This Powerpoint contains enough work to fill a terms worth of lessons based around the CeeLo Green song “Forget You”. It introduces the ideas of chords, melody playing, ear training, working in pairs and playing with both hands together. There is work based around the pentatonic nature of the melody, ideas on how to develop extended chord vamps and a section focusing on the rhythm section so you can develop this in to full class performances. Each lesson has starter and plenary questions which can be used as exit slips for checking students learning. It is a great resource to use for an entire term or to dip in to for starter tasks and well designed single sheets to take to away to instruments or stick in books.

This series of posters sets out the key terms used with each musical element and show visual representations of their meaning to work as an aid in a classroom or as a revision guide. Each poster is colour coded and shows the features of each element to be used as prompts for answering questions, a quick reference for the classroom or as a way of embedding knowledge for students. These will enable deeper questions to be posed without relying on clarifying each element first for students who may struggle to remember each elements meaning and key terminology.

This Powerpoint is an adaptable game of Blockbusters. The complete version on the first slide is a general music theme using the elements of music, some contextual questions, vocab checks and orchestral families. There are other slides there to make it easily adaptable to different topics. To edit, simply add your chosen questions and and answers to the relevant slides and then copy and paste them on to the final slide. The powerpoint works by playing the slideshow and having the them answer the questions. When the correct answer is given you can click the edge of the blue hexagon (try to avoid the text for the easiest use) to reveal the answer and a yellow hexagon below. That team/student then needs to answer a question in a block connected to their previous one on their next turn. The first to make a complete chain from left to right wins!

This powerpoint is set up for revision, tests/quizzes or just games of “Life’s Tough”. It works by either groups or individuals answering questions they are given, when they answer correctly they can come up to the board and pick a number, behind each number is either a +5, +10 or +15 points with some -1 and -10 point blocks hidden in there as well. The winner at the end is the team/individual who has the highest score. This is a great motivation tool for lower ability students who will see that there is always a chance to win as no one team is able to consistently gain points and take a commanding lead. Students I have used this with love the random element it gives to quizzes and I’ve found it to work best with teams and accepting the first three correct answers written down that I move around the room to check. Three teams choosing at a time gives you 6 questions per board. There are 6 boards with the points in a different order so the students cannot learn where the positives are. I mix them up but there are enough for one a term. There are also the individual slides used to create the finished boards so you can make more or change them however you want.

This powerpoint contains Blockbusters, Life’s Tough, Two truths & a Lie and Wipeout boards. The boards for each game are easy to customise so they can be used for any subject/topic. Each of the Blockbusters, Life’s tough and Wipeout boards are interactive with reveals for each set up after following the simple instructions in the word document attached. The Life’s Tough boards have 6 variations so there is a different point layout for each term, the same can be done for the Wipeout boards.

This Powerpoint contains enough work to fill a terms worth of lessons based around music for dance including Tango, Waltz and Disco. It introduces the ideas of time signatures, chords and melodies working together, how music can pair with movement along with the relevant context for the style of dance. It is a great resource to use for an entire term or to dip in to for starter tasks and well designed single sheets to take to away to instruments or stick in books.

This booklet contains enough work to fill a terms worth of lessons based around Program Music with a focus on learning how to play In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg. It has work on Tempo, Dynamics and Texture as the main elements of music manipulated in this piece. There is also work on the instruments of the orchestra and program music to get students familiar with both. There is letter annotated and colour co-ordinated notation for students to learn each section of the piece. There is also a guide to composing including a guide scale to use and a knowledge bank of key terms associated with this topic. It is a great resource to use for an entire term or to dip in to for starter tasks and well designed single sheets to take to away to instruments or stick in books.

This Powerpoint contains enough work to fill a terms worth of lessons based around Riffs and 60’s Rock music with a focus on learning the songs by The Beatles, The Kinks and The White Stripes . It has work on listening skills, instrument identification and the features of Rock. The chords and melody for each piece are all highlighted (often with video examples) and there are chord boxes for students to learn the chords on piano/keyboard. There are also recall tasks, in lesson group activities and documentary extracts included. There are assessment criteria at the end which can be adapted to fit numerous teacher chosen outcomes from the work found in this topic. It is a great resource to use for an entire term or to dip in to for starter tasks and well designed single sheets to take to away to instruments or stick in books.