The Blues

Our music topic this half term is looking at Blues music. In our first lesson last week, we discovered blues music and were able to listen to a few different examples, learn where blues music originated from and the instruments used. Today, in lesson 2, we were able to begin Read more…

Music

This term Year 6 have had a music teacher from Rochdale Music Service delivering our lessons on Boomwhackers. The children have been looking at key vocabulary, focusing on a new word each lesson. The children have been looking at how to play the Boomwhackers, where you can hit them, how Read more…

Artist

In our Art lessons, we have been learning about the artist Romare Bearden. We explored a variety of his artistic styles and then created our own picture of a guitar, inspired by his connection to jazz music. Afterwards, we made an artist page all about Romare Bearden, including interesting facts Read more…

Hearing music in colour

Pine have been ‘hearing music in colour’! We’ve learnt about a condition called ‘Synthesia’ in which people can see colour when they hear music. We listened to numerous pieces of music, holding up colour cards to say what colour we thought of when we heard it. We then learnt about Read more…

Rock N Roll

During Music lessons, Year 4 have been looking at Rock n Roll. So far we have looked at different rock and rock artists such as Elvis Presley and Bill Haley. We have learnt how to perform the hand jive and are currently learning how to ‘ walk the baseline’ using Read more…

Pitch

In Science, we have been learning all about sound. We have learnt about the 5 senses, how sound travels, and how parts of our ear work. This week, we learnt about pitch. We first played a game where we listened to a sound and had to stand up tall for Read more…

Violins

During the Spring term, Year 4 are learning to play the violin with Rochdale Music Service. We are really enjoying learning something new. Take a look at the pictures showing us in action!