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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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SubscribeOCR A level AoS5: Programme music
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Secondary education KS 5 Archive
Teaching programme music should be the fun bit. It's where music is at its most descriptive and vivid, with an obvious narrative that offers an ideal launch point into the exploration of so many core...
Creativity at Key Stage 3
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Secondary education KS 3 Archive
With graded instrumental repertoire widely available, and three out of four GCSE exam boards linking standards to an equivalent grade, there can be a bias towards performing at KS3 as the means to...
Maintaining classroom instruments
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Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
Music departments tend to be full of ‘stuff’ – chances are, the more music there is happening in the school, the more equipment there is. Looking after all of this equipment is likely to fall to...
Activities for the summer term
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Secondary education KS 3 Archive
Below are some one-off lessons and ideas for those times where you find yourself in a room without instruments, with a bank of computers, or missing half the class, any of which can stop your current...
Approaches to classical music
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Secondary education KS 3 Archive
If you’re the kind of music teacher who sees it as part of their mission to open students’ minds and ears to different kinds of music, you may well be thinking about ways in which you can introduce a...
Blues
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Secondary education KS 3 Archive
Teaching blues at KS3 has become something of an old chestnut. However, there is a lot of value to be had from including it in your KS3 plans.
The story of the symphony, part 2: Beethoven and his legacy
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Secondary education KS 4 KS 5 Archive
In the second of this three-part resource (for part one, see Music Teacher, February 2019), we will be joining the story of the symphony at its heyday in the 19th century, where the form expanded and...
Making revision effective and manageable
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Secondary education KS 4 KS 5 Archive
Revision can be a word with largely negative connotations. For teachers, it can mean producing ‘packs’ and summary resources, going back over old ground with students, and finding innovative ways to...
Mentoring a trainee or newly qualified teacher
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Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
Mentoring a trainee music teacher or newly qualified teacher can be hard work and time-consuming. But it is also incredibly rewarding, and is guaranteed to make you reflect on your own practice. With...
Salsa
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Secondary education KS 3 Archive
This resource starts with a percussion groove and a group performance of ‘Toca bonito’, and from there moves into the creation of salsa-style cover versions, which could be performed live or using...
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