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A collection of Waiata that was created to bring old waiata back to life. This resource has been well researched with correct kupu/lyrics, chord chart, audio file, lyrics video and […]
A free Reading Music Website for students to enhance their music literacy skills. Created by Joseph Allen who teaches music at Primary and Intermediate level and also a Program Designer […]
MENZA Presents; Korero with Delysse Glenn; National Assessment Advisor for Music. Delysse discusses good practices seen so far with the new internally assessed Level 1 Music Achievement Standards and answers […]
Secondary Hui was held on the 15th of August. A great Korero especially surrounds NCEA Music 1.3 and how to prepare students for the assessment—thinking about using STAR funding to […]
How can New Zealand pop songs be analysed in the classroom? Music teacher and composer Mathew Hoyes discusses an approach, and has created examples to assist getting started. Mat Hoyes […]
Embark on a more profound learning journey through a Te Ao Māori lens with Taonga Puoro practitioners Horomona Horo and Kelly Kahukiwa. This series of recorded wānanga offers a unique […]
Eighth Wānanga: Music Subject Learning Outcomes Workshops: Delving into Te Ao Māori: Exploring Musical Histories and Tikanga In this video, we explore; Presented by Horomona Horo (Absent) and Kelly Kahukiwa […]
Seventh Wānanga: Subject Learning Outcomes Learning Workshops: Delving into Te Ao Māori: Exploring Musical Histories and Tikanga In this video, we explore; Presented by Horomona Horo (Absent) and Kelly Kahukiwa […]
Sixth Wānanga: Music Subject Learning Outcomes Workshops: Delving into Te Ao Māori: Exploring Musical Histories and Tikanga In this video we explore; Presented by Horomona Horo (Absent) and Kelly Kahukiwa […]
Fifth Wānanga: Music Subject Learning Outcomes Workshops: Delving into Te Ao Māori: Exploring Musical Histories and Tikanga In this video we explore; Presented by Horomona Horo and Kelly Kahukiwa Zoom […]
Fourth Wānanga: Music Subject Learning Outcomes Workshops: Delving into Te Ao Māori: Exploring Musical Histories and Tikanga In this video we explore; Presented by Horomona Horo and Kelly Kahukiwa Zoom […]
Third Wānanga: Music Subject Learning Outcomes Workshops: Delving into Te Ao Māori: Exploring Musical Histories and Tikanga In this video we explore; Presented by Horomona Horo and Kelly Kahukiwa Zoom […]
2nd wānanga: Music Subject Learning Outcomes Workshops: Delving into Te Ao Māori: Exploring Musical Histories and Tikanga In this video we explore; Presented by Horomona Horo and Kelly Kahukiwa Zoom […]
First wānanga: Music Subject Learning Outcomes Workshops: Delving into Te Ao Māori: Exploring Musical Histories and Tikanga In this video, we explore wānanga through Whakawhanaungatanga and set up the learning […]
This is a selection/fountain of karakia (Puna Karakia) for Gathering resources from the Ngahere and Moana. It also includes karakia for kai, beginning and ending hui, and lessons. Puna Karakia
Big Ideas posters you can hang around your classroom. Created by Stephen Garton Full-Res (A3) Posters: Big Ideas
A resource written and gathered by the MENZA Board. This resource is designed to aid teachers to build their understanding of Matauranga Puoro Māori. This resource is targeted for Year […]
A great resource written by Stephen Garton that will aid secondary teachers with their Year 11 programme. The resource is based on Music Foundations for students in Year 11 and […]
Dr. Anita Collins Dr Anita Collins is an award-winning educator, author and researcher in music education and brain development. She has interviewed over 100 neuromusical researchers in Canada, USA, Scandinavia […]
This is the updated document (April 2024) The initial document was sent to all teacher training music education providers in 2023 to be made available to training or new teachers.
