Student Voice is considered an important part of departmental and school self-assessment. You could add this to your school intranet/website or hand out copies to a range of students.

Cover work for use out of the music classroom. Students will need access to a computer.

Cover work for when you are away.

This is a 6 week unit of work, which includes: - • PowerPoint presentations with: - o Lesson Outcomes o Starters o Tasks o Plenaries o Homework tasks o ‘working towards’ levels o Assessment criteria • Bonfire Graphic Score work sheet • Halloween Graphic Score example • Display poster • Student self-assessment sheet

Cover work for when you are absent. Task 1 is written work and involves filling in the missing words from a given list. Task 2 is copying and labelling Chinese instruments. Task 3 is an extension task students can do if they have access to the internet - i.e. researching information about the Chinese instruments. Should keep your students busy!

Cover worksheet for Music lessons.

This is PowerPoint presentation work, so students will need access to computers. This is suitable for a double lesson cover [or two single lessons] or homework. GCSE students are required to show an understanding of the capabilities of their instrument; some understanding of the composer’s intentions regarding cultural influences and the performance venue. They also need to show some understanding of the effect of audience, time and place when performing or composing. This work covers some of the background knowledge they need regarding their instrument and performance techniques. There is an extension task for discussing the relationship between music, and its cultural context, that has been performed over time. 8 slides are asked for - clear task instructions are provided for each slide, as well as ideas to help students focus in the right area.

I used this topic initially for Year 8s. However, it was so successful, I tried it out with Year 10 - allowing them to choose the notes they wanted for each roll of the dice. You will, of course, need enough dice for a class. I got mine online very cheaply. This is an exercise in varied composition techniques, note values, staff notation and so much more.

For KS3. Suitable for all group work in music.

A test for entrants into Secondary school Music lessons, to provide a baseline on which to determine progress made. Also included is an End of Year 7 Test, which should show the progress made by the end of the Year.

I use this for composition work, much of which is completed using GarageBand, Logic Pro or Sibelius.

This composition task is for students up to Year 7 and the focus is The Crocodile poem by Roald Dhal. Included is a worksheet, the poem and a self-assessment sheet for student to complete as homework. Students can use any part of the poem to create a descriptive piece of music, using ostinatos, voice and persuasion instruments.

Cover work for when you are out of school.

Two work sheets which can be used either in the lesson or as a cover lesson. You would need to access Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre and Carnival of the Animals, which should be played for this work.

Cover work sheet for when you are absent. Answer sheet provided.

Useful for cover work or homework. Students will need access to a computer and ir would be useful for them to use head phones too. Sheet is self-explanatory.

You will need to download the Christmas Melodies sheet. This PowerPoint presentation takes you through the whole lesson.

These are the lyrics to several Christmas songs. Includes fun pictures. They have been produced on a Mac, just in case you need to make adjustments if using a PC. I used them for both assemblies and class singing. I also had the music linked with them, so that the slides moved on automatically with the music - but I don't know how to do this so that it would work for you.

The importance of displaying relevant and useful information around the class room is well known. Here are two posters relaying information about melodic movement and techniques which should help students when they are composing.

Cover work for when you are away.

Quiz for KS3 students at the end of the Christmas term. This is a Powerpoint presentation and includes answers to all questions. I have also included a picture quiz work sheet to go with round 2.