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...
Music
Composing Weather Music
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...
Summer Concert Practising
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...
Basketball Rhythm
Yesterday in their Music lesson, Stuart explained to the children in Year 5 that they’d be using basketballs to create rhythm in the hall. The rhythms we used to the song ‘Natural’ by Imagine Dragons included; eighth notes, half notes, whole notes and half rest. The...
Basketball Rhythm
Today in their Music lesson, Stuart explained to the children that they’d be using basketballs to create rhythm in the hall. The rhythms we used to the song ‘Natural’ by Imagine Dragons included; eighth notes, half notes, whole notes and half rest. The children...
Music – Practising our performance
Last half term, Stuart told the children that they would be creating and performing their very own ‘Year 5 The Musical’. We discussed in pairs what a musical is and listed as many musicals as we could. These included; ‘Matilda’, ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Mary Poppins’. We...





