Students research the definitions of musical elements and find words associated with the key term. E.g. Tempo = speed of a piece = allegro, largo, rallentando etc. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

A series of facts associated with either Hans Zimmer, Alexandre Desplat, John Williams and Thomas Newman. Students research online to work out which fact is associated with which composer. Facts taken from Wikipedia.

Useful for students to cut up (in lines) and put lyrics together in order, match up with the Gaelic or even to cut in random shapes to put together.

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

Put the musical checkpoints of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms in order. Make sure to delete the numbers in the far right hand column before handing out to students!

Can be used for students to cut up and put into order. Also useful to group the lyrics in order to see how many verses there are and how short they are.

Teacher and student copy of the performance directions within Stravinsky's 'Symphony of Psalms' - task is for students to find them in the score.

This is a series of checkpoints to break up the Beatles track. Students can cut them out and put them in order or number them according to the order.

Pirates main theme with arrows pointed at certain symbols of the score. Students have to recognise, identify and name the symbols. It's not the most refined but can be useful for ideas. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

Students can compose a piece based on rhythms - basic introduction to composition. Students can apply different rhythms, rests, ostinati and structure. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

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.

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!

Basic functions of how to use Sibelius. A work in progress but I've tried to use the main functions and there are many things that can be added to this. Any feedback would be very useful!

At the bottom of the sheet are numbers - fill in the statement of the various set works with the appropriate number. The actual list is at the bottom of the page so don't forget to remove that before handing out to students! Also, please make sure to check the numbers - I have a feeling one or two may not be correct!

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.

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

Questions for students about instruments, key terms, descriptions of elements and identifying the djembe ostinato. Teacher answers supplied.\n\nAny feedback would be great, thanks!

Match the key facts about the composer to the composer - e.g. 'Born in 1944&', &';Composed around 80 songs' and &'This piece can be described as an anthem&'; as well as specific features from the pieces - e.g. 'ABC structure&', &';Tierce de Picardie' and &'Two part writing section is homorhythmic&';\n\nFeedback would be great, thanks!

Based on using Sibelius on iMacs. Ignore first page as it fits our current set up at school. Includes functions such as adding comments, adding in second voices, seeing one part at a time and staff size as well as (iMac-related) shortcuts all of which can be done for PC by changing the 'cmd&' button to &';control' button.\n\nAny feedback would be great, thanks!

Presentation of all the Area of Study 2 and 4 pieces and their elements e.g. Koko rhythm, Reich dynamics, Capercaillie background etc.\n\nPress F5 to start the presentation - the slides whizz through - then press 's&' to stop the slides flipping through - students then have x amount of time to write down as much information/talk about the topic etc.