All my resources are aimed to be engaging, interactive and help develop independent learning for all ages. They are all created on Microsoft PowerPoint and are either life-long tools or individual schemes of work with practical, theoretical and written tasks included.
All my resources are aimed to be engaging, interactive and help develop independent learning for all ages. They are all created on Microsoft PowerPoint and are either life-long tools or individual schemes of work with practical, theoretical and written tasks included.
An interactive PowerPoint teaching students keys, chords and harmony on keyboards.
There is an interactive Chord Wheel (cycle of 5ths) which also links to the impressive chord wall where each key can be found with it’s corresponding chords.
Students will use this resource to learn about chord progressions, Major and Minor tonality, keys, relative minors and how to play any Major, Minor or Diminished chord on the keyboard.
There is also a section on complex chords for higher ability students where they can learn how to play major 7 chords, added chords, suspended chords and all kinds of jazz chords to add to their composition.
This is the harmony section from the huge Composition resource which links with the interactive instrument teacher as well.
Give students access to the Slide Show version and they can use it at their own pace.
This resource only works full with Microsoft PowerPoint. It will open on Google Slides but the interactivity will be lost
All 4 Pop Music pieces.
Bad Guy - Billie Eilish
Shape of you - Ed Sheeran
Still Dre - Dr. Dre
Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars
All come with video guides on keyboard, bass and ukulele for the melodies, chords, riffs, bass lines and lyrics.
All files need to be put into Slide Show Mode for full functionality.
Students learn independently in their own time, at their own speed.
An interactive guide on how to play Bruno Mars’ ‘Uptown Funk’ on keyboard.
There are video guides on playing the bass line on Bass guitar and keyboard, the chords on ukulele and keyboard and the trumpet line. Lyrics are also included.
The resources works on Microsoft PowerPoint only and needs to be kept in Slide Show Mode to function correctly.
An interactive PowerPoint resource aimed at GCSE Biology and P.E students on all of the body’s systems.
Students independently learn about the following topics for GCSE Biology and P.E:
Circulatory System
Respiratory System
Digestive System
Urinary System
Nervous System
Skeletal System
Muscular System
Olfactory System
Integumentary System (skin and senses)
Optical System
Immune System
Viruses, Bacteria, Protists and Fungi
Reproductive System
There is also a Key Words section for each topic linking to the GCSE syllabus.
Students independently use the interactive PowerPoint, finding answers to questions in the accompanying booklet which is in both Publisher and PDF form. There is also a revision section at the back of the booklet for the end of topic.
This is a perfect resource for KS3 students introduction to The Body and lower ability students at GCSE. It is also a quick and easy homework task or an entire scheme of revision for upcoming mocks / exams. It is also an excellent resource for PE students learning about respiration, muscles and the skeleton.
The work book can be printed as a whole booklet or as individual sheets for each mini topic.
The PowerPoint file is for teacher use. The Slide Show version of the PowerPoint is for student access as it will open straight to slide show mode so they cannot edit or change any of the functions in the background.
The PowerPoint only works at full capacity on Microsoft PowerPoint. It will open on Google Slides but some of the interactivity will be lost
The entire Music Business in one, easy-to-use and interactive PowerPoint, complete with work booklet filled with questions, tasks, revision and 8 Mark Question practice.
The idea behind this is that every student has their own copy and they take their time, working through various tasks and topics within the BTEC Music Industry Unit 1.
It is designed to be delivered at home in the current lock-down and can be streamed from a teacher’s computer or sent to individual students for them to control and operate it themselves. There are videos, hidden object research games and examples of how everything links together.
The resource covers all the roles and responsibilities of members of the Music Industry including:
Record Companies, Recording Studios, Touring, Licenses, Unions, Management, Journalism, Venues, Promoters, Agents, Making Money and Contracts. There are also 2 interactive revision games included in the form of a Million Pound Drop style quiz and a Bingo Revision game. There are also numerous 8 Mark Questions in the work booklet and there are 5 exemplars in the PowerPoint.
All you’ll need to do is download the PowerPoint file and then save it as a Slide Show and then send that file to the students. This way, they can access all the content without changing any of the information.
After that, you’re away! I’ve found the best way to deliver it is to teach the content and then once a topic is completed (say Unions for example), direct the students to the page in the booklet and the slide on the PowerPoint and for them to use the booklet as their neat copy for future revision. I also managed to print off the booklets and get them sent home to students so they have something in front of them to work from but if this is not possible, try emailing it to them instead.
Final note: this will only open and function 100% accurately in Microsoft PowerPoint. It will open in Google Slides but the functionality will be lost
An interactive guide on how to play Billie Eilish’s 'Bad Guy’ on keyboard and bass.
