As per last year, schools have a choice between membership to Sing Up, or a licence for either Charanga or Sparkyard from Out of the Ark.   Each Leeds primary school is entitled to one of the three platforms, fully subsidised by LMEP for the 2023-24 academic year.  Here is a summary of what each platform offers:

1) Charanga

https://charanga.com/site/

• Charanga membership provides a vast library of resources, songs, instrumental courses and creative apps.
• These include two, week by week schemes for each primary year group, for a full year.  Their latest scheme is informed by the Model Music Curriculum.
• The schemes come with lesson plans showing clear progression and interactive resources for every lesson.
• This platform provides the resources and support to enable non-specialist teachers to deliver Music lessons independently.

2) Sing Up!

https://www.singup.org/

• Sing Up has an extensive catalogue of established and commercially successful songs expertly arranged for young voices.
• The songs come with high quality backing and performance tracks as well as sheet music and an interactive white board mode.
• Membership gives you access to all their songs as well as teaching resources and support materials including their new Sing Up Music Units for every year group.
• This is not only excellent for teaching but also to provide material and accompaniment for singing assemblies.
• The breadth of the Sing Up catalogue is a real selling point.

3) Sparkyard – Out of the Ark

https://www.sparkyard.com/

• Out of the Ark write their own excellent songs specifically for schools.
• Their catalogue includes bespoke songs for all areas of the curriculum, and for assemblies and school productions.
• The new platform includes an innovative, skills-based music curriculum, that is flexible and easy to deliver from Reception right up to Yr 6.
• Sparkyard lesson plans include: simple, easy-to-follow steps, fabulous songs, assessment suggestions, listening examples from a diverse range of genres and musical periods, demonstration videos and audio clips, glossary and list of key vocabulary, coverage of the inter-related dimensions of music and National Curriculum requirements, printable resources for download.

Each of these three packages have something different to offer to support schools.

To order the platform you wish to use for the next academic year please email LMEP.ArtForms@leeds.gov.uk by Friday 21^st July 2023.

We have a finite number of licences for each platform and they will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

Requests made after 21^st July will be considered depending on availability.

Please contact educ.artforms@leeds.gov.uk if you have any further questions about your school’s music provision for 2019/20.

This drop-in event provides Headteachers, Senior Leaders, Business Managers, Setting Managers and Governors from Leeds and throughout Yorkshire with a fantastic opportunity to learn more about the full range of educational products and services that are available through Leeds for Learning for all key stages – Early Years, Primary, High and FE.

At the event, we will launch the new 2019/2020 SLA menu. Our team of highly experienced practitioners will be on hand to discuss how we can tailor our broad range of quality products, services and training to match the needs of your school or setting. Early bird booking incentives will be on offer.

Come along and learn about the wide range of music provision that ArtForms can offer your school!

For more information, please see the flyer. To book, visit http://www.leedsforlearning.co.uk/Event/74916

Refreshments will be served and parking is free.

Whole Class Ensemble Teaching makes a real impact in schools. Contact ArtForms to see how learning an instrument as a whole class can help your learners and your school.