These spreadsheets for the 2023 and 2022 Eduqas GCSE papers will give you a total grade and analysis breakdown of each question. Ranking students RAG and showing clearly the number of students who struggled with each question, allowing you to focus your intervention.

A series of KS3 lessons on Salsa

Year Group overview statements and a Rationale Statement. Curriculum is a suggested topic and outline that match the suggested National Curriculum.

Template for a Music Learning Journey or Curriculum map. Demonstrates the learning progression in your curriculum and illustrates it to students / management and visitors. Set up to allow for a different topic / unit every half term.

C Major Blues improvisation with walking bass line and 12 bar blues chord sequence

4 Salsa rhythm for group work to create polyphonic salsa backing

Several worksheets ideal as an introduction to keyboards. Broken down and simplified versions of Titanic, Star Wars and Jurrasic Park themes.

2 scaffolded work sheets for students to begin thinking about Theme and Variation. By composing a variation, based around a simple theme.

Three scaffolded worksheets based around the theme ‘Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence’ by Sakamoto. original piece for students to perform, exploring the make up of the pentatonic scale. Then changing or altering the original to create a different effect / genre.

2 worksheets based around three Indian Ragas. Ragas set out for students to play on keyboard or tuned percussion. Exploring the difference in the Ragas and their different context / times of day etc Then a worksheet for students to begin a composition based around one of them

3 scaffolded worksheets for students to begin writing a melody down using treble clef. Using a rhythm guide then a freer response.

Simple arrangement of X Files. Ideal as part of a keyboard skills unit

Scaffolded sheet for students to begin playing The Entertainer by Scott Joplin.

Listening task and questions to encourage students to begin thinking about Minimalism and external sounds used in Music

Help sheet for 12 Bar Blues in C. Detailing the chords and hand position for keyboard and guitar TAB

Scheme of Work booklet focusing on the Musical Elements and Rhythm

Help sheet designed to help GCSE students with scales, degrees of the scale (including chords) and the circle of 5ths

Powerpoint explaining the different elements of the Drum Kit

Powerpoint on the Musical Elements and definitions. including class composition and body percussion activity

A labeled diagram of a drum kit. With anagrams for students to learn each element