A good way for students to record what verbal feedback they have received from a teacher, and make comments about what they are going to do to develop their work.

A document put together in my previous school. Found it useful for structuring students’ extended writing.

A nice extended writing task with planning skeleton, to develop literacy skills in Music.

A lovely little research task that students can complete in order to develop literacy skills in Music.

An introduction to working out a key signature and it’s relative minor.

A short aural analysis question based around compositions by Igor Stravinsky.

An arrangement that I made for the ability of my choir in 2010 from various different vocal/piano arrangements. SA Choir. Enjoy!

A very nice one off lesson on descriptive music, comparing two versions Flight of the Bumblebee. Ideal for an initial listening activity at Year 10. Includes: Powerpoint with information and analysis Two contrasting recordings of the piece Listening Activity

A recent arrangement I made for my school choir of the piece from Mamma Mia - Here We Go Again. Some lovely, simple but effective harmonies. Enjoy!

A little SA arrangement I have done for my school choir from Mary Poppins Returns. Enjoy!

A basic class arrangement I made of Beethoven’s 5th in order to help my students recognise the thematic material introduced in the Exposition. Includes a basic lesson outline.

A one-off lesson which I developed from a PowerPoint I was given back in 2010, combined with a screenshot of a worksheet I was sent. I tested this lesson last week and the kids loved it!

PLEASE NOTE - The piano part was created on Sibelius 2, but hasn’t quite transferred correctly when copied over to a new programme. The last few bars may need editing for use.

Traditional Carol Arrangement for Small Ensemble

A lesson that I created to teach students in Year 9 how to compose Leit Motifs for characters and also “accompanying” music for an extended film sequence, using two contrasting genres of film music. The lesson includes a PowerPoint, Audio Clips, Edited Movie Clips and Composition Sheets.

A Unit of Work I wrote as an assignment (with a Samba rhythm that was given to me by my mentor from which I then created the entire SOW) when in university for a whole class samba session.

Arranged from a piano score from the movie, Jungle Book

Created from a piano score from Mary Poppins

Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau - easy band arrangement

An orchestral arrangement I created in 2012 for a school concert. Grades 3-5 standard. Very effective!