A fun, quick game which is perfect as a starter or plenary. Students need to spot the odd one out - instruments, composers and musical terms. This game can easily be played individually or in teams. 15 fun questions to answer. A great ice-breaker game.

These worksheets are designed to focus on listening, appraising and understanding of historical context. With limited access to instruments, this is a great way to encourage our students to have a life-long appreciation of musical genres and styles. These worksheets will work perfectly for any teacher who is trying to teach students who have no or limited access to instruments at home. Each worksheet explores different genres and styles of music and will make a great one-off lesson, homework task, cover work or could even be expanded into a longer class project. Each worksheet has an opportunity for students to complete initial individual research of the specific genre of music. There is a listening exercise that expands upon the historical and musical context already learned by the students. Each worksheet finishes with the opportunity for independent project work where students can pick a task from the list and use it as a final assessment piece that can be assessed by the teacher. Students will have the flexibility in how they present the work for assessment making this a great student-led project.

This is one worksheet that comes from a series of 10. The bundle can be purchased separately on the shop page. Each worksheet explores a different genre and styles of music and will make a great one-off lesson, homework task, cover work or could even be expanded into a longer class project. Each worksheet has an opportunity for students to complete initial individual research of the specific genre of music. There is a listening exercise that expands upon the historical and musical context already learned by the students. Each worksheet finishes with the opportunity for independent project work where students can pick a task from the list and use it as a final assessment piece that can be assessed by the teacher. Students will have the flexibility in how they present the work for assessment making this a great student-led project.

This is one worksheet that comes from a series of 10. The bundle can be purchased separately on the shop page. Each worksheet explores a different genre and styles of music and will make a great one-off lesson, homework task, cover work or could even be expanded into a longer class project. Each worksheet has an opportunity for students to complete initial individual research of the specific genre of music. There is a listening exercise that expands upon the historical and musical context already learnt by the students. Each worksheet finishes with the opportunity for independent project work where students can pick a task from the list and use it as a final assessment piece that can be assessed by the teacher. Students will have the flexibility in how they present the work for assessment making this a great student-led project.

This is one worksheet that comes from a series of 10. The bundle can be purchased separately on the shop page. Each worksheet explores a different genre and styles of music and will make a great one-off lesson, homework task, cover work or could even be expanded into a longer class project. Each worksheet has an opportunity for students to complete initial individual research of the specific genre of music. There is a listening exercise that expands upon the historical or musical context already learnt by the students. Each worksheet finishes with the opportunity for independent project work where students can pick a task from the list and use it as a final assessment piece that can be assessed by the teacher. Students will have the flexibility in how they present the work for assessment making this a great student-led project.

A fun, quick game which is perfect as a starter or plenary. Students need to spot the odd one out. Can be played individually or in teams. 15 fun questions to answer. A great ice-breaker game.

This is one worksheet that comes from a series of 10. The bundle can be purchased separately on the shop page. Each worksheet explores a different genre and styles of music and will make a great one-off lesson, homework task, cover work or could even be expanded into a longer class project. Each worksheet has an opportunity for students to complete initial individual research of the specific genre of music. There is a listening exercise that expands upon the historical and musical context already learnt by the students. Each worksheet finishes with the opportunity for independent project work where students can pick a task from the list and use it as a final assessment piece that can be assessed by the teacher. Students will have the flexibility in how they present the work for assessment making this a great student-led project.

This is one worksheet that comes from a series of 10. The bundle can be purchased separately on the shop page. Each worksheet explores a different genre and styles of music and will make a great one-off lesson, homework task, cover work or could even be expanded into a longer class project. Each worksheet has an opportunity for students to complete initial individual research of the specific genre of music. There is a listening exercise that expands upon the historical and musical context already learnt by the students. Each worksheet finishes with the opportunity for independent project work where students can pick a task from the list and use it as a final assessment piece that can be assessed by the teacher. Students will have the flexibility in how they present the work for assessment making this a great student-led project.

This is one worksheet that comes from a series of 10. The bundle can be purchased separately on the shop page. Each worksheet explores a different genre and styles of music and will make a great one-off lesson, homework task, cover work or could even be expanded into a longer class project. Each worksheet has an opportunity for students to complete initial individual research of the specific genre of music. There is a listening exercise that expands upon the historical and musical context already learnt by the students. Each worksheet finishes with the opportunity for independent project work where students can pick a task from the list and use it as a final assessment piece that can be assessed by the teacher. Students will have the flexibility in how they present the work for assessment making this a great student-led project.

