Online Teaching Materials
Downloadable resources for music teachers
Teaching materials are an integral part of a music teacher's practice. Every month Music Teacher publishes downloadable materials for KS3, 4 and 5, offering complete units of work, GCSE and A Level set-work guidance, and practical ideas across all levels for both classroom and peripatetic teachers. All materials are written by experienced teachers and examiners and provide indispensable content for your teaching.
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SubscribeAQA GCSE AoS2: Popular Music - wider listening
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
This resource focuses on providing ideas for both repertoire and teaching for Area of Study 2 (popular music). When AQA launched the first draft of its new specification, it also issued a press...
Context in the new GCSEs – part 2
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
In July 2016's Music Teacher resources, we looked at the new change of assessment objectives between the outgoing and the new GCSEs. In this month's resource, we'll continue to explore context and how...
Building an opera
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
Why build an opera with your KS3 class? Opera is perhaps one of the styles that students find most off–putting, and about which they probably have the most preconceived ideas – mainly that it's...
Holiday resource: Jazz thinking
Secondary education KS 4 KS 5 Archive
This resource is aimed at learners of around Grade 4 and above on any instrument, voice included, either working alone or together. No prior knowledge of jazz theory is required, nor is any...
Context in the new GCSEs
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
At first glance, the new GCSE specifications bear a striking resemblance to their predecessors. This resource will help you to understand how the assessment objectives have changed, and will provide...
Ways into modernism
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
This resource is designed around how to ask those questions in a way that encourages exploration both during term–time and the holiday period. It should also open up the following, more specific areas...
Developing musical ideas
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
Music teachers will be very familiar with the challenge of supporting their students in developing musical ideas beyond the initial stages of composition. In this resource we consider some ways in...
Listening in the new GCSEs
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
This resource seeks to achieve two specific goals. The first is to provide you with an overview of each exam board's listening requirements, so that you can both make an informed choice about the...
Homework at Key Stage 3
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
Ask any non–teacher to imagine life in your shoes, and the same things are always mentioned. The stereotypes of teaching. Inevitably, these fall into two categories – the perks of being a teacher and...
Band skills and cover versions
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
With the ease of finding song lyrics and chords on websites such as Ultimate Guitar, as well as the plethora of musical YouTube tutorials, giving students the knowhow and confidence they need to use...