Instruments of the Orchestra - Posters, Handouts and Worksheets. A great way to introduce the instruments of the orchestra to your students. No fuss, no prep sheets - great for sub teachers. String Instruments Brass Instruments Woodwind Instruments Percussion Instruments Each family is introduced individually with posters, handouts and a worksheet. 6 Worksheets on all four families. Answer sheets included. Use sheets as posters, handouts and individaul worksheets OR use booklet cover page to create a booklet (37 pages) Check out the preview to see all included sheets. File in pdf format

Key Signatures v Accidentals - 2 Handouts explaining the difference between accidentals and key signatures. 3 Worksheets and Answer sheets. Check out preview to see all included sheets. File PDF format.

10 Sheets with a variety of rhythms for students to clap. Students are asked to write the counting underneath each rhythm (examples given) and then tick off each rhythm they can successfully clap. All rhythms are 2 measures (bars) long in 4/4. 2 Sheets for students to write their own rhythms. Sheet 1 & 2: 10 rhythms on each sheet using pairs of eighth notes and quarter notes and quarter note rests (pairs of quavers, crotchets and crotchet rests). Sheet 3: five rhythms introducing half notes (minims) Sheets 4 & 5: five rhythms on each sheet focusing on sixteenth notes (semiquavers) in groups of 4. Sheet 6 & 7: five rhythms on each sheet focusing on dotted quarter notes (dotted crotchets). Sheet 8 & 9: five rhythms on each sheet using all the values introduced so far. Sheet 10: introduces a pattern of 2 sixteenth notes and 1 eighth note (2 semiquavers and 1 quaver). Great to use if you have different abilities within your class. Great to support student understanding when introducing new note values. Sheets 11 & 12 suitable for any knowledge level. Sheets in American and English version. PDF format.

Over 150 Student Award Certificates – Superlative and Subject Awards – use at the end of the month, term or End of Year Awards. 5 different star themed designs. Print the PDF file and fill in by hand, or use the PowerPoint versions to edit and add in student’s names. There are two PowerPoint versions, one for you to add in “teachers name” and “date”, or one for you to sign and date by hand. Both Power Point versions are semi-editable (add students name, subject details etc.) You can choose your font, colour and size to suit your taste. Also includes several blank certificates for you to create your own. Certificates include the following: Completion Above and Beyond Academic Excellence Amazing Achievement Amazingly Articulate Amazing Attitude Artfully Creative Aspiring Author Awesome Ambition Awesome Attitude Big Brave Biggest Heart Brilliant Behaviour Brilliant Behavior Brilliantly Bright Busy Bee Caring Chatterbox Award Miss Chatterbox Mr Chatterbox Master Chatterbox Cheeky Charmer Citizenship Class Clown Clever Computer Kid Cool, Calm and Collected Cool Confidence Crazily Courageous Dangerously Dependable Delightfully Determined Delightfully Diligent Dependable Drama Queen Drama King Endlessly Energetic Enthusiastic Learner Excellent Effort Excitedly Eager Extra Mile Fabulously Funny Furiously Focused Genuinely Generous Good Friend Happy Hard Worker Happily Helpful Helping Hand Homework Hero Inventive Imagination Incredibly Organsied Incredibly Organized Inquisitive Mind Kind Classmate Keep Calm and Carry On Leadership Little Listener Math Master Miss Manners Master Manners Mr Manners Most Improved Most Motivated Naturally Knowledgeable Neatest Desk Originality Outstanding Improvement Overwhelmingly Optimistic Participation Particularly Patient Perfect Attendance Perfectly Polite Perfectly Punctual Positive Personality Positively Positive Quiet Achiever Really Reliable Remarkable Reader Reading Rockstar Rising Star Shining Star Spectacular Sportsperson Spunky Style Star Student Stellar Student Super Smile Super Speller Super Supportive Techno Whiz Terrific Teammate Times Table Award Thoroughly Thoughtful Wonderfully Willing Wonderful Worker Writing Wizard Subject Awards – separate achievement awards & effort awards Art Creative Arts Dance Drama English Geography Handwriting History Home Economics Instrumental Music Language Mathematics Music Performing Arts Physical Education Social Studies Science Sports STEM Visual Arts Blank Subject Award Principal’s Award Dean’s Award Vice Principal’s Award Certificates that make reference to the “classroom” also have a copy for the “school” Both spellings of Behaviour / Behavior and Organised / Organized used

