M. Barraclough has been a teacher of music in the East Midlands since 2008. In that time he has helped to shape a number of departments with innovative approaches to assessment across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.
Resources cover a range of topics and qualifications, including AQA GCSE, OCR A-Level and Edexcel BTEC.
M. Barraclough has been a teacher of music in the East Midlands since 2008. In that time he has helped to shape a number of departments with innovative approaches to assessment across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.
Resources cover a range of topics and qualifications, including AQA GCSE, OCR A-Level and Edexcel BTEC.
Included with this bundle is a FULL end of AoS5 - Conventions of Pop assessment, with an 80 mark test paper and audio file of the corresponding songs. Gaps & clips have been shortened in length to allow the exam to be able to take place in a standard 1 hour lesson.
This is an excellent way of measuring the progress of your student's AoS5 knowledge and features a large range of questions in the style of the official OCR examinations.
Provided is a PDF and a Word doc to allow for easy editing if required.
Audio clips:
Surfin' USA (surf rock)
Blue Suede Shoes (rock&roll)
We Are The Champions (rock anthem)
Welcome To The Jungle (rock anthem)
Mad World (solo)
I Will Always Love You (ballad)
Somebody That I Used To Know (solo)
Everything I Do (ballad)
This is an excel document that calculates a student's final grade based on their scores in composition, performance and listening & appraising.
All you have to do is enter the student's scores a final 9-1 mark will be provided. Information has been sourced directly from OCR Music specialists and through CPD events, but all formulas and rules within the excel document have been added by myself.
Student targets change colour based on if they are on, below or above target. All grade boundaries are provided on an alternative tab. Formulas have been added for up to 20 students. If you would like me to add for more than this amount you can contact me and I can send a bespoke document following purchase.
With this resource you will get two documents - a PDF with the full booklet layout that will contain all required written work for students in unit 5 and a word document which will allow you to edit it to your own needs.
The booklet includes a target and review section, short & long term target section, strengths & areas for development and an 8 week review diary, which is easily laid out for students to complete.
I have used this since the introduction of the first award and this has allowed my students to easily and efficiently collect distinctions, with only visual evidence needed to accompany the completed booklet.
The Jurassic Park main theme for school ensemble. There are beginner, intermediate and slightly more advanced parts. Score accommodates instruments in C; Eb; Bb & F. There is also orchestral percussion & piano.
Provided is a PDF with all of the parts and the Sibelius file to allow for easy editing.
The fourth of a series.
The keyboard performance pack has three different songs of varying difficulty. There are two sheets per song; one with the notes labelled and one without. All sheets have the featured chords.
The songs are as follows:
Best Song Ever - One Direction
Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus
Burn - Ellie Goulding
Other packs in this series:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pop-songs-keyboard-performance-pack-1-11416953
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pop-songs-keyboard-performance-pack-2-11416969
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pop-songs-keyboard-performance-pack-3-11416983
The third of a series.
The keyboard performance pack has three different songs of varying difficulty. There are two sheets per song; one with the notes labelled and one without. All sheets have the featured chords.
The songs are as follows:
Budapest - George Ezra
Roar - Katy Perry
Skyscraper - Sam Bailey
Other packs in this series:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pop-songs-keyboard-performance-pack-1-11416953
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pop-songs-keyboard-performance-pack-2-11416969
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pop-songs-keyboard-performance-pack-4-11417090
The second of a series.
The keyboard performance pack has three different songs of varying difficulty. There are two sheets per song; one with the notes labelled and one without. All sheets have the featured chords.
The songs are as follows:
Fight Song - Rachel Platten
Photograph - Ed Sheeran
Shut Up & Dance - Walk The Moon
Other packs in this series:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pop-songs-keyboard-performance-pack-1-11416953
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pop-songs-keyboard-performance-pack-3-11416983
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pop-songs-keyboard-performance-pack-4-11417090
The first of a series.
The keyboard performance pack has three different songs of varying difficulty. There are two sheets per song; one with the notes labelled and one without. All sheets have the featured chords.
The songs are as follows:
Good Grief - Bastille
Tears - Clean Bandit
Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes
Other packs in this series:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pop-songs-keyboard-performance-pack-2-11416969
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pop-songs-keyboard-performance-pack-3-11416983
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pop-songs-keyboard-performance-pack-4-11417090
Attached is a mock paper based on the 'AoS 5 - Conventions of Pop' part of the listening & appraising paper. The mock is based specifically on the Rock N' Roll era of the Area of Study.
There is also a bespoke audio file laid out like actual GCSE listening exams so that students can adapt to how the exams will be on the day. The front sheet for the exam is laid out exactly like the OCR exam front sheets.
