A good way for students to record what verbal feedback they have received from a teacher, and make comments about what they are going to do to develop their work.

A document put together in my previous school. Found it useful for structuring students’ extended writing.

A nice extended writing task with planning skeleton, to develop literacy skills in Music.

A lovely little research task that students can complete in order to develop literacy skills in Music.

An introduction to working out a key signature and it’s relative minor.

A short aural analysis question based around compositions by Igor Stravinsky.

An arrangement that I made for the ability of my choir in 2010 from various different vocal/piano arrangements. SA Choir. Enjoy!

A very nice one off lesson on descriptive music, comparing two versions Flight of the Bumblebee. Ideal for an initial listening activity at Year 10. Includes: Powerpoint with information and analysis Two contrasting recordings of the piece Listening Activity

A recent arrangement I made for my school choir of the piece from Mamma Mia - Here We Go Again. Some lovely, simple but effective harmonies. Enjoy!

A little SA arrangement I have done for my school choir from Mary Poppins Returns. Enjoy!

A basic class arrangement I made of Beethoven’s 5th in order to help my students recognise the thematic material introduced in the Exposition. Includes a basic lesson outline.

A one-off lesson which I developed from a PowerPoint I was given back in 2010, combined with a screenshot of a worksheet I was sent. I tested this lesson last week and the kids loved it!

PLEASE NOTE - The piano part was created on Sibelius 2, but hasn’t quite transferred correctly when copied over to a new programme. The last few bars may need editing for use.

Traditional Carol Arrangement for Small Ensemble

A short arrangement of “Thank You For Being A Friend” - ideal for a mixed ability orchestra. A video clip of the original theme has been placed into the URL finder.

A lesson that I created to teach students in Year 9 how to compose Leit Motifs for characters and also “accompanying” music for an extended film sequence, using two contrasting genres of film music. The lesson includes a PowerPoint, Audio Clips, Edited Movie Clips and Composition Sheets.

A Unit of Work I wrote as an assignment (with a Samba rhythm that was given to me by my mentor from which I then created the entire SOW) when in university for a whole class samba session.

Believe it or not, when asked which piece of pop music the pupils in my previous school wanted me to arrange for the school concert, THIS is what they requested. It was an AWESOME performance. Flexi-band type of arrangement, specifically for a Secondary School Orchestra. Easier parts so that everyone can play it well! Enjoy!!

A Class arrangement of Tom Jones’ Delilah and a PowerPoint on Welsh Pop Music

An orchestral arrangement I created in 2012 for a school concert. Grades 3-5 standard. Very effective!