In their Music lesson this week, Year 1 focused on Musical Notes. At the start of the lesson, like they always do, the children had a dance and sing to the song ‘Shake it off’ by Taylor Swift. They then appraised the song at the end talking about what they enjoyed...
Year 5 have been developing their musical skills by learning how to play the recorder. They have been practising the notes E, B and A, building their confidence and improving their technique. To help us understand the music, we first clapped the rhythms together...
Our topic in our Music lessons this half term is; ‘Elements of Music’. At the start of today’s lesson, Stuart asked the children in Year 1; ‘What does the word Music mean?’ Some comments included; ‘It makes us dance’, ‘It’s sometimes loud’ and ‘We can sing’. Stuart...
We were delighted to welcome Ian Roberts from Newcastle Cathedral to school, accompanied by our very own choristers Abigail and Esther, to lead a special assembly about becoming a Newcastle Cathedral Chorister. Ian explained the important role of a chorister, sharing...
For their last Music lesson this year, Year 3 worked in groups to compose their own piece of Weather Music with different instruments. Each child was asked to choose an instrument that best matched their weather scene and one child in each group was asked to be the...
This half term in their Music lessons, the children in Year 3 are practising songs for their Summer Concert. The songs they’re singing include; ‘Don’t Stop’ by Fleetwood Mac and ‘Try Everything’ by Shakira. This week, some children in class were judges, walking around...