ONLINE Oak Music Curriculum Training: Discover: Session 2

Created by Bristol Beacon and Cathedral Schools Trust, the free Oak National Academy Primary Music Curriculum launched in 2025 to support inclusive and joyful music education for every primary pupil.

Now, the creators of the curriculum are offering online CPD courses to help teachers put it into practice. Designed with busy primary schools in mind, the sessions are practical and focus on real classroom experience.

About this session

Our Discover introductory sessions give teachers and school leaders a clear understanding of the principles that underpin the Oak Primary Music Curriculum. You’ll explore how sequencing and progression are built into lessons, across units, throughout each year group and across the programme as a whole.

Using practical, classroom-ready examples, the sessions bring the curriculum to life, demonstrating how Oak’s lesson structures, teaching approaches and resources work together to support high-quality music teaching. You’ll also gain practical guidance on classroom organisation, establishing routines and preparing pupils for successful musical learning from the very first lesson.

By the end of the two sessions, you will have a secure understanding of Oak’s curriculum design, lesson structure and progression, together with the confidence to implement the curriculum successfully in your own setting, whatever your prior experience of teaching music.

Who it’s for?

• Schools and teachers new to Oak
• Non-specialist class teachers
• Music subject leads
• Curriculum leads