Seven round Christmas lesson, including word-search, crossword, Christmas film quiz, 2017 quiz, anagrams, name the Christmas song in pictures and Christmas songs quiz. Answers included for all and worksheets with answer sheet at front included as well. Keeps classes busy for an hour. Suitable for Key Stages 2-4 (Years 6 - 11). Can easily be left as cover during seasonal events. Happy Christmas!

PowerPoint presentation and fill in the blank activity on Serialism and Expressionism for AQA GCSE Music, new specification. 14 slide presentation with expected progress, better than expected progress and key words detailed. Presentation covers context and features of expressionism, how serialism came about, how to make a twelve tone row, information on Schoenberg, techniques used and features of Serialism, information on Peripetie as an example and a compositional task, where students make their own twelve tone rows, apply techniques and then layer them (we will be doing this on GarageBand but can be done as a class in performance or on any music technology software).

Presentation describing key features of Contemporary British Folk Music for the new specification of AQA GCSE Music (Area of Study 3). Lesson outcomes are included, as are some brief context, rhythm and tempo, timbre, traditional folk instruments, modern instruments, melody, structure/form and texture and then an example of this. On blue background for dyslexic pupils or those with Irlam's.

A PowerPoint with the analysis of Prologue/Little Shop Of Horrors, relating to the new AQA set works, starting teaching 2020. Each section has an edited audio from the Off-Broadway performance, showing which part is being analysed at that time. Also includes building major, minor, 7th, 6th and Sus4 chords, which are all then referred to later in the analysis. This includes information from the AQA teachers guide, as well as the CGP and Rhinegold revision guides. No activities are included, just the actual analysis.

Presentation for AQA GCSE Music New Specification for Area of Study Four (Western Classical Tradition Since 1910) - Kodaly and Bartok. Pupils were set a task the lesson before to research Kodaly and Bartok (context, type of music, features of this style of music, famous pieces, Kodaly method of singing, influences, etc). This presentation is to fill in any gaps they may have missed out and look at some pieces. Covers context, elements of Hungarian folk music, impressionist music, Hary Janos suite, Dances of Galanta, Concerto for Orchestra, Romanian folk dances for Orchestra and Divertimento. YouTube links are provided, as are lesson objectives.

PowerPoint and skim and scan task for new specification AQA GCSE Music, African Drumming. Skim and scan starter (literacy skills) to highlight top ten key words or phrases and give basic information. Six part layered performance opportunity with key words linked and explained, followed by instruments and descriptions, ways of playing the djembe, explanation of griots, features of African music, rhythmic and vocal features and Arabic influences. This lesson took us two hours including the performance layering task, as we looked at the drums and how they are created as well. Learning outcomes and keywords are displayed for schools that need this.

Relating to the new specification GCSE Music for AQA. Area of Study 4 - Western Classical Tradition since 1910. Covers Malcolm Arnold and his "Tam O'Shanter Overture", Benjamin Britten and his works, "War Requiem" and "Peter Grimes", Peter Maxwell Davies and "The Yellow Cake Revue" and John Tavener with "The Whale" and "The Lamb". Two tasks - one halfway through to try to make sounds musically and second one at the end to develop one of these ideas into a piece. Learning outcomes at the beginning for schools that require this.

Cover work booklet to be used for one off Music cover lessons where a computer room is not accessible. Each activity/page should last at least an hour (I have used them for this long). Includes "Design Your Own Musical Instrument" (6 small tasks), "Decorate The Ukulele", "Decorate The Djembe", "Design Your Own Record Label" (6 short tasks), "Planning Your Own Festival" (7 short tasks) and "Features Of Pop Music Comprehension" (A4 written passage with 15 questions to answer from this). Could easily cover five or six theoretical lessons (cover, removal, difficult classes, etc.) Does not need a Music classroom to complete. Just need to print booklet and give to a student with paper! Suitable for non-specialist teachers as well. Great for preparing for urgent cover, removal work or learning at home.

