A song sheet for the popular song, 'Next to Me' by Emeli Sande. Includes everything needed to be performed either as individuals or in small groups. Has been used most effectively with Year 9 classes in Musical Futures-esque lessons, giving them a basis from which to perform. It could also be used with other year groups, dependant on ability.

Performance worksheet based on the hit song. Can be used for whole clas performance or in smaller groups for musical futures-style lessons. It has been used by Year 8 and 9, but could also be used as the basis for work with Year 10. Inlcudes lyrics and chords, piano and guitar symbols for chords, the bass riff and the opening melody.

This was a Powerpoint I made trying to help students write lyrics, particularly aimed at making it seem manageable for students who were struggling. There is also a worksheet to accompany this (see 'Writing Lyrics - Worksheet). Examples of the songs were found on Youtube. The PowerPoint includes a starter activity asking them to find examples of popular songs from their own knowledge, examples of rhyming schemes and a template for you to model the process for writing lyrics in this method.

A powerpoint presentation aimed at Introducing Year 12 students to the development of Western Classical music. This could also be used with GCSE classes. Use alongside listening examples of your choice.

This presentation is aimed to give a short overview of the different types of folk music present within the british Isles in preparation for further study of Capercaillie's 'Skye Waulking Song'. It takes about 30 minutes, inlcuding the inset listening tasks. Sound examples for the different types of folk songs are not included, but Ieasily found different examples on iTunes - Kate Rusby is good as an example of a ballad, and look up Hornpipes and Jigs/Reels for the other two examples. The answers from the last activity can be found throughout the powerpoint.

A lesson plan template that I found useful whenplanning lessons to ensure that I was including all the neccessary elements - useful for checking things like resources and use of assessment strategies. Probably not suitable for ofsted/observation lessons but good for brief plans to keep you on track during the term.

A performance sheet for students to be able to play 'Paradise&' by Coldplay. This can be used for small group work or as a whole class performance. Can be used in musical futures-style lessons as a basis for further listening and aural development.

A lesson powerpoint leading on from the introduction of graphic scores lesson. Students think about how to respresent the different elements themselves, starting with simple rhyhtms and progressing onto melodic duets featuring a melody and an ostinato.

Initially written for Year 12 music technology students, this could also be easily used by other years/classes as a revision on the basic elements of music theory.

The first lesson in a topic about programme music. The listening is from films of your choice, and the Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saens) - feel free to use any selections you prefer.

This worksheet accompanies the PowerPoint entitield 'Capercaillie - Skye Waulking Song', including spaces for completing the activities. There is also a vocabulary list for some key words related to the topic.

A very basic presentation introducting students to the concept of graphic scores as a form of notation. The example of following a graphic score is that of Britten's 'Dawn Interlude' from Music Matters (this could be changed according to what you have) I played short one-handed examples on the piano for the writing tasks. Plenty of scope for discussion within the lesson.

This PowerPoint contains a complete analysis of the Jeff Buckley, complete with score examples. I have used this in different ways, including carousel activities and as a revision aid.

Performance sheet for group work based around the Beatles Song 'Let It Be&'. Could also be used as a basis for Musical Futures work. Also included is a placemat for analysing the song - I photocopy this onto A3 paper and get them to complete it in pairs.

A handout I produced to give students a basic overview of how to use Sibelius for notating their compositions. It does not go into substantial detail, but is enough to allow them to get started on using this program.

This is a supporting task for the Powerpoint on the history of classical music. They can get basic information to complete this off the powerpoint and I then will tend to make my students fill it out by adding in some of their own research. I generally photocopy the sheet up to A3 size to allow more space.

This powerpoint starts to analyse the set work, being with a discussion of waulking and then starting to look at the instruments used, the division of these into folk and modern instruments and the structure of the work. There is also an accompaning worksheet in my other resources

A sheet to help with intial listening tasks related to recognising musical periods. Any tracks by the named composers can be used. This could also be used at GCSE level

A template for writing a two part graphic score. Intended for use with the powerpoint 'Writing and Performing a Graphic Score'

A worksheet I created for a cover lesson for year 10's who were starting to analyse the set work &'Skye Waulking Song&'; It could also be used as a revision tool. The students completed this using their textbooks in order to get the information needed. Answers for the earlier questions could be provided to be marked in class.

This was created for a year 10 BTEC class to help them understand this in preparation for task 7.3 (creating a drum track out of sampled sections) It could also be used for other classes (or even other year groups though!)