4 Page PowerPoint, 5 Handouts, 6 Circle of 5ths version and 45 Worksheets. A complete mini Unit of Work introducing the order of Sharps and Flats for Major Key Signatures in the Treble and Bass Clefs. PowerPoint explaining the order and placement of sharps and flats in Treble and Bass Clefs. Handouts explaining the order and placement of sharps and flats in Treble and Bass Clefs. 6 versions of Circle of 5ths - in color and B&W. Worksheets 2 Key Signatures in the Treble Worksheets 2 Key Signatures in the Bass Worksheets 1 Crossword 24 Matching Key Signature Worksheets - varying in difficulty. Sharps only, Flats only, Up to 5 sharps and flats, All sharps and flats, Treble clef, Bass clef, both clefs. Answer sheets included. 12 Correct the Key Signatures Worksheets - identify the mistakes and write the correct Key Signatures for given keys - varying in difficulty. Sharps only, Flats only, Up to 5 sharps and flats, All sharps and flats, Treble clef, Bass clef, both clefs. Answer sheets included. 4 Circle of 5ths worksheets included. Color and B&W versions. Digital version - great for online learning and/or the paperless classroom. Files in PowerPoint and PDF format. Check out the preview to see all included sheets. All worksheets and answer sheets are individual PDFs.

Ledger Lines in the Treble Clef explained - Power Point file, with matching Handouts. 6 Worksheet and Answer sheets. Explores ledger line notes up to two ledger lines above and below the Treble Staff. Fully editable Power Point so you can change any wording or animations to suit your own curriculum. The handout is a condensed two page version of the Power Point so students can have a copy whilst the Power Point can be displayed via projector or smartboard. 2 Worksheets with Answer sheets. 2 Ledger Line Drills Sheets where students can race against the clock to complete each row, with Answer sheets. 1 Crossword with Answer sheet. Students solve ledger line notes to complete the crossword. 1 Hidden Joke Word Search with Answer sheet. Students solve the ledger line words, find the words in the Word Search to reveal a hidden music joke.

5 Worksheets asking students to name Ledger Line Notes in the Bass Clef. Sheets 1 and 2 - naming individual ledger line notes above and below the stave - from B below to F above . Sheets 3, 4 and 5 naming bass clef words using mostly ledger line notes. 5 Drill sheets. Challenge for students to name notes on Ledger Lines in the Bass Clef and improve in accuracy/and or time. 1 Matching Bass Clef Ledger Line Notes to words sheet 1 Wonderword using Bass Clef Ledger Line notes 1 Crossword using Bass Clef Ledger Line notes 1 Puzzle using Bass Clef Ledger Line notes All worksheets in Printable and Fillable PDFs. Answer sheets included. All sheets are individual files - great for delivering to students online.

Bar Lines (explained) Handout and 8 Worksheets and Answer sheets. Worksheets 1-5 focus on adding bar lines to music examples in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4. Worksheets 6-8 introduce 5/4. 6/4 and 7/4 for more advanced students. Handouts in American and English terminology. All files in PDF format.

