You teach great music lessons. They create great tunes!

Sibelius Groovy Music is a series of three programs which make teaching music toprimary children easy and fun. Supporting teachers with plenty of clear and well-written materials, they are designed to satisfy UK standards for music & ICT.

Children compose great tunes in fun landscapesEach of the three Groovy Music programs is designed to be used by a different age group, with more complex musical ideas being explored as children progress through the series. Each program has its own 'theme',with exciting and engaging graphics to appeal to the age group for which it's designed.

And best of all, the programs are incredibly easy to use, so you won't waste time on setting them up and learning how they work.

  

Not a music specialist? Not a problemGroovy lesson materials

Now there's no need to be afraid of music lessons if you're not a specialist music teacher. Groovy Music guides you all the way through the curriculum.

You don't need any musical knowledge to get the most from the programs - all three Groovy Music programs come with plenty of clear, well-written materials. And you certainly don't need to be a musician to use them.

Software, lesson plans, stickers and more!

Groovy Music supports teachers with curriculum-focused lesson plans and fun teaching aids. These fit together with the software for great music lessons.

Groovy teaching materials

Buy The Groovy Music Range


ShapesGroovy Shapes »
5- to 7-year-olds
JungleGroovy Jungle »
7- to 9-year-olds
CityGroovy City »
9- to 11-year-olds

Two ways to learn

Each Groovy Music program is made up of two modes for learning.
Explore

Explore.Guides children through step-by-step progressive exercises to learn how music works. Topics cover UK primary music standards, and link in with easy-to-follow lesson plans.

CreateCreate.Children take what they've learnt in Explore Mode to make great music!They can quickly make impressive-sounding compositions by dragging and arranging rhythms, bass lines, chords and more in fun landscapes.

Teaching music has never been so easy, or so much fun!

Supports standards for primary music

Aswell as being great fun, Groovy Music is carefully designed to support UK standards for primary school music, including Key Stages 1 & 2,Scottish Primary 1-7 and P1/2?P7 in Northern Ireland. Groovy also develops children's ICT skills, and it's content and exercise are so rich that they build literacy and numeracy skills, too.

 

"A delight to use on the interactive whiteboard."

Education Guardian


Key Points
1 Easily integrate technology into your teaching
2 Great fun
totally compelling
3 Can be used immediately by a non-specialist ?
that?s a promise!
4 Simple voiceover guides children, so no reading is required
5 Can be used on a single computer, a network or
an interactive whiteboard
6 Tracks children?s progress automatically
7 Well thought out ? progressive and inclusive

Downloads

New! A4 printable lesson plans:

New! Groovy Hints & Tips for teachers (PDF, 624KB)

Free Groovy Music Mark-up plug-in for Sibelius

Awards

The Groovy Music series has won the following accolades:

ERA Finalist

BETT Awards 2008

Worlddidac Awards 2006

Parents' Choice Approved

Testimonials

"The most useful, engaging and cost-effective IT resource that I have ever used."

Cherie Pointon at St Mary's RC Primary School, Lowestoft, Suffolk

"Enables the children to develop musically using ICT... Encourages them to think and solve problems."

John Likeman at Prendergast Community Primary School, Pembrokeshire


"Groovy will certainly be a part of our children?s musical education for some time to come."

Chris Bass Gualbert at Holmwood House School, Kent


"The ready-made lesson plans save time and give security that classes fit into the curriculum."

Denise Ince at Park Wood Junior School, Gillingham, Kent

Please note: that all the prices shown on this website exclude VAT at 15%.
They are only available to bonafide Educational establishments.