Starter/plenary questions based on half of the set works - Indian/African/Celtic and Reich/Schoenberg/Bernstein. Can be used to cut out and stick on card for revision of the set work or a revision of a starting lesson on the set work.

Chords and lyrics for Feeling Good. Useful for KS3 classes, building up a band, adding in guitars, bass guitars, drums, glockenspiels, singers, backing singers, percussion etc. Also, useful for KS4 students who can play around with it and put it into different styles of music. Any feedback would be great, thanks! I have lots of other songs to add so watch this space!

An assortment of card sorts - you can cut these out, put sticky backed plastic on them, call out a question and pupils fold over the key terms to be left with the key term to answer the question. Can be used for starters, plenaries or other mini tasks. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

Chords and lyrics needed for the two songs by Emeli Sande and Coldplay. Includes ukulele chords as the first 4 slides, which can be printed and blu-tacked to the wall to the side of the interactive whiteboard. Any feedback you have would be great, thanks - any other 'mashups&' that would work?

A series of weird and wacky composer facts that may be useful as a starter with Year 7s or 8s on the history of music. Examples include Beethoven's pre-composing ritual, Tchaikovsky's fear when performing and Debussy's obsession. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

Useful for a starter for working out notes on a stave - once pupils work out how to apply FACE and ACEG they can complete the rest of the notes, cut out and stick in their books.

A quick quiz on the key points associated with Moby and his music. Useful as a start into the subject or as a revision task at the end of a scheme of work. Other questions can be added to it and other pieces from the anthology.

Musical checkpoints of Koko Yiri. The answers are filled in on this sheet so make sure they're deleted before handing them out!

Match the length of note, name and what it looks like to the descriptions provided. This can be used as a worksheet or each description cut up, put into envelopes and scattered at various points of the classroom. Can be used as part of a starter, plenary or main task. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

Cut up the pictures of the instruments for pupils to put back together in a puzzle. Other instruments can be added and can be used as a starter for Year 7s or a fun activity for Year 9s in a multi-tasked lesson.

This is a presentation of steps to prepare students for Grade 5 Associated Board Music Theory. Students can use boomwhackers, xylophones, etc. to use examples and to create their own.

Useful for putting landmarks on the vocal set works (Weelkes, Handel, Stravinsky, Beatles and Carl Perkins). Examples include: Cadential 6-4s, first theme appearing, E major chord etc. Pupils can cut these out and stick them on a magnified and/or photocopied score to highlight areas of theoretical interest. Lots more terms that can be added. Please leave a comment if you have any thoughts on this, thanks!

This is useful if you make a photocopy of the Grace score. This document is for students to cut out the key terms and stick them in their paper scores, colour them in etc. Useful as a revision tool or in applying key terms

Lesson plan based on students creating a rhythm composition and combining what rhythm they hear with which musical symbols. Any feedback would be brill, thanks!

Another Adele song for a class to try out; students can learn structure, major/minor chords as well as beats per bar. Useful for KS4 pupils to try this song in a different genre. If you have any feedback please let me know! If some of the chords are different or sections of the song are missing it's to make the song easier to learn quicker.

Chords and lyrics for Valerie by the late Amy Winehouse. Useful for KS3 classes, building up a band, adding in guitars, bass guitars, drums, glockenspiels, singers, backing singers, percussion etc. Also, useful for KS4 students who can play around with it and put it into different styles of music. Any feedback would be great, thanks! I have lots of other songs to add so watch this space!

Print outs of the bass guitar fretboard for students to use when learning how to play the bass guitar. Useful for class band lessons - students can read the layout to work out which notes they need and evaluate which notes sound 'better'; higher pitch or lower pitch.

A Sibelius guide aimed at Year 8 students and above; shortcuts, basic functions and tips. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

e.g. What year was Chopin born, what number symphony did Bruckner write in 1869 etc. The answers are at the bottom of the page but pupils research the questions to find the best match answer from the bottom of the page to go with their research. Includes question and answer sheets Any feedback would be great, thanks!

Students compose a 4 bar composition in stages - chords and their rhythms then a melody and their rhythms. Any feedback would be great, thanks!