A very accessible resource for your KS3 students, featuring a step-by-step scaffolded guide to learning this great song! Features eight simple exercises to help you plan your performance assessments, individual structured sections of the song, guitar chords and chords ‘cheat sheet’ Create your own BRITPOP band arrangement!

A very accessible keyboard resource for your KS3 students, or as an introduction to “Defying Gravity” on the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Music specification. Can also be used as INTERVALS practice, or as a starting point for improvisation! Features melody, easy bass line and chords. Ideal for solo and small ensemble performance!

Three differentiated fun and accessible music quizzes from Ragtime Resources (Red/Amber/Green difficulty levels): Crossword (inc. answer sheet) ’Match the Emoji’ (inc. answer sheet) and ’Spot the Christmas Carol’ word search Go on - treat yourself…

A very accessible keyboard resource for your KS3 students to get them into the festive spirit! Can also be used as INTERVALS practice! (INTERMEDIATE) Features three differentiated versions: EASY, INTERMEDIATE (EASY LH), INTERMEDIATE (MORE DIFFICULT LH), with and without note names. Also includes chord symbols and therefore ideal for solo and small ensemble performance!

For all teachers and students undertaking the Pearson Edexcel GCSE 9-1 course, this presentation is a great starting point to give you some ideas for your composition to a set brief. Contains the exact wording from the September 2024 set brief released by Pearson* Through more than fifty slides, over 30 suggested listening examples, links and tutorials relating to each off the four areas of study, you will not be short of inspiration or ideas of how to start researching your chosen brief. Included as both Powerpoint (slides) and PDF versions with hyperlinked images/YouTube videos and websites. *(I acknowledge that this publication is not my property to sell).

A very user-friendly 30-page workbook for your KS3 students (aimed at Year 7) to introduce “Pitch and Notes of the Stave.” Includes ESP exercises, RAG-style resources for stretch and challenge, fun homework tasks, peer feedback forms for performing and an end-of-topic test for assessment. Now features a GLOSSARY to encourage and support the use of subject specific vocabulary. There are activities to span five lessons - these are not designed to last for a whole lesson but are intended to support additional listening / practical work.

A very accessible keyboard resource for your KS3 students, or as an introduction to Music for Stage & Screen. Can also be used as INTERVALS practice! Features two differentiated versions: **EASY (EASY LH), ** and STANDARD with and without note names. Both versions are the first and second sections of this work only. Ideal for solo and small ensemble performance!

A handy step-by-step guide to enable your students to begin working with Sibelius in just five simple stages. (Resource designed to work with Sibelius 7 & 7.5). Print this colourful resource and keep in your student’s folders, laminate and use as a desk-mat reminder or enlarge and use as part of your display for composing and Music Technology! (Useful for KS4, aimed at KS3) This can even be included as part of your department handbook. Includes full-colour PDF for immediate printing.

A brilliant resource to give your students the experience to practice a specifically tailored exam-style question in preparation for the the Edexcel 9-1 exam. Features three listening questions including an unfamiliar listening question, Samba Em Preludio and a rhythm & melody dictation question, as well as a KEY WORDS / VOCABULARY question to link to the extended writing question! Includes: Question paper, teacher’s mark scheme, YouTube links* to suggested recordings and an mp3 for question 3 *An mp3 of all recordings has not been included for copyright reasons *

A very accessible keyboard resource for your KS3 students, or as an introduction to Music for Stage & Screen. Can also be used as INTERVALS practice! (MORE DIFFICULT) Features three differentiated versions: INTERMEDIATE (EASY LH), INTERMEDIATE (MORE DIFFICULT LH), and MORE DIFFICULT with and without note names. Both versions are the first section of this work only. Ideal for solo and small ensemble performance!

A brilliant resource to give your students the experience to practice a specifically tailored exam-style question in preparation for the the Edexcel 9-1 exam. Features three listening questions including an unfamiliar listening question, “Release” and a rhythm & melody dictation question, as well as a KEY WORDS / VOCABULARY question to link to the extended writing question! Includes: Question paper, teacher’s mark scheme, YouTube links* to suggested recordings and an mp3 for question 3 *An mp3 of all recordings has not been included for copyright reasons *

A great resource to practice aural dictation of rhythm and melody (question 7 from the new Edexcel GCSE exam). Can easily be used as a starter, plenary or homework. Includes question paper (#2), teacher's answer sheet and mp3s!

Section B / Question 9 of the new Edexcel GCSE Music specification. An excellent resource to hone the knowledge and understanding of each set work. “Piano Sonata Op. 13 no. 8 in C minor ‘Pathetique’” by Beethoven can be used as a lesson starter, a homework or even a timed assessment. Includes Entry Starting Point exercises, extended writing question # 1 + teacher’s answers. All as PDF’s and fully editable Word.doc templates. A must for your GCSE students!

FREE resource to help your students get organized! Basic printable (PDF) document including requirements for Paper #1 (Performing) components. Use for class performances, end of term assessments and to help your students track their own progress. Encourage your students to articulate their own progress (WWW) and targets (EBI) as well as how to critique their peers using the wording and terminology directly from the Edexcel 9-1 spec! ** (included on reverse).

Recordings for lessons 1 - 5 in a “MUSICAL HISTORY TIMELINE” (KS3 work book). The MP3 recordings are timed and mixed on five individual recordings for ease of use - one for each lesson. To be used with the exercises in a “MUSICAL HISTORY TIMELINE” KS3 work book. Not for sale as I do not own the recordings or the YouTube channels from where they came. Also includes teacher’s answer sheet (with YouTube links).

Using specific questions from the 2018, 2019 and 2020 exam papers combined, a bespoke resource to enable your students to have a real mock exam experience. Featuring questions from: - “Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major” (Bach) (2 x separate questions) - “Killer Queen” (Queen) - “Defying Gravity” from Wicked (Schwartz) and - “Main Title / Rebel Blockade Runner” from Star Wars (Williams) (2 x separate questions) - Dictation (Rhythm & Melody) - Unfamiliar Listening (AoS4: Fusions) The original recordings and announcements from these papers have also been included to provide a 65-minute timed test (no extended writing question) (This is a FREE resource as I do not own the recordings or the original exam papers - this has been put together for my students)