There are video guides on playing the melody, the bass line and chords with diagrams, pictures and notation provided.
The resources works on Microsoft PowerPoint only and needs to be kept in Slide Show Mode to function correctly.
An interactive, differentiated and enjoyable way to teach and learn about Music Theory at the click of a button for Key Stage 3 students.
This resource is entirely clickable and encourages independent learning through the discovery of Music Theory, specifically aimed at Key Stage 3 Music students.
Topics such as Notes on the Staff, Musical Elements, Instruments of the Orchestra and Rhythm are incorporated here in a style that students will find engaging and enjoyable, with the main purpose of encouraging independence in the classroom.
Students can operate their own programme and work through the tasks and resources at their own pace, re-visiting sections for further understanding as well as taking on more complex tasks to push the higher ability.
There are listening tasks, recall tests and quizzes included in the programme as well as audio clips and performance opportunities. It is easy to navigate through with helpful icons throughout and there is a guide on how to operate the programme at the start.
For best results, arrange for the students to all have access to this document on a shared driver or server so they can open the PowerPoint and work through it individually or in pairs, at their own pace.
Further information on how to use this resource can be found on the You Tube link attached.
For an interactive learning tool on how to play Chords on various instruments, please check out the Interactive Chord Builder resource, also available on TES. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/interactive-chord-builder-12322333
Finally: this resource only works in Full Slide Show Mode so students will need to know how to do this. It also only works in Microsoft PowerPoint.
COMING SOON: Interactive World Music
This interactive and independent resource encourages the development of music appreciation and the understanding of keywords through listening to 50 pieces of music from 10 genres.
Baroque, Romantic, Minimalism, Film, Jazz, Blues, Rock 'n’ Roll, Rock, Pop and Rap and Hip Hop are all included and it was made to compliment the Model Music Curriculum for Key Stage 3 but wasn’t necessarily led by it.
Students will also learn over 80 keywords and techniques through listening to the pieces and will have a work booklet with leading questions for them to answer and develop their understanding as they listen to new music. Nearly 50 of the keywords have specifically made audio examples included on the keywords screen to help further consolidate the knowledge in a more concise way, as well as the 50 pieces of music. This resource would be perfect for listening exercises at Key Stage 3, 4 and 5, or as a consolidation of keywords and techniques / theory scheme of work at any of these ability levels.
The aim is that the students complete this work independently either in short segments (as a starter or plenary in a lesson perhaps), the main body of the lesson if covering a specific genre, as cover work for when you’re running the Christmas show or even as a weekly homework log where students are set a different genre each week to expand their musical knowledge and appreciation.
I’ve designed it to be flexible for all of these possibilities and more but the focus is on the students listening first, understanding second and then answering questions third. You could also use the glossary of terms in the back of the booklets as a weekly or termly test where students write the definitions of the keywords next to the term as they all match the keywords pages on the PowerPoint.
Each of the keywords is defined as you hover over the word on the PowerPoint and there is a bank of keywords organised in four sections: Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 and Music Technology. I toiled with where to place some keywords, but I’ve based their final positions on the notion that a lot of Key Stage 3 students have missed a large chunk of their music lessons over the last 2 years so might be less familiar with some of the more complicated words. However, there is nothing stopping students and teachers delivering and learning the more complicated techniques earlier on in the school year. It is all about listening and discovering information through independent work and it is flexible for any circumstance, and I hope it creates curiosity in more complex techniques.
The resource only opens and fully functions in Microsoft PowerPoint. The file will open in Google Slides but none of the interactivity will work
You will receive the original PowerPoint, the Slide Show Only version, the Publisher Booklets and the PDF version as well.
An interactive PowerPoint resource on Composing for Key Stage 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This resource is a comprehensive tool for students to stary composing wiht. You will find the following features in this condensed version of the resource:
Interactive Chord Wheel (circle of 5ths) with clickable chords for every key.
Interactive Chord Sequencer (with diagrams on how to play all chords on the piano).
Detailed improvisation techniques on Piano and Guitar.
Comprehensive demonstrations of the 7 Modes and 3 Blues Scales.
Interactive tasks on Scales and intervals for both Major and Minor.
A database of complex chords and how to play them (and examples of their uses in songs).
An interactive piano.
An interactive guide on how to play Major and Minor chords on Guitar.
An interactive guide on how to play Major and Minor chords on Ukulele
An interactive guide on how to find the notes on a bass fretboard.
An inbuilt tuner for Bass, Ukulele and Guitar.
