Imagine a music programme that not only ignites a passion for music in your students but also seamlessly integrates home and school learning, empowers your teachers, and enhances crucial life skills – all while being accessible to every child.
In a world where a wealth of knowledge is at our fingertips, the need for young children to develop soft skills has never been greater.
Our responsibility to the next generation is to develop the skills they need to thrive in our ever changing world. The effects of learning music as a child is an area extensively researched, with benefits like:
There are longstanding challenges for schools in creating effective music provision at primary level.
Skills and confidence in teaching music in the classroom is often low, and while specialist practitioners are experts in their subject, they will struggle to replicate the depth of knowledge of the individuals in the class.
Online-based music schemes can be convoluted and difficult to navigate as non-specialist teachers, with all the jargon and confusing symbols.
Learning music is like looking after a garden – it needs to be tended to, little and often, to truly flourish.
At the core of our offer is our weekly ensemble group sessions for pupils, hosted at your school.
Pupils work with inspiring specialist practitioners, building skills progressively across a range of instruments as well as singing, listening & ensemble schools.
Our revolutionary ’silent stage’ approach means all pupils hear themselves and their bandmates through headphones, minimising disruption outside of the sessions and keeping volume at a safe level for children’s delicate hearing.
Becoming a SoMi school couldn’t be easier – costs for the sessions are normally covered by parents on a monthly direct debit; and the range of benefits to schools are rapidly expanding.
Designed for all pupils in mainstream education, including those with SEND, EAL, or additional behavioural needs.
Offered at no cost to most schools, with scheduling and parent communication fully managed by SoMi
Instruments and equipment is provided for all sessions, with all children provided their own instrument for home learning.
Features a structured progression pathway grounded in Kodály principles and aligns seamlessly with classroom music learning and national curriculum objectives.
Led by engaging & experienced music practitioners.
Recognised by the DfE as an exemplar investment of pupil premium funding to close the gap for children on lower incomes.
A transformative instrumental learning app to supercharge independent learning at home is under development.
We’re building an interactive, gamified learning app that makes practising at home fun, focused, and rewarding. From strumming your first chord to playing in time with your bandmates, the SoMi app helps pupils build skills independently with real-time feedback, a growing song library, and structured progression – all designed for children and trusted by schools.
At SoMi, we believe in empowering classroom teachers to deliver high quality and engaging music lessons for their classes. Our teacher training platform builds musical skills and confidence in a bite-sized, fun and accessible way.
No more convoluted schemes and uninspiring screen based activities – just a single high-quality scheme that builds skills and knowledge progressively using the very basic building blocks of music.
Through high quality bite-sized CPD, our aim is to up-skill teachers, build confidence and reduce stress – all while reducing overall PPA workload for the subject.
A high quality Kodaly-based scheme of work covering Reception to Year 6
Bite-sized interactive video / audio resources and score playback
Handy short-form audio notes to bring the material to life
A tool which generates listening links based on classroom topic and age group, with prompts and questions to discuss with your class
Logins for each staff member, for an experience personalised by year group and skill level
A hybrid approach – address specific challenges with in-class training and twilights from our specialist teacher trainers
Upskill with bite-sized CPD videos and easy-to-use resources based on our Kodaly-inspired curriculum. Ignite musical curiosity in your classroom with zero stress and zero planning. Built to support primary teachers like you.
Accelerated progress happens at home, little-and-often, reinforcing the learning from children’s weekly sessions.
Parents often find it difficult to support home learning, with time-pressures and often feeling alienated through a lack of skills in music themselves.
Our approach to give every pupil the best possible chance of succeeding at home is simple:
“Working with SoMi Academy has provided our pupils with the opportunity to experience extra curriculum provision which otherwise wouldn’t have been possible. SoMi has sorted all the payments and communication with parents – this has been a real help, taking the admin side away from school. Parents and children have been really positive about the sessions – we can’t wait to see how they progress.”
Claire Sharrock, Deputy Head at Great Crosby Primary School