This resource is a wonderfully engaging and flexible tool for any music teacher. It can be used by a wide range of year groups, key stages and exam boards. Any pupil will engage with the original animations, and seemless flow from one slide to the next. This would make a great lesson, revision tool, homework or cover work for a music class. There is a handout provided with dyslexia friendly font. The resource covers intervals, a guessing game round (slides can be further copied and pasted in random orders for variety) and three GCSE/challenging melodic dictation phrases in the style of an exam. All audio is built into the PowerPoint but I have uploaded the files seperately for your further use.

A super resource for any year group. Very flexible, it could be a lesson plan, homework, revision, or cover work. The slides are made to a high standard with original designs animated to be appealing to young people. The resource seemlessly guides pupils through the topic of cadences with visual and audio scaffolding built into the PowerPoint. (I have uplaoded all mp3s seperately, just in case!) The audio examples of cadences have two versions. One as normal, and another with the key degrees of the scale emphasised to teach pupils what to listen out for in recognition. As well as examples there are FIVE guess the cadence questions based on pure chords, and an additional FIVE worked into a musical phrase (as you would get in any exam board).

This is a winning one lesson activity, perfect for cover work or homework. It involves: Aural skills and basic KS3 keyword questions. Treble clef score reading Backing chord choices Performance/Keybaord Skills Two extension tasks: one advanced piano tutorial and one article title. There are QR code links for students to access free audio/tutorials from youtube if needed.

Easy cover work for Music. Musical theatre theme. Great for homework or ongoing starters. This worksheet comes with five audio, mp3 files you can share with your students to access independently on their own devices. There are three worksheets for students to choose from: Make a start: select a missing pitch from three options. Standard: Missing pitches from a diatonic scale, with key signature recognition. Challenge: Full melodic dictation of phrases, and recognising the cadence. Highly differentiated and supported.

Easy cover work for Music. Great for homework or ongoing starters. This worksheet comes with five audio, mp3 files you can share with your students to access independently on their own devices. There are three worksheets for students to choose from: Make a start: select a missing pitch from three options. Standard: Missing pitches from a diatonic scale, with key signature recognition. Challenge: Full melodic dictation of phrases, and recognising the cadence. Highly differentiated and supported.

This worksheet is an excellent one-lesson plan activity. Focusing on listening skills and keywords, it can be completed by any Music class from Year 9-11 across all exam boards. The tasks are differentiated and can be completed in groups, pairs or solo. Needs access to youtube from a device or can be lead by the teacher. Easy printing - b&w A4 double sided! Comparison question task with Bruno Mars and The Cardigans.

Three worksheets guaranteed to keep any GCSE Music student occupied for a lesson. Great for cover, homework or revision, these three worksheets challenge students on the differences between the Baroque and Classical Era in a student friendly format. They are differentiated for all abilities, with the basics presented in a scaffolded form, and higher ability questions at the end. A good formation for any essay question. Suitable for all exam boards.

Do your Y10s and Y11s need some homework? Revision activities? Quick and Easy Cover? Here is a pack of ten exam style question in a range of styles, including reading sheet music notation. Each question is accompanied by specific Youtube links with time stamps to make your life easier. Marking Scheme Included! This was created with the OCR syllabus in mind (Concertos through time) , but would suit all exam boards for listening skills and exam prep! Featuring music your students will tolerate from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic Eras. Print off and enjoy!

Do your Y10s and Y11s need some homework? Revision activities? Quick and Easy Cover? Here is a pack of four exam style question in a range of styles, including reading sheet music notation. Each question is accompanied by specific Youtube links with time stamps to make your life easier. Marking Scheme Included! This was created with the OCR syllabus in mind, but would suit all exam boards for listening skills and exam prep! Featuring Indian classical, calypso, African drumming and Greek examples Print off and enjoy!

Here is a handy resource for revision of all the instruments and foreign-language terms needed for the OCR Rhythms of the World unit (or for the thrill of learning). There are three ways of completing this task for the delight of your students. Print on card, Trim the edges, and fold each row into a two sided card. Punch a hole through, and create a “revision keyring” with an elastic band or piece of string. Print on card and completely mix up the definitions and keywords for them to sort together. As an option, they could glue the correct sides back to front and then make their keychain. The most challenging: Print on card and only give them the keyword side of the card sort. Ask them to write the country the word belongs to, and the definition on the back. I’ve included both a word document and a PDF for ease of printing,

Do your Y10s and Y11s need some homework? Revision activities? Quick and Easy Cover? Here is a pack of six exam style question in a range of styles, including reading sheet music notation. Each question is accompanied by specific Youtube links with time stamps to make your life easier. Marking Scheme Included! This was created with the OCR syllabus in mind, but would suit all exam boards for listening skills and exam prep! Featuring music your students will tolerate including; Pride and Prejudice, Pirates of the Caribbean, Super Mario, Legend of Zelda, The Mission and Pokemon. Print off and enjoy!