Music Curriculum and SOW for KS3 music classes In this comprehensive curriculum you will find a series of units that have been designed for KS3 / middle school students and general music classes. Teaching resources, worksheets and power points to accompany this detailed and comprehensive curriculum are available to buy on my shop! You can tailor the units to your specific musical skill set and the musical resources / equipment you have available. Units can be taught in any order and are designed to last 6 - 7 school weeks. Each unit offers students many opportunities for developing skills in performing, composing, listening and analysing music. All topics have been created to meet the needs of different learners and different music classrooms / equipment available.

Looking for a fun and quick game to get to know your students? Looking for a series of musical based games which are perfect as a starter or plenary? Looking for a resource that will engage your general music or music appreciation classes that will work for remote learning or in the classroom? This powerpoint has a series of musical games that will require students to use the alphabet as a reference point. The games can be played individually or in teams. A great ice-breaker series and a fun way to reinforce musical terminology and music appreciation.

This is one worksheet that comes from a series of 10. The bundle can be purchased separately on the shop page. Each worksheet explores a different genre and styles of music and will make a great one-off lesson, homework task, cover work or could even be expanded into a longer class project. Each worksheet has an opportunity for students to complete initial individual research of the specific genre of music. There is a listening exercise that expands upon the historical and musical context already learnt by the students. Each worksheet finishes with the opportunity for independent project work where students can pick a task from the list and use it as a final assessment piece that can be assessed by the teacher. Students will have the flexibility in how they present the work for assessment making this a great student-led project.

This is one worksheet that comes from a series of 10. The bundle can be purchased separately on the shop page. Each worksheet explores a different genre and styles of music and will make a great one-off lesson, homework task, cover work or could even be expanded into a longer class project. Each worksheet has an opportunity for students to complete initial individual research of the specific genre of music. There is a listening exercise that expands upon the historical and musical context already learnt by the students. Each worksheet finishes with the opportunity for independent project work where students can pick a task from the list and use it as a final assessment piece that can be assessed by the teacher. Students will have the flexibility in how they present the work for assessment making this a great student-led project.

This powerpoint is the first in a series of lessons exploring SCALES. Students will get to explore and learn modes and the Dorian scale. The powerpoint has links to relevant online music recordings, facts, diagrams and allows students to explore the scale, performance pieces and composing. Includes homework / extension tasks. The powerpoint can also be used as a starting point for practical work or a composition task based around this mode. This powerpoint links with the Year 2 topic 1 (Scales) of the Middle School Curriculum that is for sale. However, this lesson will work perfectly for High School students or any ensembles learning pieces centered around modes.

This is a great pitch identification game you can play with the class as a warm-up game or activity. The powerpoint has 10 different pitches for students to identify. Students have access to a worksheet with all the pitches. It’s best if the worksheet is placed in an individual plastic wallet to make the worksheet re-usable for many classes. Display the first pitch and count down 3,2,1 and ask students to hold up the sheet pointing to the correct answer. This way you can visually see who understands the task with the correct answer and allows you to instantly fill gaps of mis-understanding about notes on the stave.

This powerpoint is the first in a series of lessons exploring music history - 1920s! Students will get to explore and learn the Blues and then compare it to Minimalistic music. The powerpoint has links to relevant online music recordings, facts, diagrams and allows students to explore the blues scale, chromatic scale, tone rows and composing. The powerpoint can also be used as a starting point for practical work or a composition task based around this musical time frame. This powerpoint links with the Year 3 topic 1 (Popular Music) of the Middle School Curriculum that is for sale. However, this lesson will work perfectly for High School students.

This worksheet will work perfectly with the the second in a series of lessons exploring SCALES. (powerpoint unit is for sale separately and you can buy all the worksheets as a bundle). This worksheet is for composing melodies around the C major scale. Students have space to write in rough, write notation and if time can be transferred on to music software. These resources links with the Year 2 topic 1 (Scales) of the Middle School Music Curriculum that is for sale. Also, this lesson will work perfectly for High School students or any ensembles learning pieces based around scales.

This powerpoint is the second in a series of lessons exploring SCALES. It walks students through major, minor and pentatonic scales. The resource has links to relevant online music recordings, facts, diagrams and allows students to explore the scales and has easy to follow compositions tasks. This powerpoint links with the Year 2 topic 1 (Scales) of the Middle School Music Curriculum that is for sale. Worksheets for each scale are available to purchase separately. Also, this lesson will work perfectly for High School students or any ensembles learning pieces based around scales.

This is the first lesson of the Blues topic where students explore the Blues Scale. The powerpoint has been redesigned for remote learning and can be shared with students on google classroom or other learning platforms.

This is the second lesson in a series that will allow students to learn the chord sequence for the 12 bar blues. It has been created for google classroom but can be adapted for other online platforms.