A topical assembly about the song Zombie and its relationship to the bombing of Warrington. The moral of the assembly is a challenge for young people to overcome the tensions in the word today just as the tensions in NI were overcome.

This assembly will teach your students about what happened at Aberfan and also draw out lessons that are valid today, such as being accountable for ones actions and caring for those in distress. Notes are provided on the bottom of slides with not text for your use but you will want to familiarise yourself with the events of that day.

The first in a long series of lessons outlining the history and analysis of popular music (1950-2000) This presentation includes an introduction of what the board requires, a brief history of the origins of modern pop (notes included) and two listening activities

In this lesson students move from the 1950s to the first decade prescribed by the board - the 1960s. They cover the development of the electric guitar and will undertake two listening activities

A brief introduction to the dance music of Latin America. The listening questions can be altered to suit any specification and musical examples are widely available on youtube.

This 21 page document contains all you need to get started with the course - listening examples, key terminology and historical context. Can be easily adapted to other courses.

This lesson takes in the Eastern influences on The Beatles and introduces The Rolling Stones. There are two listening exercises and an extended HW / extension task

A complete lesson covering these three genres with listening activities for each

Seven audio tracks worth of questions in the style of section A. The audio files are included for your students to use.

This assembly is inspired by a recent BBC article which showed how a Canadian photographer has photo shopped himself into childhood pictures. You may wish to add perspectives from staff in your own school or bend the truth and use these (the assembly references comments from my tutor team)

This presentation is aimed at 6th form students who are preparing to head of into the big wide world. Using Cardiff as an example, the presentation charts the potential dangers of town / city nightlife and gives advice as to how to stay safe. Notes are provided on all slides

A complete lesson (actually took me 2 to complete ) covering the history of protest music from its origins to the present day

A complete listening / history lesson including three listening examples

Lesson 6 in the series includes listening activities and and extended student structural analysis task

A complete lesson including context, analysis and listening work

8 Questions in the style of the new GCSE questions Listening tracks are listed on the last page - all freely available

An end of unit test, written for the IGCSE but suitable for any KS4/5 board that includes world music

A complete unit for KS3. The powerpoint guides you through an intro to Beethoven and listening tasks while the score allows for a classroom orchestra performance of this famous piece

This powerpoint is designed to provide a basis for your assembly on this turning point in the war. The link at the start is to a video to be played as your students arrive. Later in the presentation there is a page on the BNPs attempt to use a picture of a Spitfire (actually flown by a Polish pilot) and there is a international perspective on the different nationalities who fought