Blog by Tag: Music

This afternoon, Year 5 shared what they've learnt in music these past 10 weeks. They played several songs to our Year 4 class.

Well Done Year 5! 

In Music, pupils have been reading and playing 1/2, 1 and paired beats.

Knowledge: 

To use a rhythm in different ways to demonstrate structure.

Skills:

• I can read, clap and play rhythms using one beat and paired half beats.
• I can read and play rhythms that use a one beat rest.
• I…

Today - Y6 got into 'composing crews' to perform some percussion rhythms.

We developed an understanding of the Kodaly music method.

After listening to Beethoven’s fifth symphony and the James Bond theme tune, children in Year 4 explored musical motifs.  The children then used tuned instruments to play a musical motif of 6 notes. 

Today year 3 created their own lyrics for a song based on the idea of flight.

We brainstormed as many rhyming sounds as we could for key words and then linked them together to create our verse.

In this afternoon's music lesson, Year 5 delved into the Blues genre of music. We learnt where it originated from and talked about the genre's themes.

We then listened to Moanin' Lisa Blues - YouTube and discussed what was being sang by Lisa Simpson.

Well done Year…

Year 5 students have embarked on a creative journey with Chrome Music Maker, a free online tool for music creation.

They’ve learned about musical loops, a short piece of music that repeats indefinitely, and used a variety of instruments to create their own. The project encouraged collaboration,…

Year 5 explored the concept of looping in music through the engaging medium of body percussion. They learned to create sounds using their hands, feet, and bodies and then looped these sounds to form rhythmic patterns.

By layering these loops in groups, they composed intricate musical pieces.…

In music this week, the children looked at the key words of 'texture', 'dynamics' and 'tempo'.

We learnt how to 'conduct' and then created our own 'rain music' - very creative!

Year 3 have been learning all about rhythm in music and where better to learn about rhythm than on their Viking long ship?

I'm not sure Steve Redgrave practised this way, but we had a great time singing our way across the North Sea!

Year 2 have been sorting instruments into different groups - strings, woodwind, brass and percussion. They have listened to a piece of music to identify the instruments being played.

Knowledge: To listen to and analyse an orchestral version of a traditional story

Skills: I can name the four…