This powerpoint contains Blockbusters, Life’s Tough, Two truths & a Lie and Wipeout boards. The boards for each game are easy to customise so they can be used for any subject/topic. Each of the Blockbusters, Life’s tough and Wipeout boards are interactive with reveals for each set up after following the simple instructions in the word document attached. The Life’s Tough boards have 6 variations so there is a different point layout for each term, the same can be done for the Wipeout boards.

This Powerpoint contains enough work to fill a terms worth of lessons based around music for dance including Tango, Waltz and Disco. It introduces the ideas of time signatures, chords and melodies working together, how music can pair with movement along with the relevant context for the style of dance. It is a great resource to use for an entire term or to dip in to for starter tasks and well designed single sheets to take to away to instruments or stick in books.

This powerpoint is set up for revision, tests/quizzes or just games of “Life’s Tough”. It works by either groups or individuals answering questions they are given, when they answer correctly they can come up to the board and pick a number, behind each number is either a +5, +10 or +15 points with some -1 and -10 point blocks hidden in there as well. The winner at the end is the team/individual who has the highest score. This is a great motivation tool for lower ability students who will see that there is always a chance to win as no one team is able to consistently gain points and take a commanding lead. Students I have used this with love the random element it gives to quizzes and I’ve found it to work best with teams and accepting the first three correct answers written down that I move around the room to check. Three teams choosing at a time gives you 6 questions per board. There are 6 boards with the points in a different order so the students cannot learn where the positives are. I mix them up but there are enough for one a term. There are also the individual slides used to create the finished boards so you can make more or change them however you want.

This Powerpoint contains enough work to fill a terms worth of lessons based around the CeeLo Green song “Forget You”. It introduces the ideas of chords, melody playing, ear training, working in pairs and playing with both hands together. There is work based around the pentatonic nature of the melody, ideas on how to develop extended chord vamps and a section focusing on the rhythm section so you can develop this in to full class performances. Each lesson has starter and plenary questions which can be used as exit slips for checking students learning. It is a great resource to use for an entire term or to dip in to for starter tasks and well designed single sheets to take to away to instruments or stick in books.

This Powerpoint is an adaptable game of Blockbusters. The complete version on the first slide is a general music theme using the elements of music, some contextual questions, vocab checks and orchestral families. There are other slides there to make it easily adaptable to different topics. To edit, simply add your chosen questions and and answers to the relevant slides and then copy and paste them on to the final slide. The powerpoint works by playing the slideshow and having the them answer the questions. When the correct answer is given you can click the edge of the blue hexagon (try to avoid the text for the easiest use) to reveal the answer and a yellow hexagon below. That team/student then needs to answer a question in a block connected to their previous one on their next turn. The first to make a complete chain from left to right wins!

This booklet contains enough work to fill a terms worth of lessons based around Latin music with a focus on learning how to play Oye Como Va by Santana. It has work on Latin rhythms, instruments and chord changes as well as the melody, chords rhythms for Oye Como Va specifically. These are shown through notation and chord diagrams for Piano/Keyboard and Ukulele. There is also a guide to improvisation including a guide scale to use and hints for how to get a Latin feel. It is a great resource to use for an entire term or to dip in to for starter tasks and well designed single sheets to take to away to instruments or stick in books.

This powerpoint is for the game “Bob Marley or Bob MarLIE” where the class has to decide if it is a true or false statement about Bob Marley and Reggae music. It can be played as a reward at the end of lessons or as a starter to give context to the work done. It can also be played in groups, halves of the class or as separate smaller teams.