British invasion, The Beatles, Listening activity and keyboard task for Yellow submarine

Instructions to follow to either complete as a class or independently at home to create their own instruments.

Help for composing drumbeats on bandlab

days of the week stickers or labels for organising

Learn about tempo and dynamics and use this to compose a short piece of music for oogie boogie

KS3 African music lesson including call and reponse and polyrythms.

Keyabord Skills

Getting ready cards - what objects do toddlers and young children need for their routine?

Pack includes timetable, templates for mindmap, checklists and storyboards. Also includes a top tips while revising poster.

periodic table knowledge map for chemistry revision KS3.

Listen out for the rhythms and cross out your bingo squares. Added challenge sheet included.

Includes listening diaries, Simpson theme melody, Whats This from The Nightmare before Christmas and composition activity - Compose music to a story/ character

Fred the Frog and The Amazon Rainforest A story about a frog in the Amazon rainforest which includes opportunites to add instrumentation. Great creative/ performance opportunity to add to a topic about rainforests or the world around us.

Improvisation and composition activities for ks2/3 lessons. Can be used to introduce these ideas without the use of reading notes/rhythms. Get pupils to be creative with the use of patterns and shapes to represent duration, pitch and dynamics of their music.

Secondary music , KS3 resource, Year 8/9 Blues PowerPoint 12 Bar blues with listening diary, history, chords and bassline.

Use these rhythms as part of a whole class or group session. Give each group a rhythm to learn and have each group perform their rhythms and create their own. Or complete as a class with each slide on the board while the teachers counts to keep all pupils in time. This can be used along with some music as a challenge.

Differentiated rhythm cards, can be used as flash cards or to help with composing.

These cue cards can be used for SEN pupils or in a primary lesson to give easy and simple instructions.

Taks to help prepare for music BTEC KS4

Graphic scores are a great way of allowing pupils to take the lead on thinking creatively about sounds and how to use them. It allows them to develop skills on using tempo, dynamics, composing, teamwork and communication.