Teach primary school music with confidence - whatever scheme you're using

Teaching KS1/2 music shouldn’t feel like guesswork.

If you're relying on a music scheme you don't fully understand, you're not alone.

A lot of music CPD skips the foundational stuff, and leaves non-specialists feeling overwhelmed, underprepared, and afraid of getting it wrong. 

Our professional development resources are different: they teach you what most training assumes you already know, so you can finally feel confident teaching primary school music - and help you stay ahead of upcoming changes.

Teach with confidence

Easy-to-access professional development resources that build the subject knowledge KS1/2 teachers need to teach ANY music scheme of work 

Enhance learning

Go a step further with our class teaching resources for Y1 - Y6,  with step-by-step instructions and explanations to help you teach and  boost teacher knowledge

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Enjoy some of our teaching and training resources completely free. Simply select the resource you'd like,  enter your email address, and it will download to your device

When I first started teaching, our school had a new and very expensive bought-in music scheme but the musical jargon was like another language to me - I used to have to take it home and ask a friend to try and explain it. I would then try to teach it. It wasn't great.  Luckily I was able to benefit from some intensive training from Sue and found that getting a really good grasp of the basic principles was enough for me to understand the scheme, realise what I was looking out for in the children and, for the first time, be able to respond to their needs myself and teach well.

Jane, Year 6 teacher

Our Story

Hi, I’m Sue, the founder of Stay Calm, Teach Music. I've created these resources because I’ve seen just how overwhelming it can be to teach music without feeling like a ‘proper’ music teacher.

I've had over forty years of experience teaching and performing music, in the UK and internationally.  I've watched brilliant primary teachers feel anxious or underprepared or, even worse, avoid teaching music altogether because no one had ever explained the basics properly.

Most CPD jumps straight to teaching techniques. The thing is, if you don’t understand the actual musical concepts you’re meant to be delivering, no amount of ‘fun ideas’ will make it feel less stressful.

That’s why I launched this business: to help classroom teachers build real subject knowledge in a calm, supportive way, so you can walk into your music lessons feeling confident and capable, no matter what scheme you’re using.

I believe music should be a joy to teach, not a source of stress.

And I’d love to help you get there.