A Zoom Hui was held on the 6th of September 2023 to discuss what Music Departments are doing if they are not teaching a Full NCEA Level 1 Programme or […]
On 2 and 10 August, Martin Emo, Learning Area Lead Performing Arts for the Ministry of Education, presented NCEA Changes workshops to focus on the teaching and learning that need to […]
Kiwicorder is a set of thirteen New Zealand compositions for beginner to more advanced recorder players. Each piece in this series has at least one easy descant recorder part (called […]
Recorded Zoom Hui for the Secondary Sector. Items discussed were the Revised Revisions of the Lv 1 Achievement Standards. Experiences from a teacher who is participating in the Pilot. Next […]
Winning “Hook, Line and Sing-along” songs from 2020-2022 These songs were annual songwriting competitions run by the NZ Music Commission and MENZA. Winners had their songs recorded and published. Click […]
Collection of Waiata curated by Paul Zeedijk. Paul does update it regularly. Two versions below, Paul’s live version and a copied version made on the 2nd March 2023 Slide Presentation […]
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Matthew Stuart has put together an ebook of the first 9 chords students should start with when learning guitar. “The real value comes from the memory hooks and tips I’ve […]
Helpful links to access resources that can be found on the web. Classroom Arts Integration and STEAM Resources for K-12 Educators Arts/Music Integration – Primary – Secondary Chrome Music Lab […]
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Shame Morrow has created a Listening exercise for James Bond; Skyfall: Cloze exercise on the main theme. I think I developed this from the Exploring Film Music book Word bank […]
TAONGA PŪORO – SINGING TREASURES by Brain Flintoff Taonga Pūoro – Sing Treasures KURA KOIWI – BONE TREASURES by Brain Flintoff Kura Koiwi – Bone Treasures Te Reo o Ngā […]
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A resource using the Movie, the Sound of Music and learning Scales written by Lynn Jamieson (2021) at Scared Heart Girls’ College in Hamilton “My Year 9 students have just […]
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Workshop: 13th October 2021 Chat Dialogue Dr Anita Collins is an award-winning educator, researcher and writer in the field of brain development and music learning. Anita is best known for […]
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This resource allows students to learn their musical instrument on their own with guided videos and resources. There are also resources available for students that may not have instruments to […]
Revision Resources to help your students who are attempting the Score-Reading Achievement Standard Externals Created by Rosie James 2021 L1 Conventions Crosswords L2 Conventions Crosswords Lv 2 Conventions Crosswords (Answers) […]
Kia ora! This booklet is where you will log the songs you listen to and what you hear… The point of this activity is to train your ears and learn […]
Here are some more listening activities for seniors who can hear more than they can say!! Students complete this for themselves and then we listen through together and discuss, throwing […]
This listening activity was prepared by Jane Egan at Gisborne Girls High School for her junior students as she was struggling with engaging students with online learning – many of […]
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1. Notation – A Note with Letters or A Letter with Notes – Dear Dr Phil Notation_ – A Note with Letters or A Letter with Notes (pdf) Notation – […]
Thank you to Belinda Carey for supplying this resource. A.S. 91276 EXAM STUDY LEVEL TWO (word doc) EXAM STUDY LEVEL TWO (pdf version) This resource includes: Identify the key […]
Here is a link to a Google Doc of this resource by Belinda Carey New Zealand Song Perform, Analyse and Compose Aim: Through this study and presentation […]
Covid-19 Guidelines for Music Education in Aotearoa Updated 26th April 2022: Resourced from: COVID-19 Protection Framework for schools and kura Curriculum-related activities Activities held as part of normal operations such […]
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Active Learning for years 7-10 by Belinda Carey and Jane Merryfisher Open the doc here In this resource there are activities and learning areas such as Getting to know you […]
This lesson is about learning music notation through listening as well as other activities. It employs a way of teaching theory where students learn to read music through listening sound […]
This useful “Great Resources” doc is collated by Belinda Carey, MENZA’s secondary schools’ kaiārahi. Click here to open the resource
Here is an integrated Unit of Work for L1 NCEA It covers Task 1 for AS 91095 Task 1 for AS 91092 Contributes to AS 919094 Western European Music (Google […]
Wendy’s Brilliant Bingo (1) (PDF to daownload)(PDF to download)
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Paekupu is an online Māori language dictionary relating to the Learning Areas of Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. https://paekupu.co.nz/words/wordlist/puoro/english-to-maori It includes an excellent Ngā Toi Papakupu (The Arts Dictionary) with Puoro (music) language […]
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Neill Grant’s 2020 rendition of the NZQA Standards for Music and Music related assessments. Pdf: music_matrix_Jan2020 Word doc: music_matrix_Jan2020 Thanks to Neill for sharing this.
This NCEA Level one tracking chart is provided by Belinda Carey. It can be copied and used as needed.
All of the past Hook, Line and Singalong winning songs – and everything you need to teach them – are just a few clicks away!
In this episode of the Music Tech Teacher Podcast, Katie Wardrobe shares several music apps for the iPad and useful links which will be useful in your general music classrooms. […]
Download Taonga Puoro posters for the classroom. TaongaPuoro2020a (pdf) TaongaPuoro2020b (pdf) These taonga puoro were made by Gavin Britt The poster was updated in 2020.
Download a pdf version of the NZ music classroom poster here. MUSICCLASSROOM_POSTER (pdf)
A lesson plan using coding in Scratch and teaching patterns and structure in music by Judith Bell. Lesson Plan – Twinkle Twinkle Little Scratch (Google Doc)
This free iBook shows a method of teaching composition to junior high school students using technology and collaboration. Click here to download. More resources from Duncan Ferguson are available from https://www.learningideas.org/
From Music To Notation This is a fantastic resource for those students that don’t have strong theory/notation skills but want to learn how to produce scores and lead sheets. Using […]
A quick guide to basic mixing techniques for teachers, students and podcasters. It provides concise and effective techniques for improving the quality of any audio that you record. Great for […]
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Level 1 Music Thanks to Mary Gentle for sharing these resources. Preparation for Score reading no. 4 (Slide show) Preparation for external exams in Score reading (slide show)
TUNE ME IN Volume 13 Number 3, October 2018 Articles by page number 4 Networks of Expertise – Mathew Stenbo 6 An Update from ISME – Linda Webb & Denise Dore […]
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