To be used alongside the BBC Ten Pieces film and resources. Watch the Art Ninja video to give the children the idea of responding to music through art. Using the template (with markers to signpost the way!) draw and annotate how you wish- instruments, sounds, moods, techniques, storylines etc.

Load up the different versions on YouTube. Give each pair a sheet and four different colours. Talk through any new vocabulary. Colour each basket in a different colour. Find three cockles/mussels with statements that describe the music and colour them to match the basket. Enjoy!

Have your whole class playing Carol of the Bells this Christmas! Full tutorial is on my YouTube channel.

Listen to four pieces based on the theme of Spring. First colour each of the flowers in a different colour. Then read the statements and find those that describe the music. Colour the butterflies to match the flowers. Music extracts (found on streaming platforms /YouTube) are: Now is the Month of Maying - Thomas Morley The Rite of Spring - Stravinsky Come Spring - Sarah Vaughan Primavera - Santana

This worksheet is to accompany the level 2 quiz on my YouTube channel.

Quiz sheet to accompany the level 1 Music Quiz on my YouTube channel.

Encourage your students to listen actively and develop their vocabulary with this listening exercise. As you listen to each extract the children (in pairs) identify three statements that describe the music and colour them to match the horseshoe.

Hot Cross buns with 5 different parts for varying abilities. Perfect for developing a class piece using tuned percussion, ukuleles, recorders and other C instruments.

A worksheet to encourage active listening and musical discussions! Working in pairs, colour each envelope in a different colour. As they listen to the extracts they match up three hearts where the statements describe what is happening in the music. Colour the hearts to match the envelope. The extracts can all be found on YouTube.

A worksheet to compare five different version of the carol ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’ Working in pairs, colour the trees in different colours. Then listen to the different versions and find statements that describe the music. Colour the baubles to match the tree.

Instrumental parts to play Alan Walker’s The Spectre

Develop a classroom ensemble piece based on the song ‘Button you must wander’ by adding a bass part, melody and two accompaniments. This music sheet is to support performing and improvising as shown on my YouTube channel

Develop a classroom ensemble piece based on the song ‘Engine engine’ by adding a bass part, melody and two ostinato patterns. This music sheet is to support performing and improvising as shown on my YouTube channel.

Instrumental parts for Orff instruments (xylophones, glockenspiels, chime bars) for this Japanese song. Play along with the performance video on my YouTube channel or create your own version.

A pdf of parts for the piece ‘Jinja’ for whole class tuned percussion.

A pdf of the parts to accompany the piece ‘Kalyango’ for whole class tuned percussion.

These is a paired/group activity that follows on from my You Tube video: Sing it, sign it, tap it, play it! do-re-mi songs Cut out the ‘building blocks’ and choose four to make up your melody. Try different ideas. Which blocks work well as the opening? Which makes your melody sound finished? When you’re happy with it, stick the four building blocks down. Can you write out your melody on a stave?

A pdf of parts for the tuned percussion piece ‘Masindi’

A multi layered piece for whole class tuned percussion.

Backing track for the song ‘Carol of the Bells’. Links to the full teaching video on YouTube.