into practice using the Model Music Curriculum.

Suitable for anyone teaching music at EYFS, KS1 and KS2 level (music co-ordinators, classroom teachers and teaching assistants)

Part of our CPD Package to schools, where up to five members of staff can attend per school. For more information, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk.

To book your place and find out more, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or book via Services to Schools.

An in-person practice workshop exploring how to lead musical sessions for the non-specialist.

Suitable for anyone teaching music at EYFS, KS1 and KS2 level (music co-ordinators, classroom teachers and teaching assistants).

Part of our CPD Package to schools, where up to five members of staff can attend per school. For more information, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk.

To book your place and find out more, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or book via Services to Schools.

Ideas and resources to support a variety of instrumental groups and bands. An in-person training session.

Part of our CPD Package to schools, where up to five members of staff can attend per school. For more information, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk.

To book your place and find out more, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or book via Services to Schools.

This free online training session will explore Ofsted Deep Dives in Music.

It will include presentations from Music Coordinators at both Primary and Secondary Level who have recently had successful Deep Dives in Music and a current Ofsted inspector.

To book your place and find out more, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or book via Services to Schools.

This in-person training session will explore pulse, rhythm and pitch games for KS1/KS2 to use as starter activities.

Available as part of our CPD Package to Schools where up to five members of staff per school are able to attend. For more information, please email SISMusicHub@newcastle.gov.uk

To book your place and find out more, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or book via Services to Schools.

The new National Plan for Music Education (NPME2) recommends that each school should have their own Music Development Plan, setting out how they aim to deliver high-quality music provision for all pupils.

This half-day session will allow music co-ordinators to evaluate their current provision, develop an overall vision and then document how to get there. Evaluation tools and form templates will be provided.

To book your place and find out more, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or book via Services to Schools.

Presented by the inspirational Nate Holder, who will be exploring approaches for decolonising the music curriculum. Following an introductory presentation, this will be an interactive session with time for questions throughout.

To book your place and find out more, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or book via Services to Schools.

This free online training session will explore the role of Music Coordinators in Primary Schools, and will be particularly suitable to anyone new to the role.

Featuring top tips for survival and SLA overviews from Newcastle, Sunderland and North Tyneside Music Education Hubs.

To book your place and find out more, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or book via Services to Schools.

This free online training session will be delivered by Charlotte Law and will explore how to use the Sing Up online resource effectively in the classroom.

Suitable for classroom teachers, teaching assistants and music coordinators working across all Key Stages.

To book your place and find out more, please email SISMusicHubAdmin@newcastle.gov.uk or book via Services to Schools.