To work the resource, download the file and put it into Slide Show Mode and go from there. For best use, save the file as a Slide Show Only PowerPoint file and give the students access to this ensure it works perfectly.
The resource works with Microsoft PowerPoint only. It will open in Google Slides but the interactivity will be lost
A Board Game for BTEC Music students to learn how to plan their own country-wide tour.
This resource is a fun and interactive way for students to understand how to plan a tour around the U.K whilst getting to grips with what it would be like for a booking agent to do this in real life!
Students will have to navigate Transportation, Venue Hire, Merchandise Sales and Ticketing as well as planning a Marketing Strategy and utilising Promotional ideas. There are some things to consider thrown in along the way to make sure students are planning their tour in the most profitable way possible as well as some rewards for arranging their tour with good strategy.
Students will need 2 plastic counters (or coins) to chart their progress across the Map and the Calendar respectively as well as a calculator and pencil to fill in their progress along their journey and keep an accurate log of their profits. Students will also get a chance to practice Maths as they figure out percentages or their profits along the way,
The aim of the game is for students to make the biggest profit they can by manipulating their moves to give them the best possible outcomes. Some gigs at Venues will make a profit and some will make a loss but there are many different strategies to take when planning the tour.
There are three A3 sized pages: a Map to be used as the playing board, a Calendar to plan your progress on and an Instructions page which explains how the game works which includes a detailed example.
Once the Instructions and Maps have been printed, they can be re-used over and over again but to re-set the game, re-print the Calendars as this is what the students write their progress and Tour on.
The game takes roughly 2 lessons to complete but can be done quicker when students are more familiar with it. The key concept is that they are implementing already learned information about Touring and Venue hire into a practical environment.
Enjoy!
1 of 3 in the series: Interactive World Music combines 8 styles of world music into 1 interactive resource that has been cut into 3 smaller sections so it fits on TES!
This part comprises of the North and South American world music styles: Blues, Reggae and Samba.
This resource is made on Microsoft PowerPoint and is a full scheme of work aimed at Key Stage 3 students studying World Music. When all three parts are put together there is enough content to deliver of a full term (12-15 weeks) and it comes with a work booklet with questions the students need uncover the answers to.
It is interactive and click-able with the aim being that students take their time working through it at their own pace so it is perfect for the current at-home learning and online teaching.
There are audio clips, videos and information to uncover and practical tasks in the form of performances and compositions for students to complete.
Cutting it down into smaller chunks also makes it easier to send to students at home who will need to open up the file as a PowerPoint Slide Show.
This resource only operates at 100% accuracy with Microsoft PowerPoint. It will open on Google Slides but there is no guarantee of compatability.
A fully interactive and independent scheme of work on the Planets, Solar System, Plate Tectonics, Forces and Geology designed for Key Stage 2 and 3 students.
Students will have access to an interactive Microsoft PowerPoint file where they will discover in their own time, the answers to leading questions in a printed booklet. Each slide is interactive and clickable but students can really focus on elements they want to in their own time.
There are videos, images, icons, pictures, sound bites, audio recordings, graphs, diagrams and music in the resource for students to learn in as many different ways as possible.
Students will learn about the Solar System and the relative distances between Planetary objects. They will learn about Earth’s geology and tectonic plate movement. They will also learn about gravity and air resistance as well the moon landings, the space race and what happened to the dinosaurs!
The way it is designed to work is that each student either individually or in pairs has access to a computer with the Slide Show uploaded to it and their printed work booklets in front of them. They then spend their time working through the questions in the booklets by finding the answers in the PowerPoint. You will need access to Microsoft PowerPoint to be able to run this resource.
You will receive 4 files:
1: The booklet as a Publisher file
2: The booklet as a PDF file
3: The original master copy of the Interactive PowerPoint for your usage
4: A Slide Show Only version of the PowerPoint for students to access*
*This is so that students cannot accidently delete anything as the Slide Show mode opens straight to slide show and shuts down after it has been used.
This resource will only work on Microsoft PowerPoint.
An interactive guide on how to play Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of you’ on keyboard.
There are video guides on playing the melody, the harmony, the bass line and chords with diagrams, pictures and notation provided.
The resources works on Microsoft PowerPoint only and needs to be kept in Slide Show Mode to function correctly.
An interactive guide on how to play Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog’s ‘Still Dre’ on keyboard, bass and ukulele.
There are video guides on playing the chords and melody on both ukulele and keyboard and the bass line on both bass guitar and keyboard, in two different keys (original and Ukulele key).
The resources works on Microsoft PowerPoint only and needs to be kept in Slide Show Mode to function correctly.
