Backing track for the song ‘Carol of the Bells’. Links to the full teaching video on YouTube.

Melody line for C instruments and B flat instruments.

Enjoy this haunting medieval French carol with your class. There are five different parts for classroom instruments: recorders, tuned percussion, ukuleles or other instruments in C.

These are for classroom instruments in C: recorders, tuned percussion, boomwhackers, ukulele etc. There are black and white parts and ones with coloured notes. There are three different parts to accommodate different playing abilities. You can play along with my YouTube arrangement or use the parts independently to come up with your own version!

A worksheet to encourage active listening and musical discussions! Working in pairs, colour each envelope in a different colour. As they listen to the extracts they match up three hearts where the statements describe what is happening in the music. Colour the hearts to match the envelope. The extracts can all be found on YouTube.

Encourage your students to listen actively and develop their vocabulary with this listening exercise. As you listen to each extract the children (in pairs) identify three statements that describe the music and colour them to match the horseshoe.

A piece for beginner players of B flat instruments who learn the notes C D E first. It combines an original song with the traditional carols: Deck the Halls and Carol of the Bells. A playlong version is on my youtube channel.

An mp3 of the festive song Christmas DECorations for beginner level players of B flat instruments. The piece combines an original song with the traditional carols: Deck the Halls and Carol of the Bells. A playalong is available on my YouTube channel