This is a complete scheme of work designed to introduce Y7 students to secondary school music. It covers notation, dynamics, tempo, rhythm and includes aural, performance and composition activities. The scores are designed for keyboard instruments but could be adapted to any orchestral instrument. There is enough material here for approximately 9-11 weeks / lessons

6 GCSE style questions designed to be an end of unit test for your students. While the musical examples chosen are taken from the OCR syllabus these questions are suitable for all four examination boards.

Another test for you to use with your students. 6 generic questions with answers designed to be used with any of the four GCSE exam boards

A teenager centred assembly designed to inform them about a recent study which has shown that our ancestry might play a big part in our sleep patterns, before going on to look at the benefits of sleep and how to achieve the magic 8.5 hours!

Designed to be used in conjunction with A Students Guide to Composition, this resource will walk your students through the composition of a 12 Bar Blues that will satisfy the 4 GCSE exam boards

Following on from my comprehensive guide to composition, here is a related resource specifically designed to help your students compose an Elegy.

These two documents are all your students need to get started on their first compositions. The introduction to composition pack is 20 pages of clear advice, illustrated with Sibelius 7 created examples which takes them through harmonic progressions, melody writing, phrasing and articulation. The second sheet is there to keep them on track - giving them space to record their ideas and see how their composition is progressing. More composition resources to be added soon - including specific guidance for students of different types of composition.

Part of a series on composition, this resource is designed to be used with my Students introduction to composition to guide them through the composition of a pop song

In this pack, designed to be used with the resource, A Students Guide to Composition, students are walked through how to write a waltz, from selecting chords to creating a contrasting B section.

Two listening grids aimed to help you students build up connections for Section B Questions

This classic Grade 8 show piece arranged for school orchestra and soloist

Two section B questions related to The Duchess with accompanying audio tracks.

Four essay questions in the style present in the exam

7 suggested tracks freely available on YouTube / Spotify / ITunes for your students to listen to and compare to cues from The Duchess

Two questions designed to support GCSE study of popular music with a review task to get them started. The track to use in Green Day's Minority - from the beginning to 0.48 seconds. Please use legal means of accessing this track.

12 questions designed to give the students an introduction to the music without using the score. The yare asked for three extended responses to the three cues and are then given a selected filmography to select three films for musical comparison.