Designed for Key Stage 3 Music Students, this interactive and fully click-able resource is perfect for helping pupils independently learn how to play chords on the Piano, Guitar and Ukulele as well as learning the notes on the Bass.
Students can have the programme open in front of them and at their own pace, learn how to play 4 different instruments. The Guitar and Ukulele pages have images or finger positions, audio clips to make sure the chords are correct and tablature to help understand the written form and the Piano and Bass pages have highlighted notes for easy learning.
There is also a full functioning and click-able piano keyboard to help teach intervals and complex chords to students, all at their own pace.
Once students have mastered an instrument, there are 2 full functioning and commonly played chord sequences for students to practice play alongside and to test their ability to change chords and to stay in time with a backing track.
This is a perfect resource for anyone teaching Band, Ensemble or Musical Futures schemes of work and it is essential for students learning how to take their first steps into playing chords.
For best results, make this programme accessible to all students on a common drive so they can each have it open on their own computers and work through it independently.
For further information, please visit the You Tube link to see the programme in action.
For a Music Theory based resource, please see the Interactive Music Theory programme.
Finally: this resource only works in Full Slide Show Mode so students will need to know how to do this. It also only works in Microsoft PowerPoint.
Built for delivering during the lockdown, the Interactive Instrument Resource has 7 in-built instruments that are all click-able for students to experience practical music lessons from their own home.
The 7 instruments are:
Glockenspiel with a C major scale and 2 backing tracks to play along with*
Violin fretboard with 2+ C major scales and 2 backing tracks*
Set of orchestral percussion and 2 backing tracks*
Piano keyboard with 2 full octaves and 3 backing tracks
A trumpet with 2 octaves and 1 backing track
A Guzheng Zither with 2 Pentatonic octaves and 1 backing track
Drum kit and electronic drum kit with 3 backing tracks
*Same backing tracks for these instruments
The resource works best when the students have downloaded their own version and can run it at home on Microsoft PowerPoint. The idea is that they work on a particular instrument for a lesson but this isn’t a scheme of work, just a play-able tool for students at home. Please have a look at the photos for further examples of the display and functionality.
Just to clarify: you will need Microsoft PowerPoint to run this file
2 of 3 in the series: Interactive World Music combines 8 styles of world music into 1 interactive resource that has been cut into 3 smaller sections so it fits on TES!
This part comprises of the Europe and Africa world music styles: Irish Folk, Malian drumming and South African Gospel Singing.
This resource is made on Microsoft PowerPoint and is a full scheme of work aimed at Key Stage 3 students studying World Music. When all three parts are put together there is enough content to deliver of a full term (12-15 weeks) and it comes with a work booklet with questions the students need uncover the answers to.
It is interactive and click-able with the aim being that students take their time working through it at their own pace so it is perfect for the current at-home learning and online teaching.
There are audio clips, videos and information to uncover and practical tasks in the form of performances and compositions for students to complete.
Cutting it down into smaller chunks also makes it easier to send to students at home who will need to open up the file as a PowerPoint Slide Show.
This resource only operates at 100% accuracy with Microsoft PowerPoint. It will open on Google Slides but there is no guarantee of compatability.
An interactive Chord Teaching Tool which is a small section of the Composing resource.
Learn chords on Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard as well as the notes on the bass fretboard.
All the Major and Minor chords for Guitar and Ukulele have audio clips to hear what they sound like, finger position charts, tab and an image of the correct hand position playing the chord.
The Bass teacher has audio clips and the position on the fretboard and there is an interactive piano to show students chords, keys, scales and intervals. There is also an inbuilt tuner for Ukulele, Bass and Guitar.
This resource only works perfectly on Microsoft PowerPoint. It will open in Google Slides but some of the interactivity will be lost
3 of 3 in the series: Interactive World Music combines 8 styles of world music into 1 interactive resource that has been cut into 3 smaller sections so it fits on TES!
This part comprises of the Asian and U.K world music styles: Indonesian Gamelan, Chinese Pentatonic Music and U.K based music.
This resource is made on Microsoft PowerPoint and is a full scheme of work aimed at Key Stage 3 students studying World Music. When all three parts are put together there is enough content to deliver of a full term (12-15 weeks) and it comes with a work booklet with questions the students need uncover the answers to.
It is interactive and click-able with the aim being that students take their time working through it at their own pace so it is perfect for the current at-home learning and online teaching.
There are audio clips, videos and information to uncover and practical tasks in the form of performances and compositions for students to complete.
Cutting it down into smaller chunks also makes it easier to send to students at home who will need to open up the file as a PowerPoint Slide Show.
This resource only operates at 100% accuracy with Microsoft PowerPoint. It will open on Google Slides but there is no guarantee of compatability.