This activity is designed for use during Transition time from one year to another. It is a great icebreaker for the children to learn about each other, and about where things are kept in their new classroom. I used it at the beginning of the year and it was a great success. You can edit to make it appropriate for the children in your class.

This activity asks pupils to use the musical elements to compare and contrast 3 songs. Due to copyright law I won't put MP3's of the songs but they can be easily accessed on YouTube. There are 2 sheets where pupils will use a Venn Diagram to compare the songs. Great practise for exams and for understanding analysis.

This document is a list of the different types of song or instrumental piece that you might find in a Musical. Useful for a revision hand out or could be used to further explore Musical Theatre.

This worksheet provides score examples for pupils to play this style of music working in groups and provides some information about the culture and meaning behind the musical genre/style. Pupils are given examples of Indonesian Gamelan that can be played on xylophones or glockenspiels, tambourines, cymbals etc. Then pupils are asked to create their own with template given. A fun and active lesson.

This worksheet provides score examples for pupils to find musical elements within the piece and provides some information about the culture and meaning behind the musical genre/style. This worksheet shows how the pentatonic scale is found in Japanese music.

This worksheet provides score examples for pupils to play this style of music working in groups and provides some information about the culture and meaning behind the musical genre/style. This lesson involves instruments and voice and is great fun including styles like Calypso, Reggae and Samba.

This worksheet provides score examples for pupils to sing this style of music working as a class and provides some information about the culture and meaning behind the musical genre/style. This task will require you as the teacher to teach them to sing this song by call and response first aurally before presenting them with the sheet. They will then find the pentatonic scale used.

This worksheet provides score examples for pupils to sing this style of music working in groups and provides some information about the culture and meaning behind the musical genre/style. This worksheet looks at the traditional folk songs of Hungary and Greece and pupils create a performance based on the music given.

This worksheet provides score examples for pupils to analyse this style of music working in groups and provides some information about the culture and meaning behind the musical genre/style. This worksheet looks at the fusion of modern and traditional elements in recent Indian popular music. Pupils answer questions related to the two pieces.

This worksheet provides score examples for pupils to play this style of music working in groups and provides some information about the culture and meaning behind the musical genre/style. This worksheet on the music of China contains a close activity, rhythm writing, finding information and listening activities. It would be fun to watch some Lion Dances to find some rhythms to use and you could even add movement.

This task asks pupils a range of questions about a piece they choose. Combines Music with ICT for an engaging pupil led lesson, or fun homework task.

This lesson is created as a Flipchart for use with Active Inspire software. It works with older versions of Active Inspire. This flipchart is one that I have used with bi-lingual children to discuss tense, and assess their abilities to change tense in speaking and writing, as well as noticing grammar and punctuation issues. It could work well in any classroom if you are putting a focus on tense and error correcting.

This lesson is written in a flipchart created for use with Active Inspire programming. This is a lesson that I used to teach the children in my class about algorithms and programs in computing. It is an unplugged lesson, no computers required! It explains how coding works in a child friendly way. I used it with Year 4 at the beginning of our coding topic.

I created this Minions warning chart for my class this year. I printed this in landscape A3 and then printed and laminated little tags with the children's names on - but you could use pegs, or sticky labels as well. This works really well as my children love Minions and we always have a discussion about how some people are heading towards the 'purple' minions. I have used quite strong wording on this chart, as my class can be quite challenging, but you can alter this to use your own, or your schools' preferred language if you like.

This presentation contains information abut Minimalism as a genre of Music. There are many examples given with some analysis information. A great resource for examples of Minimalist Music.

This presentation and worksheet is a lesson in itself! Pupils are given the worksheet with songs and the musical elements on it - and the presentation gives basic information about 5 Early musicals including West Side Story, My Fair Lady and Guys and Dolls. Pupils listen to each song in turn and use their worksheet to analyse each piece of music. A great fun lesson!

New! Flipchart has been replaced by a PPTX. This is a lesson I have used with children who did not work well together in groups. There is discussion about what it means to be a team, they have to define what groupwork is, and there is an exercise which will make a great display (a good reminder if it is placed in the classroom). This could be used if group work behaviour is slipping, or at the beginning of the year to re-enforce the idea of working in teams/groups.

This is a lesson Flipchart. The Flipchart was made for Active Inspire boards. This lesson was used with a higher level Year 4 class - real world maths! They had to use their knowledge of odd and even and addition to figure out the barcode trick, and check that the barcodes were written correctly. This was great fun, and really tested some of their skills.

A great way to teach aural skills and rhythm in a fun way. Works exactly like bingo - make sure pupils have one of the two different sheets - never just do it with one sheet. First person to get 4 in a row, and stand up and shout BINGO wins. Contains Semi quavers syncopation rests noted as Z

A basic template to show children how to show both sides of an argument.