Presentation on Computer Game Music for the new specification AQA GCSE Music. Covers features of early and modern computer game music, with an example of each, ways of developing motifs and a task for pupils to make their own game music with a suggested clip in notes or develop their ideas to help with composition. On a blue background to help some dyslexic pupils. Learning outcomes on each slide for schools that follow this policy. Wider listening link included. Took about an hour and a half with composition task. Images removed for copyright reasons.

An escape room activity with a focus on the three set works for Area of Study 2 (Popular Music) - Little Shop of Horrors. There is a PowerPoint for the teacher to use to set the scene and sheets for activities, one for each set work. Students worked in groups when we did this, and for an average ability class, it took an hour lesson. The key template was used to give students a key for each task completed and they had to rearrange into a four word phrase. I used the four word phrase “Don’t feed the plants” but any four word phrase could be used - just write one word on the back of each key and repeat for as many groups as you will have. The final task is to write a response in the style of the essay question.

Blues Music presentation and task for AQA GCSE Music New Specification. PowerPoint has starter of link between two artists and harmonic link (good for aural training), then covers context, instruments, rhythm, swung rhythms, shuffle beats, blues scale, melodic features, chord sequence, walking bass line, structure, 16 bar patterns and features of jazz. Performance task of playing 12 bar blues chords with drummers playing swung rhythms and vocalists making a mash-up of Mercy, Candyman and When The Love Runs Out (lyrics sheet provided). Took about two hours in our lesson. Learning outcomes and keywords provided for schools that need this.

Scheme of work for five lessons for Year 6 to Year 7 Transition (aimed at Year 7, half term 1). Has mind-maps to show prior knowledge and progress at the end of the unit. 5 lessons (1 - prior knowledge, 2 - problems you may come across and ways of solving them, 3 - current skills and qualities, 4 - development of skills and qualities, 5 - what have I learnt?). We have lessons for 20 minutes a week in form time, but with more discussion, this could go on for 30 minutes, or children could write down their ideas and then discuss them as a class.

PowerPoint detailing very basic features of Baroque, Classical and Romantic music for GCSE Music (we are following AQA but would presumably be suitable for other boards). Covers ornaments, orchestral developments, phrasing, key composers, etc.

Presentation on Minimalism to fit with new spec GCSE Music AQA - Area of Study 4 (Western Classical Tradition Since 1910). Covers roots of minimalism, John Cage, Steve Reich, Terry Riley and John Adams, and the suggested listening. Lists of features of minimalism and techniques used, with practical task at the end where students are given a melodic cell and told to develop in minimalistic style with suggested techniques. This was originally done on GarageBand, but could be done as a class ensemble. Learning objectives included.

Features of Pop Music presentation to fit in with AQA GCSE Music New Specification - Area of Study 2 - Pop Music. 10 slides. Learning objectives displayed on each slide for schools that follow this policy. Slides cover types of voice and vocal techniques, effects and technology, popular instruments and their roles, rock 'n' roll, basic features of rock music, 1960s British Pop and Modern Pop.

Lesson on Film Music Appreciation with corresponding worksheet. Students are shown 6 film clips and have to answer questions on texture, instruments, dynamics, features, atmosphere, etc. YouTube links and answers are provided. My Year 9 classes loved this, and were shocked that questions such as describe the dynamics were on the GCSE papers! Lesson objectives included for schools that require this.

Presentation on Caribbean Music for the new specification of GCSE Music AQA - AoS 3. Pictures of unfamiliar instruments and YouTube clips for different styles of music are included. Presentation covers Context, Instruments, Steel Pans, Calypso Context, Features of Calypso, Mento, Son, Merengue and Zouk. Learning outcomes and key words are included for schools that require this.

Presentation for AQA GCSE Music New Specification on Salsa and Samba music (Area of Study 3 - Traditional Music. Contains audio clips of examples and some pictures of instruments etc. Learning objectives included. Looks at context of Salsa, Clave rhythms, Salsa structure, Samba key features, Samba beat, Instruments and Call and response.