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 worksheet can be used as part of English lessons where there is a class reading book, as part of independent work, for comprehension lessons or for guided reading. Sheet asks the children to review the chapters of their book - liked, disliked, predict.

A Practise Diary created for children taking One on One or Group Lessons of instruments in a school setting. Contains space for: goals for the year one on one lesson comments group lesson comments lesson times for the next week colouring in bar of how much practise they did and how useful it was Was very useful as a peripatetic music specialist for Primary children.

Children can learn about the different rhyme schemes of Quatrains (4 line rhyming poems) using the theme of Christmas. Perfect for the last week before the Christmas holidays for creating poems to write in Christmas cards. Takes into consideration those of other faiths and suggests they could create a poem or card for another holiday. LO: to write a quatrain (four line poem) Bronze: I can write an ABAB rhyming quatrain. Silver: I can experiment with ABBA, AABB rhyme schemes. Gold: I can write poems with ABAB, ABBA, AABB and ABCB rhyme schemes.

Great for the less organised children in your class! This basic resource gives a series of steps and time limits which you can stick on the children's desks to ensure that they are ready to begin learning as soon as possible. I originally created this resource for use with SEN children but found that it worked great with my whole class!

There are 5 tasks related to evolution in this pack. Tasks combine use of ICT with Literacy and Science. These tasks involve computer research, comprehension, poetry, mind mapping, arguing similarities and differences and mapping progression of mankind. Most tasks require class or group discussion. Lots of thinking outside the box! Great fun for a few student led lessons.

Discrete grammar lesson on verbs and adverbs and their placement in sentences. PowerPoint gives clear description and examples of adverbs and their function in a sentence. Group activity within PowerPoint to find the verbs and adverbs. Worksheet activity is a cloze passage with LA given words they could use on a separate sheet. To end the lesson have some children share their cloze passages and discuss use of adverbs. LO: To be able to use adverbs to quantify verbs.

Discrete grammar lesson on Contractions. Lesson plan includes YouTube video to watch on screen with your class. Worksheet uses popular song "Call Me Maybe" to explore contractions and expanding the contraction to full words. When I did this lesson with my class we ended with them trying to sing the song with the contractions expanded. Everyone was in stitches laughing! "I threw a wish in the well, do not ask me I will never tell" Gives them an authentic understanding of contractions.

This discrete grammar lesson is on Modal verbs. Activities within the PowerPoint include: Spot the modal verb class activity changing modal verbs to the negative cloze activity adding modal verbs to sentences. extension could be to write their own sentences and have a partner find the modal verbs. Answers are included in presentation to mark along the way - use these to do a mini-plenary.

This is a guide of how to Analyse a piece of music in depth using the Musical Elements. It sets out a list of things to listen for/ a series of questions pupils can ask themselves as they listen to something they want to analyse. Terminology may differ across countries - this particular resource was created in Australia. Feel free to alter terminology where necessary. This resource has been particularly useful for training pupils to listen during unstudied works, but can be used for works they have to study for GCSE and A levels as a training exercise for exams etc.

This resource has a Word Document and PDF version of a self, peer, and teacher assessment criteria sheet for the writing genre Myths and Legends. This was co-created by a Year 6 class and could be used as a tool for self and peer assessment for the students as they create their myth and legend stories.

This is a project based on the iconic Jurassic Park franchise to assess students knowledge about cells, DNA and evolution in a fun way. Included is: Slides outlining the project a letter from the Jurassic World creative team (made up by myself to introduce the project) an attached criteria sheet for self, peer and teacher assessment of SKILLS inc. research, teamwork etc. My students always have great fun completing this project and it shows how much they understand and have been able to research and understand about cells, DNA, and evolution.

This is a project that can be used to assess student learning about Ancient Greece, and assess their research and design skills. Included is: A letter from the British Museum outlining the task for students to complete (fictional, made up by myself) A set of scaffolds including LA/MA questioning to assist in completing project A student created self, peer and teacher assessment criteria (basic, can be added to) A great fun project to get students thinking about how museums work, how to share information we have learnt in different ways, and bring a creative element into the learning of history.

This presentation introduces pupils to the genre of advertising music. They must use their understanding of music analysis to analyse the examples given - scaffolding questions are asked. The second activity asks them to create their own advertisement for a particular product - using melody, rhythm, lyrics and basic accompaniment.

In depth presentation about the brain and music which uses university research to explain how music affects the brain. Lists the 10 most relaxing pieces of music according to research. Pupils could use these pieces as listening examples.

For neurodiverse students, this is a ‘check in’ set of lists to help them stay centred, relax, know what to do next, or organise their thoughts/behaviours when beginning a task set. The first page has a list of suggestions for keeping ‘in check’, the second page is a list of questions that student could ask such as ‘how long do I have to complete this task?’ This could also be helpful for basic executive functioning assistance.