Drums Unit of Work Complete Unit of Work based around learning about Drums, The Drumkit and learning to play Rockbeat. One PowerPoint explaining how to play the Rockbeat, step by step, with audio files. Second PowerPoint demonstrating 10 more challenging Rock beats - great for extending students. Information sheets/Handouts, Worksheets with Answer sheets, Assessments and Extra Activities. Files include: Drumkit Poster and Drum Shapes Poster for the classroom 10 page PowerPoint - How to Play the Rockbeat, step by step 11 page PowerPoint with Matching Rockbeat sheet - Audio files and visual graphics of more complex rhythms for advanced students. Information Handout - Parts of the Drumkit explained Drumkit picture to label Drumkit picture labelled (can be used as display poster, answer sheet or handout) Drum shapes Handout and Worksheet Definition of drums Handout Mini Research Task - on other drums besides the drumkit Rockbeat on the Stave - explains how the rockbeat is written on the five lines of the stave. 8 different visual variations of the basic rockbeat to use has handouts/display posters. Crossword Puzzle and Answer sheet Word Search and Answer Sheet Drumkit Worksheet and Answer sheet Drumkit Written Test and Answer sheet All files featuring the rock beat on the stave come in two variations. One with Hi-hat on top line and one above the top line - depending on which notation you use. Bass Drum and Kick Drum versions of worksheets also included. Check out the preview to see all included sheets.

8 Fun story worksheets - 11 sheets in total. Students fill in the missing letters to complete the stories. A great way to reinforce the notes of the Bass clef. Each story has 40+ Bass clef notes to name. 4 stories focus on the notes on the 5 lines and 4 spaces only - from G on the bottom line to A on the top line. 4 stories add ledger line notes - from C below to Middle C. Stories included: The Bear and The Bee The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Fox and The Crow The Goose and The Golden Eggs The Hare and The Tortoise The Lion and The Mouse The Peacock’s Complaint - all based on Aesop’s fables. and The Sword In The Stone Answer sheets included. All stories are individual PDF files.

This unit of work demonstrates how to Group notes correctly. The PowerPoint (7 slides) and accompanying Handouts (6 Pages) introduce The Anatomy of a Music Note Grouping Notes in Simple Time Grouping Notes in Music - an exception How to Add Rests Grouping Notes in Compound Time 2 versions - American and English terminology. 10 Worksheets and Answer sheets. Worksheets 1-7 use Simple Time Signatures 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4. Worksheets 8-10 use Simple and Compound Time Signatures 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8. Files in PDF and PowerPoint format.

A small unit of work introducing students to Harmonic Minor Scales. English terminology. 5 slide PowerPoint that explains How to Build Harmonic Minor Scales. Slide 1 explains what a scale is and introduces the Tone Semitone pattern. Slide 2 demonstrates how to create a A harmonic minor scale following five simple rules - watch the video preview to see this slide. Slide 3 explains how to build a harmonic scale using the natural minor scale. Slide 4 explains important points when raising the 7th notes. Slide 5 demonstrates how to create a D harmonic minor scale following the same five rules, with key signatures and accidentals. Handouts explaining “How to Build Harmonic Minor Scales” using the Tone Semitone pattern, and using the Circle of 5ths. 20 Worksheets 2 sheets - naming major and harmonic minor key signatures 5 sheets - naming major and harmonic minor scales 5 sheets - naming harmonic and natural minor scales 2 sheets - writing out the letter names of natural minor scales 2 sheets - writing harmonic minor scales 3 sheets - variety of harmonic minor scales questions 1 crossword - solve puzzle by answering 12 scales questions Answer sheets included. All files are individual PDFs, great for online learning or the paperless classroom. Knowledge of Tones and Semitones, Treble clef notes, sharps and flats and Major Scales is assumed.

