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This scheme of learning includes six fully resourced lessons, a quick quiz and the teaching notes and student notes template that I created for my classes. You will need to add in some YouTube links where indicated. The teaching notes include a collection of practice questions for Q6 in the Edexcel exam paper.

A worksheet containing a practical keyboard task suitable for a standalone or cover lesson for Year 7 or 8. The tasks ask students to identify the notes of a simple melody (there is a help section on the sheet), then learn to play it in pairs, adding a simple drone or ostinato accompaniment. The extension task then gets them to rearrange the bars in a musical jigsaw and learn their own new version of the melody. This will easily fill a cover lesson and can also be used for instruments other than keyboards.

This fully resourced SoL comprises 7 lessons, with slides, tasks, the teaching notes and student templates I created for my classes, as well as a map of suggested wider listening, with key features for comparison. You will need to add a YouTube link as suggested but everything else is there for you. This SoL has given great results for my students and has been revised and developed. The teaching notes and template contain five practice 30-mark questions and a glossary.

A standalone task suitable for a practical cover lesson for Year 8 or 9. The worksheet contains a simple 8-bar melody with advice on how to work in pairs to harmonise it using chords from a option list. Then they should learn to play the melody with their harmonisation at a keyboard or with a melody instrument and guitar. Extension activity included. This task easily lasts an hour and all the help required is on the sheet.

A complete course for harmonising Bach Chorales, Book 1. Introduces 4-part harmony for Edexcel A Level Music, with explanations and practice exercises. Suitable for downloading and printing, this work book will take students through the first year of their A Level Music harmony course. It starts with an introduction to 4-part harmony and teaches basic cadences, key cadential formulas and gives practice in harmonising short phrases. (Book 2 will take them to the final harmony exam). No additional resources required.

Versatile Drama cover lesson for KS3, based on Protest Theatre. Has options for practical or classroom work, with slides for both. Worksheet included. Classroom lesson includes opportunities for video clips (I used Bread and Puppet Theatre Co but any protest theatre clip would work) and a task planning a scenario for a protest theatre play. Practical lesson includes group task to devise a short protest theatre piece on a topic of students’ own choice. I used this lesson with Year 9 really effectively but it would work for any KS3 group.

A worksheet containing a practical keyboard task suitable for a standalone or cover lesson for Year 7 or 8. The tasks ask students to identify the notes of a simple melody (there is a help section on the sheet), then introduces the idea of pentatonic melodies. Students learn to play the piece in pairs, adding a simple drone or ostinato accompaniment. The extension task then asks them to create their own pentatonic note bank and use it to create a new melody. This will easily fill a cover lesson and can also be used for instruments other than keyboards.

A practice listening question on the The City from Psycho for Edexcel A Level Music. Includes questions, skeleton score and mark scheme, as well as instructions on the extract to play from the Edexcel Anthology or YouTube clip.

A practice listening question on Birth of a Penguin Part 2 from Batman Returns for Edexcel A Level Music. Includes questions, skeleton score and mark scheme, as well as instructions on the extract to play from the Edexcel Anthology or YouTube clip.

This one-off worksheet gives a lesson of revision for KS3 students, helping them with notation and listening skills. It has all the questions on it and requires you to be able to play or tap out rhythms to them. Theory covered includes pitch and rhythm notation, as well as adding bar lines and dynamics. There is a help section, so it is suitable for all learners, not just those who are confident with notation. Perfect for when you are not in your usual room!

Two listening questions for Edexcel Music A Level set work Is My Team Ploughing?, the second song in the Vaughan Williams Cycle ‘On Wenlock Edge’. Each one includes the questions, a skeleton score and a mark scheme, as well as precise instructions on which extract to play from the Anthology (or on a YouTube clip, if you prefer). Great for use in class or to set as independent learning. Also available in a bundle with questions for the other two songs in the set work.

Two listening questions for Edexcel Music A Level on On Wenlock Edge, the first song in the Vaughan Williams Cycle. Each one includes the questions, a skeleton score and a mark scheme, as well as precise instructions on which extract to play from the Anthology (or on a YouTube clip, if you prefer). Great for use in class or to set as independent learning. Also available in a bundle with questions for the other two songs in the set work.

Two listening questions for Edexcel Music A Level set work Bredon Hill, the third song in the Vaughan Williams group ‘On Wenlock Edge’. Each one includes the questions, a skeleton score and a mark scheme, as well as precise instructions on which extract to play from the Anthology (or on a YouTube clip, if you prefer). Great for use in class or to set as independent learning. Also available in a bundle with questions for the other two songs in the set work.

A complete course for harmonising Bach Chorales, Book 2. Suitable for downloading and printing, this work book will take students through the second year of their A Level Music harmony course, right up to their final exam. It builds on from Book 1 of the course, introducing more complex chord sequences and typical Bach stylistic features, to help your students get the highest marks at A Level. Includes all explanations and lots of practice exercises, including complete chorales. No additional resources required.

This is a 2-lesson devising, script-writing and performance project for KS3. It is great as a filler, when you have some spare lessons. Students will work in groups to create a scene located in a haunted house. All the instructions are on the slides; there are tips on characterisation, use of drama techniques and rehearsal skills. There is also an alternative written lesson, if practical work is not an option.

Word search suitable for part of a cover lesson or a starter/plenary for Year 7 or 8. All the terms link with a typical school Christmas. Would also work as part of a mix and match activity set.

This worksheet and practical project is ideal for a Year 7 class, to use the last 2 or 3 lessons in the Christmas term. It would also work for an extended cover project, as you have all the instructions on the sheet and your students can work independently to complete the 3 tasks. In lesson 2, they are asked to complete a story that begins where Father Christmas has gone missing; they will use their imaginations to decide where he has gone and how Mrs Claus and the elves are going to get him back. Lesson 2 is a practical lesson, where they can work individually, in pairs or groups to create a piece that accompanies part of their story. They can do this as a purely practical task, if you prefer, but there is help to support some notation as well. In lesson 3, their piece is going to be part of a Christmas album, so they should design the album cover. This can be done on paper or on computers. The whole project is on a double sided sheet of paper but is easily adaptable to an IT-based project if you prefer.