Primary Music Magazine Award Winners

PRIMARY MUSIC MAGAZINE AWARDS WINNERS 2019!

Best Composing/Improvising Resource

WINNER: Pictures, Poems & Percussion 2

This Big Book and CD is a collection of poems for children that incorporates pictures and percussion to create a unique learning resource.

What the judges said: “We chose this resource because of its uniqueness, its beautiful design, and its links between literacy and composition. Beautifully illustrated, this ‘big book’ has real appeal for younger ages, and is easy to use for even the nonspecialist teacher. A real treat from Out of the Ark!”

Find out more about this resource here: https://www.outoftheark.co.uk/pictures-poems-percussion-2.html

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Best Vocal Resource

WINNER: Sing Up

Sing Up makes transformative change happen in schools to enhance children’s development and learning through the power of singing.

What the judges said: “We chose this resource because of its sheer breadth and depth! Sing Up has absolutely everything you could think of in terms of a singing resource, providing a complete package for both specialist and non-specialist teachers.”

Find out more about this resource here: https://www.singup.org/

Best Curriculum Scheme

WINNER: Charanga

Charanga is helping teachers in over 8500 schools to provide modern, exciting music lessons that children really enjoy.

What the judges said: “There is a reason that Charanga is always the first resource that comes to mind when you think of a curriculum scheme! We love the fact that it is based on sound pedagogical principles like the spiral curriculum, and that it caters for both non-specialist and specialist music teachers, providing a ‘complete’ solution including everything you need to plan, deliver and assess music.”

Find out more about this resource here: https://charanga.com/site/

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Best Instrumental Resource

WINNER: Online World Music Workshops

Inspire Works World-Music online learning platform brings their expert facilitators to your classroom as many times as you need, whenever you want, and wherever you are in the world.

What the judges said: “This resource absolutely blew us away! This is such a well-thought-out online learning package, which combines Inspire Works’ expertise in world music with the class teacher’s expertise in assessment, providing a complete package for instrumental learning. We were also impressed with the price, which is incredibly good value for such a high-quality resource.”

Find out more about this resource here: https://www.inspire-works.co.uk/online-learning25

Best Listening Resource

WINNER: Music Express Extra

This series, created by Helen MacGregor, actively engages children in listening perceptively to music.

What the judges said: “We loved this listening resource as it wasn’t just a bank of audio files, but a really interactive resource with lots of ideas for how to listen! It features a great range of different musical styles and traditions, and provides easy-to-understand guidance for the non-specialist teacher”.

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Best Workshop Provider

WINNER: Toscana Strings

Toscana Strings launched ‘Stories set to Music’ in March 2018 with the aim of delivering live music in primary schools in a fun, interactive and informative way.

What the judges said: “This workshop provider had thought really hard about how to engage primary aged children, choosing age-appropriate themes to base their workshops around. We also liked the fact that they are a string quintet, which is an unusual ensemble to see performing in a primary school!”

Find out more about Toscana Strings here: https://www.toscanastrings.co.uk/school-concerts