Y3 are Performers!

By Miss T LITHERLAND2nd May 2023

A huge well done to all of the Y3 children who took part in the Chinese Whispers concert at Middleton Hall on Wednesday 19th April. All children were fabulous and were very brave and confident standing on stage and performing to all of those people.

The Chinese Whispers™ Project embraces culture and creativity. Its intercultural agenda focusses on developing awareness, competence and citizenship in local members of the community and we have been lucky enough to work on this for two years now.

The children have loved participating in this project and have been very lucky to have had the opportunity to perform in front of an audience and be able to watch some of the very talented Chinese artists that also performed that night.

Over the course of the project, children have been able to play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices  with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression, listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory, appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn
from different traditions.

All around the world

By Mrs K SMITH30th March 2023

Year 2 have continued with practising our notes on the glockenspiel this week in music.

We have listened to a piece of music called ‘All Around the World’ and we have tried to replicate the beat with the notes we know.

We began by appraising the piece of music before discussing how it made us feel. This piece of music was calm and soothing and made us feel relaxed. We talked about how we could gently tap the notes on the glockenspiel to accompany the piece of music in  a calming manner.

We liked this piece of music because it was soft and made us feel a little sleepy.

YEAR 3 MANDARIN WITH LULU AND LING

By Miss L STEWART28th March 2023

Today our talented Year 3 children came together to rehearse and perform all of the songs they have learnt with Lulu and Ling during our weekly Mandarin Music lessons.  Over this last term, the children have learnt 6 songs in the wonderful Mandarin Chinese language of which 3 of these we will be performing in our upcoming ‘Chinese Whispers’ concert at the University of Hull’s Middleton Hall next term.

Below are just a few snippets of our wonderful singing and performing talents.

A familiar tune…Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes!

 

We have learnt to sing a song about one of the Chinese Written Characters to describe the strokes it is made up from to the melody of ‘Do-Re-Mi’ from the ‘Sound of Music’…

 

We have also learnt a song about ‘Springtime’ accompanied by actions…

 

We are all super proud of ourselves, and of each other, and cannot wait to perform for our audience at the ‘Chinese Whispers’ concert!  Learning a new language through music has enabled us to absorb and retain a skill which we will be able to draw upon and share with others. Thank-you Lulu and Ling for this wonderful opportunity that you have provided us with!

Year 5 music lesson

By Mr J SUTTON27th March 2023

Year 5 have been really engaged in learning their new song ‘Hey Mr Miller’. They have been learning it and splitting into 4 parts to sing the song in canon! We were really impressed with their efforts!Some excellent air trombones and saxophones came out in their singing also.

YEAR 4 – BRINGING US TOGETHER

By Miss L STEWART13th March 2023

We in Year 4 are enjoying getting to grips with our new song for this term ‘Bringing Us Together’.  It is a catchy tune with lyrics that both celebrate and encourage everyone around the world coming together through a shared  joy and love of music.

As musicians, we have been revisiting and practicing the notes C, A and G on the recorder so that we can accompany and perform the chorus of the song.  Below is our first practice without the music…

Whilst we were quite pleased with our first performance, we all wanted to polish up on our musical talents before playing along with the music.

A great performance we are sure you will agree, however we aim to improve through practice over the next few weeks so please stay tuned!

Some of our peers were brave enough to do a solo performance of the chorus today too…

 

Brave and Encore Year 4…our love of music is certainly ‘Bringing Us Together’ through our song this term!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y3 YOGA WITH LIESEL

By Miss L STEWART7th March 2023

We in Year 4 are loving, and look forward to our weekly Yoga lessons with Liesel in P.E. From practising easier poses such as the ‘Table, Cat and the Downward Dog’ to the more complex moves of the ‘Warrior 3, Dancer and Camel’, we are now working towards making our movements more fluid so that each pose flows into another.

We have been having a little fun exploring Yoga with Music this week…something which we really enjoyed!

 

 

 

To end the session, Liesel taps the ‘Chau Gong’ so that we can concentrate on the soundwaves and ground ourselves at the end of a session.

 

Namaste Liesel!

learning new key/note

By Olivia Mead6th March 2023

Year 5 have been learning to play ‘rocket ship’ which is a song consisting of the notes A and G. Today, the children are learning a new note, E.

We are loving our weekly clarinet lessons with Mrs Hall!

Researching musicians for arts award

By Mr J SUTTON27th February 2023

To build on our arts award mark 2023. Year 5 have been appraising and researching the following artists: John Williams, Evelynn Glennie, Nicola Bendetti, Stevie Wonder and the classical Beethoven. The children were finding out some amazing facts about these awesome artists!