Into Music 4 support material

This site provides the online support material referred to in Into Music 4, a resource for teachers of years 1–13 students.

Consisting of a book and video, Into Music 4 is the final resource in a series designed to support teaching of the music discipline of The Arts In the New Zealand Curriculum. The book focuses on the planning, teaching, learning, and assessment of music, and the accompanying video supports the book with illustrated examples from classrooms working at curriculum levels 1–7.

Following is a list of the online support material referred to in Into Music 4. To access one of the resources, click on a title in the list below. [Note: Once one of the resources has been accessed, a menu will appear on the right-hand side of the page that can be used to navigate between these resources.]

• Learning in music – overview of literacy in music
• Developing a school arts policy
• School self-review form for arts programme development
• School-wide music programme case study: Belmont Primary School
• Template for music unit plan
• Examples of music planning:
  • Machine music – unit plan for level 4
  • Tane and the stars – unit plan for years 4–8
  • Creating a soundscape – unit plan for years 3–4
  • Making links between language and music – learning ideas
  • Listening and responding to music – unit plan for years 7–8
  • Pentatonic scale theme – school-wide music programme
  • Singing – learning ideas (PDF 95KB)
    
  • Music planning process – developing a 10 week plan
  • Improvisation circle in music – learning ideas
  • Blame it on the boogie – unit plan for years 4–6
  • Kilbirnie School music unit plan – Level 2
  • Kilbirnie School music unit plan – Level 4
• Assessment in music