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Invoice Orders
Musical Contexts is now accepting invoice orders from schools, colleges and academies for ALL products and resources, including 'full site subscriptions' and add-on extras. Download the "Invoice Order Form" from the link below to request resources that will be paid for via BACS/CHAPS/Bank Transfer.
Music Cover Resources
Music Festivals, Music Puzzles, My Music, Elements of Music, Comprehensions, Music 'Passports', General Music Cover Activities and even two packs of Christmas Music Cover work! Musical Contexts has all your planned and emergency music cover work ready for you, including any unexpected room moves or dreaded 'silent' music lessons in exam time.
"Build Your Own" Secondary/KS3 Music Curriculum
Musical Contexts' brand new "Build Your Own Secondary KS3 Music Curriculum" features fully-resourced lesson bundles and units for you to sequence and structure in an way that best suits your school, pupils, resources and curriculum aims and intents to create your own bespoke Secondary KS3 Music Learning Journey that works for you!
5 Minutes Readings
The 5 Minutes Reading series from Musical Contexts provides key musical knowledge on a range of popular KS3 Music topics, units and genres in an easily laid-out format which can be used flexibly in a range of different contexts such as 'silent' lesson starters/intro quizzes/DOITNOWs, cover activities, homework tasks, revision of musical knowledge, developing literacy and reading in music lessons.
Music Baseline Assessments
The Years 7, 8 and 9 Online Digital Music Baseline Assessment Tests, available in both MS-Forms and Google Forms formats, provide instant, paper-free assessments to gain instant data at the start of a new year/term. They can also be used at the end of term/year as a summative assessment test.
There's also a FREE summary/overview!
"Build Your Own" Primary
Music Curriculum
Musical Contexts' brand new "Build Your Own Primary Music Curriculum" features fully-resourced topic-themed units for you to sequence and structure in an way that best suits your school, pupils, resources and curriculum aims and intents to create your own bespoke Primary Music Learning Journey that works for you!
Ensemble Performing Arrangements
Each flexible ensemble performing classroom arrangement comes with a Lead Sheet with treble clef melody, lyrics and chords, a Full Score (melody, chords and bass line), Parts (with and without note names and a B flat melody part) and Information Sheet. Arrangements include tempo, dynamics and articulation markings as appropriate.
MS-Forms Quizzes
A range of online, digital, self-marking MS-Forms Quizzes that can be used as Knowledge Tests or Assessments. Includes the Years 7, 8 and 9 Musical Contexts KS3 unit bundles, History, Cadenza Music Theory, Year 7 Online Digital Music Baseline Assessment Test and the Year 7 Music and Me Questionnaire.
Google Forms Quizzes
A range of online, digital, self-marking Google Forms Quizzes that can be used as Knowledge Tests or Assessments. Includes the Years 7, 8 and 9 Musical Contexts KS3 unit bundles, History, Cadenza Music Theory, Year 7 Online Digital Music Baseline Assessment Test and the Year 7 Music and Me Questionnaire.
Music History
Inside Baroque, Classical and Romantic Music Forms Quizzes, WCT Music History Knowledge Organisers and History of Music WCT Comprehensions - essential resources for supporting your teaching and your pupil's learning of music history of the Western Classical Tradition at KS3, GCSE/KS4 and AS and A-Level/KS5.
Admin and Planning
The Musical Contexts Music Department Handbook provides a fully customisable and editable document particularly useful for new teachers in schools without such a document in place. Also included is the The Musical Contexts fully-customisable and editable Secondary/KS3 Learning Journey and FREE Baseline Assessments Overview.