Bar Lines explained along with 10 worksheets and answer sheets in English and American terminology. No Time Signature knowledge required. These worksheets are designed for students to add bar lines to music. They do not use Time Signatures, so are perfect for students with limited music knowledge. Worksheet 1 uses very simple music note values and graduates to more complex rhythms by Worksheet 3. Worksheets 4, 5 and 6 ask students to complete music so each bar/measure has the correct number of beats. Worksheet 7 asks students to add bar lines to some Christmas carols. Worksheet 8 and 9 ask students to identify incorrectly placed bar lines and to add bar lines to music. Worksheet 10 asks students to add bar lines and notes to complete music. Worksheets 11 and 12 ask students to add bar lines to some well known music. Worksheet 13 comes in PDF and PowerPoint files, with attached audio so you can hear the melody. A great resource if you have a variety of knowledge within your class. Answer sheets are separate files making them suitable to upload/email for use with Distance Learning.

Silent Night – a simple band arrangement. This arrangement is very flexible and designed to cater for varying skill levels within a class/band. This arrangement will work with just a few or all of the parts. 22 parts + Score. The following parts are included. Voice C Part 1 (Melody) C Part 2 (Harmony) C Part 3 (Simple Harmony) C Part 4 (Simple Harmony) Bb Part 1 Bb Part 2 Bb Part 3 Bb Part 4 Eb Part 1 Eb Part 2 Eb Part 3 Eb Part 4 Piano 1 (One Chord per bar) Piano 2 (Melody in the RH) Guitar 1 (One Chord per bar) Guitar 2 (Simple strumming pattern) Bass Bass TAB Drums Percussion 1 (suitable for any unpitched percussion instrument) Percussion 2 (suitable for any unpitched percussion instrument) Please note: the video file is a playback recording of the Sibelius file and is not a live band.

Triplets in Music. 4 page unit of work introducing triplets. Handout (2 versions) Triplets Worksheet and Answer sheet Performing Triplets sheet Triplets Clapping Rhythms Check out the preview to see each page.

A fun christmas carols crossword. Students find the missing word of christmas carol titles to complete the crossword. Word bank version and answer sheet included.

A GIANT Christmas Carol Word Search with a hidden joke for students to discover. Find the 65 christmas words in the word search. The remaining letters spell out a fun christmas joke. Answer sheet included.

Looking for a fun way to introduce music symbols to your students? Or to reinforce their current knowledge. These 64 bright colorful cards can be used in a variety of ways with single students, pairs or small groups. Memory game instructions are included, along with 6 variations to keep students entertained no matter what knowledge level. Or simply use the picture cards as flashcards for students to name the symbol. Back design included - print back to back for a professional look. Print and laminate for a lasting resource. American and English terminology for note and rest names included. Check out the preview to see all included sheets.

The Piano - Handouts and Worksheets. 6 Information Sheets The Piano - Upright and Grand Piano with pedals explained Parts of the Grand Piano Early Keyboard Instruments - Dulcimer, Clavichord & Harpsichord briefly explained History of the Piano Piano Facts Inside A Piano 8 Piano worksheets and answer sheets The Piano - question sheet based on the information sheets The Keyboard - color each letter note on a keyboard in a different color Finding Treble Clef Notes - color in the corresponding keyboard note for each treble clef note - 9 notes Finding Bass Clef Notes - color in the corresponding keyboard note for each bass clef note - 9 notes Finding Notes - Using the different phrases from Frere Jacques find each treble clef note on a keyboard picture Famous Piano Composers Hidden Message Word Search - find the names of the composers to reveal a hidden message Piano Hidden Message Word Search - find words associated with piano/keyboard to reveal a hidden message Piano Crossword - answer questions about the piano to solve the crossword Check out the preview to see all included sheets.

Recorder Finger Charts - colourful posters to display in the classroom. Two octaves starting from Middle C - all flat and sharp notes also included. 39 individual note posters. Three versions included note name with recorder finger chart - 39 posters note name, treble clef note with recorder finger chart -38 posters treble clef note with recorder finger chart - 37 posters Treble Clef Note Posters also included - 36 posters Posters with multiple notes on the one sheet - great as handouts for students. Versions with just white notes, and others with sharp and flat notes included. Colours used match the boomwacker colors. Check out the preview to see all included sheets. 164 sheets in total.