The exam has 4 questions and is worth 40 marks - exactly half of the full exam. Question 4 is a 'longer answer' type question. The audio extracts are:
The Beatles - Twist & Shout
Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
This booklet has enough resources to cover a full half term (or longer) of Reggae. There are enough tasks to cover homework, classroom activities, SMSC knowledge and much more.
The overall project is the Bob Marley song Three Little Birds, which can be performed by an ensemble. The main parts are the lyrics, bass line, chorus hook and chords.
There are two files - the word document, which can be edited to suit your own school's layouts and a PDF showing the original layout designed for my old school to give you an idea. The original file was designed on a mac so some images on the word document may have moved around a bit. Referring to the PDF will allow you to easily correct any such errors.
This helpful grid provides information for students on what key terms are and what they need to consider in order to answer the longer questions in their OCR, AQA or Edexcel GCSE Music listening paper.
Key terms covered:
Melody
Harmony
Tonality
Structure
Instruments & Timbre
Articulation
Texture
Tempo
Dynamics
Use of Technology
A PDF of three different pieces, which focus on broken chords and playing chords with a melody. The final piece does not have the notes labelled, so that students can be challenged to identify the pitch of the notes.
The three short pieces comprise of:
Someone Like You
Heart & Soul
Radioactive
The Circle of Life, from The Lion King for school ensemble. There are beginner, intermediate and slightly more advanced parts. Score accommodates instruments in C; Eb & Bb. There is also orchestral percussion & piano.
Provided is a PDF with all of the parts and the Sibelius file to allow for easy editing.
This booklet has enough resources to cover a full half term (or longer) of Pop Music & Pop Songs. There are enough tasks to cover homework, classroom activities and much more.
The overall project is for a group of students to compose their own pop songs. Students will learn how to play chords on guitar or keyboard, how to play a basic drum beat and how a pop song is structured. Students will also write their own lyrics.
There are two files - the word document, which can be edited to suit your own school's layouts and a PDF showing the original layout designed for my old school to give you an idea. The original file was designed on a macbook so some images of the word document may have moved around a bit. Referring to the PDF will allow you to easily correct any potential errors.
I use this resource with my Year 9 students in a Musical Futures-style project. Students learn all of the different band parts to Boulevard of Broken Days by Green Day and then form bands. Assessment is the final performance.
Included:
Guitar part, with chord boxes, tablature & structure for whole song.
Bass guitar part, with bass tablature & structure for whole song.
Keyboard/piano part, with standard notation, keyboards with chord labels & structure for whole song.
All files are in PDF format.
Knowledge organiser / summary sheets for Area of Study 3: Rhythms of the World, one of the exam areas for the OCR GCSE Music specification.
Areas included:
African Drumming
Bhangra
Calypso
Greek Folk
Indian Classical
Samba
Palestinian & Israeli
Features discussed:
Melody
Rhythm
Texture
Instrumentation
Genre
Harmony/Tonality
Structure
This booklet has enough resources to cover a full half term (or longer) of Blues music. There are enough tasks to cover homework, classroom activities, SMSC knowledge and much more.
The overall project is to be able to perform a piece of blues music, whilst understanding about improvisation and the 12-bar blues. There are additional tasks such as blues lyric writing.
There are two files - the word document, which can be edited to suit your own school's layouts and a PDF showing the original layout designed for my old school to give you an idea. The original file was designed on a mac so some images on the word document may have moved around a bit. Referring to the PDF will allow you to easily correct any such errors.
Resource sheets for the Jessie J song Price Tag.
Instrumental parts are for the following instruments:
Bass guitar - tablature
Ukulele - tablature & chord boxes
Drum kit - beat grid
Keyboard - notated & labelled chords
The only additional resource needed would be lyrics, which can be sourced easily on the internet. I use these every year with my Year 7 classes to great success.
For the price of £10 you will get the first FOUR in the Keyboard Performance series of resources.
Sheets provide notation popular songs (one sheet with notes labelled, one without) as well as the chords for more advanced learners.
You will get 12 songs, which is enough for a several units of work, across all Key Stage 3 and 4 lessons. Work can be tailored to suit student abilities and is also an excellent stimulus for GCSE Music students who are doing sequencing for their performances.
Songs that come with the bundle:
Budapest - George Ezra
Roar - Katy Perry
Skyscraper - Sam Bailey
Good Grief - Bastille
Tears - Clean Bandit
Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes
Fight Song - Rachel Platten
Photograph - Ed Sheeran
Shut Up & Dance - Walk The Moon
Best Song Ever - One Direction
Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus
Burn - Ellie Goulding
Knowledge organiser / summary sheets for Area of Study 5: Conventions of Pop, one of the exam areas for the OCR GCSE Music specification.
Areas included:
Rock N’ Roll
Rock Anthems
Ballads
Solo Artists
Features discussed:
Melody
Rhythm
Texture
Instrumentation
Genre
Harmony/Tonality
Structure
