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Groovy Music range
Groovy Musicabout the series
Groovy Shapes »5- to 7-year-olds
Groovy Jungle »7- to 9-year-olds
Groovy City
»9- to 11-year-olds
GroovyMusic.com
»5- to 11-year-olds
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Easily integrate technology into your teaching |
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Great fun – totally compelling |
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Can be used immediately by a non-specialist – that’s a promise! |
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Simple voiceover guides children, so no reading is required |
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Can be used on a single computer, a network or an interactive whiteboard |
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Tracks children’s progress automatically |
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Well thought out – progressive and inclusive |
Downloads
New! A4 printable lesson plans:
- Groovy Shapes lesson plans (PDF, 8.6MB)
- Groovy Jungle lesson plans (PDF, 8.7MB)
- Groovy City lesson plans (PDF, 26.4MB)
New! Groovy Hints & Tips for teachers (PDF, 624KB)
Free Groovy Music Mark-up plug-in for Sibelius
Educational levels
Computer requirements
• Windows 98/2000/XP or Mac OS X 10.2 or later
• 800Mhz processor or faster (1.4GHz for Groovy Jungle and City)
• 128MB+ RAM (512MB+ for Groovy Jungle and City)
• 100MB free hard disk space
• 16-bit sound card
• CD-Rom drive required for installation
You teach great music lessons. They create great tunes!
Sibelius Groovy Music is a series of three programs which make teaching music to primary children easy and fun. Supporting teachers with plenty of clear and well-written materials, they are designed to satisfy UK standards for music & ICT.
Each 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 problem
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.
Two ways to learn
Each Groovy Music program is made up of two modes for learning.
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.
Create. 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.
Supports standards for primary music
As well 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