Do your Y10s and Y11s need some homework? Revision activities? Quick and Easy Cover? Here is a pack of ten exam style question in a range of styles, including reading sheet music notation. Each question is accompanied by specific Youtube links with time stamps to make your life easier. Marking Scheme Included! This was created with the OCR syllabus in mind, but would suit all exam boards for listening skills and exam prep! Featuring music your students will tolerate including; Lady Gaga, Elton John, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Queen, The Clash and more! Print off and enjoy!

Perfect for a once off lesson or easy cover to set, this resource has a lesson plan attached. The melody has been transcribed into an easy key with extension work on backing chords for more able students. Useful resource for an interview lesson. This is a great resource for a one off reward lesson for students or perhaps a larger sheet music reading activity.

Perfect for a once off lesson or easy cover to set, this resource has a lesson plan attached. This melody has been simplified for KS3/Y9 musicians. The option of a duet is there for partners, or a student can extend their sheet music reading skills by playing both parts together in harmony. There are occassional ledger lines and accidentals for challenge, which is supported by the lesson plan whiteboard presentation page.

Perfect for a once off lesson or easy cover to set, this resource has a lesson plan attached. The recognisable Christmas tune is transposed into C Major with a melody line and harmony part for duet work. The music contains repeat signs. The resource contains a quick, easy lesson plan that can be displayed for students to work on independently. This lesson is perfect for the end of term as a reward lesson, or easy cover with keyboards. The lesson contains objectives students can mark off as completed if extension is needed.

A handy three page worksheet for a cover lesson or last minute activity. Also makes a good homework task at KS3. Students must research a range of musical instruments to answer short open ended questions that will last a lesson long.

Perfect for a once off lesson or easy cover to set, this resource has a lesson plan attached. Both melodies of the binary form Addams Family theme tune have been transcribed into an easy key, with extension work on semitons/chromatic movement introduced. There are also backing chords included for an extension task for more able students. Useful resource for an interview lesson.

Do your students need a considerate approach to preparing them for their independent compositions?Are you too busy running around your class of 32 to give them individual step by step instructions? Would you like a full resource that will result in weeks of high quality independent composing? Fear not, my tried and tested student friendly composition guide is here! This powerpoint can be shown to the whole class or given as individual differentiation support Each slide is accompanied with a detailed explanation and examples in audio, midi and also sheet music. This is a differentiated resource that allows musicians of all abilities and experience to achieve their target grade while considering musical elements and specific observations about this year’s options that will help them begin their compositions in a focused way, This resource was created with the new OCR GCSE music specification in mind, but could be applied to other exam boards or composition projects that look to strengthen the application of all musical elements. I have included by estimated interpretation of what higher graded pieces of music will include. As you (and the music education community know), there is no telling what lies around the corner! But this is an educated guess as good as it gets. *Please let me know if there are any issues around formatting for your OS, or if there are any issues with audio files and I will happily amend any issues you have.

This booklet is designed for students (and let’s face it SLT/OFSTED) to track their progress in working towards their composition coursework. It includes pages on target grade achievement, a working check list, a half-way through the project reflection and marking space, and an end of project assessment. It can be adapted for any area of study and includes a space for you to customise key points students need to focus on. My students enjoy having all their work in one place, and my own observers comment that it is “easy” to observe their progress and reflection in a subject their not familiar with. *Please note the grade boundaries supplied are based off of the 2017 grade boundaries which of course you can edit year to year. **The check list is my own interpretation of the specification and is not verified by any exam board.

This booklet is designed for students (and let’s face it SLT/OFSTED) to track their progress in working towards their performance coursework (both solo and ensemble). It includes pages on target grade achievement, weekly rehearsal timetable tracking and reflection, a half-way through the project reflection and marking space, and an end of project assessment. It can be adapted for any area of study and includes a space for you to customise key points students need to focus on. This can be easily adapted for other exam boards too. My students enjoy having all their work in one place, and my own observers comment that it is “easy” to observe their progress and reflection in a subject their not familiar with.