Jessica La Mari is a Classroom Music Teacher and Choral Director at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School (Junior Girls Campus). She specialises in Kodály music education and is passionate about fostering joyful, sequential, and student-centred music learning. Jessica holds a Bachelor of Music (Performance) from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, along with a Master of Teaching and a Master of Instructional Leadership from the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne. With ten years of classroom experience, along with having completed four Kodály levels, she has curated a rich collection of engaging activities, games, and repertoire for upper primary students that she is excited to share.