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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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Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 Archive
The activities covered in this resource can be adapted for use across all key stages in secondary schools. They are particularly relevant for supporting GCSE and A level study and, indeed, most...
Putting on a school musical, part two
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Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
The first part of this two-part resource (Music Teacher, December 2019) looked at the creative side of putting on a musical. This second part will consider the practical side, including ideas on how...
World tour: the Caribbean
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Secondary education KS 3 Archive
This is the first in a ‘World tour’ series of resources exploring musical styles from different parts of the world that otherwise might not make a big impact on the Key Stage 3 curriculum.
A Christmas stocking for KS2 to KS5
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Primary education Secondary education KS 2 KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
The following is a Christmas stocking of ideas for KS2 through to KS5. The aims are to widen listening using the right vocabulary, to try out different compositional techniques – and to have some...
Putting on a school musical, part one
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Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
If you've never put on a musical or you're about to embark on the process, then this resource is for you. It is split into two parts, the first covering the musical side and the second dealing with...
Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
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Secondary education IB Archive
This is one of the two set works chosen by IB for assessment from 2020, and it allows students to approach many different concepts and themes: Romanticism and Rachmaninov's place as the ‘last great...
Homework at KS3
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Secondary education KS 3 Archive
Homework can be a valuable means of covering some of the factual knowledge about music that you want to bring into your lessons. By covering some of this in advance through homework tasks, you're...
Soul music
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Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
In this resource, we look at – or, rather, listen to – the musical crossovers between soul and rock/pop music, consider the importance of backing vocals in soul music, and how instruments are used in...
Using knowledge organisers
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Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive
This resource will give you guidance on knowledge organiser content and layout, and tips on how to use them, including training your students on how to use them for independent study. You will see...
Teaching a beginners' brass group
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Extra-curricular music Primary education Secondary education
Group teaching is often thought of as the poor relation to individual music tuition. And that can certainly be the case if you try to teach groups in exactly the same way as you teach individuals. If...
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