M. Barraclough has been a teacher of music in the East Midlands since 2008. In that time he has helped to shape a number of departments with innovative approaches to assessment across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.
Resources cover a range of topics and qualifications, including AQA GCSE, OCR A-Level and Edexcel BTEC.
M. Barraclough has been a teacher of music in the East Midlands since 2008. In that time he has helped to shape a number of departments with innovative approaches to assessment across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.
Resources cover a range of topics and qualifications, including AQA GCSE, OCR A-Level and Edexcel BTEC.
This fantastic bundle of resources contains four arranged pieces of music, suitable for classroom ensemble, extra-curricular club or youth stage band/orchestra.
The pieces all include PDF files and Sibelius files to allow for easy editing if desired. If you do not have Sibelius you can contact me and I will even transpose a part for you!
Pieces included are:
Canon in C (Originally Canon in D - Y.Pachabel)
Jurassic Park Main Theme (J.Williams)
The Blue Danube (Y.Strauss)
The Circle of Life (H.Zimmer)
The Keyboard Classical Collection has eleven different classical pieces of varying difficulty. Each sheet has the main melody and the chords written above. These can be used as small duo/ensemble activities or solo performances, with the ability to be stretched from Year 7 all the way to GCSE performance if scaffolded correctly.
In some cases the keys have been changed.
Included with this bundle is a FULL end of AoS5 - Conventions of Pop assessment, with an 80 mark test paper and audio file of the corresponding songs. Gaps & clips have been shortened in length to allow the exam to be able to take place in a standard 1 hour lesson.
This is an excellent way of measuring the progress of your student's AoS5 knowledge and features a large range of questions in the style of the official OCR examinations.
Provided is a PDF and a Word doc to allow for easy editing if required.
Audio clips:
Surfin' USA (surf rock)
Blue Suede Shoes (rock&roll)
We Are The Champions (rock anthem)
Welcome To The Jungle (rock anthem)
Mad World (solo)
I Will Always Love You (ballad)
Somebody That I Used To Know (solo)
Everything I Do (ballad)
In this pack you have enough resources to essentially teach Musical Future-style projects for a whole year!
The main areas covered are:
Pop Music
Blues Music
Reggae Music
You will receive 3 work booklets that contain enough information for homework/out of class activities, contextual understanding, SMSC etc.
You will also receive worksheets that teach your students about the 12 Bar Blues, 3 Little Birds by Bob Marley, Price Tag by Jessie J & Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day.
This is a fantastic bundle for any department that needs that little bit extra to get the children engaged or a department that wants to build a strong performing culture. Each piece of work has a strong emphasis on both context of music and performance.
