This is a classroom arrangement of the South African song, Shosholoza. It features three vocal parts and a music arrangement for classroom instruments including Djembes, tuned percussion and guitars/ukuleles. Boom Whackers could easily play the same parts as well. All notes are coloured to match Boom Whackers and various percussion instruments. Enjoy!

10 pieces for Eb Tenor Horn in a variety of different styles. These pieces progress steadily and give children the chance to play a relatively large repertoire without using too many notes. All 20 pieces cover the notes B, C, D, E, F and G and is enough for a years worth of tuition! This resource includes the sheet music (PDF) and play along/backing tracks for the first 10 pieces of music. The first 10 pieces covers the notes C, D and E. You can purchase pieces 11-20 here - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12863199

Recorder duet - Let’s Rock! Uses the notes C, D, E, F#, G, A, B, C and D. This resource includes play along track and backing track (perfect for performances) and sheet music.

Cosmosis - Recorder duet Resource includes play along/backing tracks and sheet music (with and without note names)

Get your class playing together with Changes! Changes is written for Ukulele, Recorder, Boomwhackers and Tuned percussion. Resource includes: Sheet music (with and without written notes) Play along and backing track

Easy going is written for Recorder, Ukulele, Boomwhackers and tuned percussion (glockenspiel, xylophone). This piece also gives players the opportunity to improvise! This resource includes sheet music (with and without note names) and play along/backing tracks.

Learn to play the note C (Low) on recorder with these 4 play alongs! Resource includes sheet music (with and without note names) and play along/backing tracks.

Eight planets is a 6 week topic aimed at teaching children all about the planets through singing, playing and composing. It’s aimed at Years 1-4. Included is: ● An original song (backing track/vocal track) ● Planet cut outs ● Rhythm cut outs ● Score ● Melody score for tuned percussion (including coloured score for boom whackers, belles etc) ● Lesson plan ● Powerpoint Learning Outcomes: ● I can name all eight planets learn other words relating to space such as galaxy, solar system, sun and orbit. ● I can sing a song about space. ● I can read and understand crotchets (ta), quavers (ti-ti) and crotchet rests (shh). ● I can notate rhythms. ● I am developing an understanding of pitch (higher and lower). ● I can play tuned percussion using two notes: G (so) and E (mi). ● I can use technology to create sounds. ● I can listen to a piece of music and describe it (instrumentation, how it makes me feel, happy/sad/exciting etc.). It covers all KS1 links to the national curriculum: • Use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes • Play tuned and untuned instruments musically • Listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music • Experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music

This is a collection of 10 songs to be sung with a scarf. Every song is designed to reinforce pitch, pulse and rhythm (either consciously or unconsciously) and will help with a range of social skills (turn taking, working with a partner or group etc). The songs are all in an appropriate range for children. Most use a maximum of a 6-note range with some stretching to an octave. All songs are in C Major but can easily be transposed to D. Each song comes with easy to follow instructions. They can be used with KS1 and KS2 and have all been tried and tested by the children I teach and have all been received well and enjoyed! These songs have also been designed to fit perfectly within the Kodaly methodology if teachers are using it (using common ta and ti-ti rhythms and incorporating familiar melody lines - so-mi / mi-so-la). Shaker songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12564118 Miscellaneous songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12564112 Rhythm stick songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12590879 Parachute songs - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12563992 All 60 songs for £7 - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12564122

This topic explores music of the Far East including the following countries: China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Polynesia, Bali and Java. Year 5 will also learn about the importance of the pentatonic scale in Chinese music. They will be given the opportunity to learn to play a traditional piece of Chinese music (Jasmine Flower) on tuned percussion and keyboards and will also be set the task of composing their own piece of music using the pentatonic scale. The class will also be given the opportunity to learn to sing a Filipino & Polynesian song as well as taking part in a classroom Gamelan activity for the last two weeks (they will use classroom tuned percussion to create Gamelan style music). As well as broadening their musical listening and experiences this topic is also great for linking with geography and history too.

Here are a selection of pieces for rock and pop bands. They includes parts for Guitar (riff and chords), Bass Guitar, Drums, Keyboard/Piano and Vocals (lyrics). Some of the keys have been changed to suit children’s voices/make them easier to play (child friendly keys) Enjoy :)

This is a short project I did with KS2. It contains a Powerpoint with all the relevant information about how to write your own song. You will need to link music to the relevant pictures. It has music for a class to play 'I Gotta Feeling&' by the Black Eyed Peas. There is also a very basic lesson plan with it.

I gotta feeling by the Black Eyed Peas arranged for Boom whackers. Have fun!

Faded by Alan Walker for Boom whackers, glockenspiels, ukuleles and guitars. Have fun!

This is a classroom arrangement of I gotta feeling by the Black Eyed Peas to be played on BoomWhackers. Enjoy!

This is a classroom arrangement of Faded by Alan Walker. Suitable for Boomwhackers, tuned percussion and ukuleles and guitars. Enjoy!

This is from my Music of the Far East topic. It's a piece of Gamelan style music that can be played using classroom percussion (Tuned and un-tuned). It's colour coded to help children play the piece with relative ease. I've attached a WAV file of the the piece. Enjoy!

This is a selection of well known riffs for percussion. They all use the notes in on octave of the C Major Scale, so perfect for classroom percussion. Each riff comes with a coloured version to be used with coloured Boom Whackers and Chimes. Faded - Alan Walker Dance Monkey - Tones and I Shape of you - Ed Sheeran Seven nation army - The white stripes Eye of the tiger - Survivor

Ukulele chord poster.I use coloured dots with my Ukuleles (Red = C, Blue = F, Green = G). I’ve found it makes progress quicker and locating chords easier. They still develop their muscle memory and when they’re confident they can just remove them! I’ve created this Ukulele chord sheet if anyone is interested

I have written this Topic to help teach children learn to play the Ukulele. It’s a great resource if you’re doing Wider Opps/First Access. I have written a lesson plan that covers 6 weeks but this can easily be stretched out to a whole terms worth of material. The class will learn up to 6 chords, plenty of fun songs and will also begin to learn how to read and play from Tablature (this is a great skill for those who will continue to learn rock/pop guitar). The PowerPoint has plenty of recognisable songs, pictures to help with chord positions, a brief history and origin of the Ukulele. It has been UPDATED with plenty of songs and melodies to learn including Star Wars, Pink Panther, Harry Potter etc. You can create a book using the PDF’s. Enjoy!