Music Literacy

  • Reading Music Game and Website

    Reading Music Game and Website

    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 […]

  • He Waiata Whakataukī

    He Waiata Whakataukī

    By Priya Gain and Sean O’Connor for Poutokomanawa He Waiata Whakataukī: Hei ngohe korikori, kōrero, tākarokaro hoki – Whakataukī as waiata with movement, speech, and play activities ‘He Waiata Whakataukī’ presents five beautiful waiata […]

  • NCEA Hui August 2023 recordings

    NCEA Hui August 2023 recordings

    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 […]

  • Hei hei’s Eggs by Maria Kapa

    Hei hei’s Eggs by Maria Kapa

    A wonderful bicultural resource perfect for ECE and early Primary children. Click on the links below to download the resources, which include an e-book with the story and illustrations, a […]

  • Te Ika a Māui

    Te Ika a Māui

    By Kristin Browne About this resource Te Ika a Māui is designed to be an immersive, interactive and exploratory experience that can be developed over several or multiple lessons for children […]

  • Helpful Links – Resources

    Helpful Links – Resources

    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  […]

  • Protected: Music Ecademy Menza Online Workshop

    Protected: Music Ecademy Menza Online Workshop

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  • The Sound of Music Resource

    The Sound of Music Resource

    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 […]

  • Protected: MENZA Conference Online – Online Ear Training & Theory Instruction

    Protected: MENZA Conference Online – Online Ear Training & Theory Instruction

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  • Lv 1 & Lv 2 Conventions Crosswords

    Lv 1 & Lv 2 Conventions Crosswords

    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)  […]

  • Senior Music Listening Exercises

    Senior Music Listening Exercises

    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 […]

  • Paekupu – Ngā Toi Papakupu (The Arts Dictionary)

    Paekupu – Ngā Toi Papakupu (The Arts Dictionary)

    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 […]

  • Music Learning At Home

    Music Learning At Home

    Music Learning at Home Visit our Music Learning at Home resource where you can find the “home-learning choice board”! This resource is great for years 5-8. The links on the […]

  • Level One NCEA tracking

    Level One NCEA tracking

    This NCEA Level one tracking chart is provided by Belinda Carey. It can be copied and used as needed.

  • David Walliam’s Marvellous Musical Podcast

    David Walliam’s Marvellous Musical Podcast

    Join David Walliams as he goes on a marvellous musical journey of discovery and meets some of the most famous names from the history of music – from Ludwig ‘Grumpy’ […]

  • Into Music 1 – Classroom Music in Years 1-3

    Into Music 1 – Classroom Music in Years 1-3

    Made in 2001, this is still an outstanding resource, particularly for the beginning classroom music teacher in Aotearoa / New Zealand. The first section looks at the skills and concepts […]

  • Top 10 Music Apps for the Music Classroom (Katie Wardrobe)

    Top 10 Music Apps for the Music Classroom (Katie Wardrobe)

    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. […]

  • NZ Sign Singing Resources

    NZ Sign Singing Resources

    Use this link to access a range of classroom / assembly songs that can be used in Early Child and Primary School settings that also support the use of NZSL

  • Modulation video
  • Learning Ideas: From Music to Notation

    Learning Ideas: From Music to Notation

    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 […]

  • Protected: Make Some Noise! 2017 Conference Resources (members only)

    Protected: Make Some Noise! 2017 Conference Resources (members only)

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  • Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale
  • MENZA Magazine Oct 2018

    MENZA Magazine Oct 2018

    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 […]

  • Order of Sharps and Flats