Category : Music

This term Year 1 have been learning the song  Round and Round.

Each week we have listened to and appraised a different style of music – Classical, Latin, House, Funk and Swing… discussing what we could hear, whether we liked it, how it made us feel, which instruments were used and how each song was put together.

They have also children are now confident at recognising the hook (the catchiest part) in the songs we listen to.

All the children showed great skill when listening to the music, using their prior knowledge to discuss whether the sounds were long, short, high or low.

They have also become more critical of the music, being able to say why they don’t like it, sometimes it’s too loud or too fast…but it’s been great to hear the children confidently sharing their views.

We have enjoyed playing the glockenspiel to play the keys C, D and F, this time we were even able to follow and use the sheet music.

We took turns at playing the glockenspiel, singing and doing both together too… some of us were even brave enough to sing solo.

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This term Year 1 have been learning the song               In the Groove.

Each week we have listened to and appraised a different style of music –  Blues, Baroque, Latin, Folk, Bhangra and Funk, discussing what we could hear, whether we liked it, how it made us feel, which instruments were used and how each song was put together. 

All the children showed great skill when listening to the music, discussing whether the sounds were long, short, high or low. They also showed amazing talent when moving to the beat and singing the song each week.

We have enjoyed playing the glockenspiel to play the keys C, D, E, F and G in the with the music and performing in groups to each other.

Amelia incorporated her violin during our music session with Mrs Stallard. Amelia is creating melody! Well done superstar!

Year 6 have started their music lessons for this half-term with Mrs Stallard. In today’s lesson, the children created melody using the glockenspiels.

What an amazing job they did!

In Music this week, Y1 listened to ‘Hey You!’.

The children used their listening skills to find the ‘pulse’ of the song. Then they first clapped along and then sang. They all listened to see what instruments they could hear, identified the intro, verse, chorus and hook and they learnt that the style of music was ‘old school hip hop’.  All of the class loved this style of music, Penny said it “made her body move” and Ivan thought it sounded “funky”.

The children were all excited to play the glockenspiel along to the music, carefully following the beat.