Differentiated performance sheets for Bells are Ringing and Jingle Bells. A tried and tested resource, popular with year 7 pupils. The resources aim to develop pupil’s ability to play melodies on the keyboard with increasingly complex accompaniments. These arrangements work well across the full range of abilities. Add a festive feel with the addition of sleigh bells and singing. Pupils can perform one piece or combine both in a ternary form performance. This resource can be used as a teaching scheme developing pupil’s technique on the keyboard, or as a one-off lesson. Bells are Ringing: 3 levels, piano music, ukulele chords and differentiated melodies in C, Eb and Bb. Jingle Bells: 3 differentiated levels for piano with ukulele chords.

An updated practical introduction to the elements of music for GCSE Music students. This scheme of work introduces the key terminology through a variety of differentiated composition and listening activities. Rather than including seperate powerpoints all the slides are in one document as this scheme works best with a degree of flexibility. Usually, each element of music takes 2-3 hours to complete. The final composition task can be used to revisit previously studied elements as well as introduce any not specifically covered. The resource makes use of colour coded elements of music icons and images which can be found in this accompanying classroom display resource.

A set of knowledge organisers covering styles of music found in the 4 areas of study required for the AQA Music GCSE. Each is divided by the elements of music and uses colour, imagery, and accompanying icons to help identify the key features. This resource does not include knowledge organisers for the set works. These will follow as a seperate resource.

A six week practical scheme of work introducing students to AoS 3: Traditional Music (AQA GCSE). This resource is great for Year 9/10 students learning about this area of study for the first time. - The Blues (Paulo Nutini - Pencil full of lead) - Contemporary British Folk Music (Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man) - Contemporary Latin Music (Santana - Smooth) Each genre is taught practically through performance, with practice listening questions and brief set work analysis (Santana - Smooth). This resource includes: - a ppt. covering all lessons and tasks. - a student workbook - lyrics and chords for each song *Tracks for each of the listening songs, and original performance tracks can be found easily online.

A comprehensive resource to help prepare your pupils for the new Little Shop of Horrors GCSE set work. This resource includes a pupil workbook with a range of activities to engage your class with the set work. -Background information; -Set work analysis; -15 2-mark questions. -Five practice 8-mark questions. The accompanying teacher booklet provides: -Analysis of each set work; -A starting point for discussions around the main musical issues; -Sample answers for 2 mark questions; -Mark schemes for all 8 mark questions. A PowerPoint presentation is included and breaks down the content into 7 lessons, plus exam preparation. Recognising that every teacher will want to approach the analysis differently, this PowerPoint is easily editable. And information can be included from the teacher booklet where you feel this is appriopriate. Some teachers may also want to replace the empty analysis in the pupil booklet with the completed version found in the teacher version.

A comprehensive resource to help prepare your pupils for the new Paul Simon - Graceland GCSE set work. This resource includes a pupil workbook with a range of activities to engage your class with the set work. -Background information; -Set work analysis; -15 2-mark questions. -Four practice 8-mark questions. The accompanying teacher booklet provides: -Analysis of each set work; -Sample answers for 2 mark questions; -Mark schemes for all 8 mark questions. A PowerPoint presentation is included offering contextual information and suggested tasks. Recognising that every teacher will want to approach the analysis differently, all documents are easily editable. All booklets are pre-populated with the analysis. This can be removed from the pupil booklet if this suits your teaching style.