Category : Music

This week in music Year 2 are very excited to start thinking about songs we are going to perform in our church Christmas service.

We have begun by appraising and singing ‘Away in a Manger‘

Year 2 talked about how gentle and soft the music sounded and how our voices needed to be the same. We had to practise the song lots as there are some longer notes we found a little tricky.

We could hear the piano in the music and talked about the different notes it was playing as well as how these notes were soft and soothing.

Away in a Manger made us feel calm.

Today we were able to learn how to put together the clarinet together. This is vital for our lessons and the more we practice the quicker we will become at setting up our equipment.

Year 2 have spent this half term working hard to learn notes on the glockenspiel.

We began the term by understanding how to look after instruments as well as how we play them.

Year 2 discussed how a glockenspiel is a percussion instrument and how each key makes a different sound.

Year 2 are able to play several notes on the glockenspiel including the C, D, E, F and G. We used the notes we know to make simple tunes and had the opportunity of performing these each other.

When we were confident with the notes we composed our own piece of music which we again had the opportunity to perform to each other.

 During the autumn term the children in Year 1 have been learning to play the glockenspiel.

In this unit we focused on exploring and developing playing skills as well as introducing         the language of music.

We initially introduced the notes E and D and the children identified where these were on the instrument and then took turns to play them in time with the music.

Throughout the term we progressed to learning notes C, D, E, F and used these whilst playing the glockenspiels to a range of music.

During our music lesson today, children learnt how to put a clarinet together with the reeds. They then learnt that when the reed is fixed to mouthpiece, the air in the instrument vibrates when you blow into it to create sound. We also learnt how to create controlled sounds by positioning our mouths correctly.

The children are loving our music lessons with Mrs Hall!

Year 5 have been working really hard in music today and have been learning how to play the song ‘No problem’. The focus on the song was using the correct form and note playing of the note G making sure to hold the note for the correct length of time.