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Activities and Resources for Families and Schools

Explore and download activities, resources and online concerts, whether you’re discovering music at home, at nursery or in the classroom.

For Age 7+ (Key Stage 2)

Cartoon image of the planets of our solar system.

Featured Resource: The Planets

For Ages 7–12 (Key Stage 2)

Explore Gustav Holst’s The Planets Suite with a brand new resource filled with videos, games, lessons plans and more featuring the London Symphony Orchestra, Rachel Leach, conductor Sir Antonio Pappano and astronaut Tim Peake.

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Seven cartoon figures of the percussion section: snare drum, xylophone, cymbals, tubular bells, tambourine, timpani, gong, bass drum

How to Build an Orchestra

For Ages 7–12 (Key Stage 2)

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A Queen playing card with the Mad Hatter illustration in the centre, against a blue background.

The Alice Sound

For Ages 7–12 (Key Stage 2)

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Space … but as not as we know it

For Ages 7–12 (Key Stage 2)

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Leon and the Place Between, from the book written by Angela McAllister, illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith.

Leon and the Place Between

For Ages 7–12 (Key Stage 2)

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A split-screen of different sections in the London Symphony Orchestra, taken from the web app LSO Play

LSO Play

For Ages 7–12 (Key Stage 2)

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Animateur Rachel Leach introducing a concert at LSO St Luke's

Rachel Leach's Lockdown Listening

For Ages 7–12 (Key Stage 2)

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For Age 5+ (Key Stage 1)

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The character Olivia from the children's book Olivia Forms a Band

Olivia Forms a Band

For Age 5+

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A still taken from the online concert Where's Simon, featuring Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra remotely in lockdown.

Where's Simon?

For Ages 5–12 (Key Stages 1 and 2)

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For Under-5s (Early Years Foundation Stage)

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An illustration of Jemma, the main character of Jemma's Journey, and animals from the zoo on a train.

Jemma's Journey

For Under-5s

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Fergal the dragon, from the story Fergal is Fuming!, conducting music from a podium.

Fergal is Fuming!

For Under-5s

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For Age 16+ (A-Level / Key Stage 5)

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A-Level Seminars

For Age 16+  (A-Level / Key Stage 5)

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A-Level Revision Shorts

For Age 16+  (A-Level / Key Stage 5)

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Teaching Platforms

Teacher Resource packs and LSO Play Listening Tasks for Key Stages 2 and 3 can be found on tes.com and the Apple iBooks store.

View LSO resources on TES.com

To view the LSO resources on Apple iBooks store, search ‘LSO Discovery’ in the iBooks app on Mac, iPad or iPhone.

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