Inukshuk Art in Year 1

1st December 2023L Chisholm

We have been looking at the Inuits and their way of life in our Learning Means The World Theme of ‘Come Fly With Me: Arctic Circle.  We have been looking at how they expressed various art forms and we have discovered that they used rocks and stones to make markers in the area.  These markers then became symbols and ways of celebration.  We created our own Inukshuk art.  We have also looked at their art of dance and music and we have learnt some amazing origional Inuit dances and have been learning how to play the drums, which is a big part of any Inuit celebration.

Call and Response African Music

29th November 2023L Davison

This week in music, Year 4 have been looking at call and response drumming, as part of our Africa theme.

We learned that Africans often used music as a form of communication, especially across different tribes, where they may speak a different language.

Cry Freedom!

10th November 2023N Fada

To start our new Learning means the world theme ‘Cry Freedom’, 7 Blue listened to The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughn-Williams.  We discussed what pictures the music created in our  minds and how it made us feel.  The soaring melody reminded us of bird’s soaring through the sky so the children wrote a Haiku poem called ‘Freedom of the Birds’   

Come Fly With Me Asia! Reception are off to visit India!

10th November 2023K Richardson

We have started our new Learning Means The World theme,  Come Fly With Me Asia. First we are visiting India. We have looked at some Indian artefacts. We talked about the Sagan envelopes which people gave money in. We have been trying on Lengha dresses and some people have been given a Bindi. Everyone was given the opportunity for a Tikka (religious red dot) on their forehead and we have been saying ‘Namaste’ hello and ‘Shukriah’ thank you. Mrs Sikka also blessed us with some water.  The children also learned about the celebration Raksha Bandhan, we then made some bracelets. Ask the children to tell you about the celebration 🇮🇳⭐️

 

If you’re happy and you know it!

10th October 2023C Machin

We have had such a great time creating our own jingle in music today. We used the song ‘ If you’re happy and you know it’ and changed the words to create a jingle for a breakfast cereal.

Musical Mayhem in Year 1

20th September 2023L Chisholm

In our Learning means the world theme of ‘Happily Ever After’ we have been looking at different types of music and how they make us feel.  We discussed the tempo and dynamics of each piece and added our own sounds and movements.  We then used this skill to retell a traditional tale adding appropriate sound effects when needed.

Exploring and Experimenting with Tempo in Music

15th September 2023s begum

This week in our Music lessons, we have been exploring and experimenting with tempo using different instruments. First, we clapped along and moved our bodies to the beat of the music. In small groups, we played ‘Speed Fiend’. The ‘Speed Fiend’ clapped a rhythm pattern for everyone to copy, whilst changing the tempo. We all took it in turns to create our own rhythm pattern with different tempos. Then, we experimented with tempo using different instruments. We composed and performed a fast piece of music and then a slow piece of music.

 

Rumble In The Jungle

9th June 2023ashleigh clark

This week in Year 3, we have been looking at soundscapes in music. In our theme ‘Under The Canopy’ we have been learning all about the Amazon Rainforest and what types of sounds we would here if we went there. We learned a new musical term called ‘acapella’ which is where sounds are created using no instruments. We had a go at creating our own acapella soundscape of rainforest noises. We used our voices and our bodies to create the sounds of water droplets, the wind, monkeys, tigers, waterfalls, thunder and many more!