This half term Juniper are learning to play the cornet. What a great start they’ve had! There’s been some excellent technique used to blow through the mouthpiece and create musical notes. Each week they’ll build on their skills and hopefully be able to play a tune by the end of Read more…
Year 6 have really enjoyed their music lessons for the last 8 weeks. They have been focusing on base, tone and slap. They have been working hard to produce a piece of music on the drums. The two songs they have been learning are ‘Up town funk you up and Read more…
Today, we welcomed our adults into school for our shared learning and lunch. The children were very excited to show our learning and take part in an activity with them. As we have been learning about seasons this half-term, we performed our seasons song and showed them our English books, Read more…
This morning, Wiggle brought us another Bible story about Nehemiah, ‘Nehemiah leads the way’. In the story, the people were celebrating building the city of Jerusalem and took part in a parade along the city walls to praise God. We discussed how the people were showing Respect and thanks to Read more…
This half term, we are learning about animals and minibeasts. This morning in PE, the children listened to the different classical pieces in ‘The Carnival of Animals’ collection. They listened carefully to the music and thought about how it made them feel. We discussed the pitch and the tempo of Read more…
Year 4 have been taking part in the ‘Linking project.’ At the start of Year 4 we met children from Ashfield Valley Primary School at the M6 theatre. Since then we have been receiving and writing letters to our linking buddies. Last Monday was very exciting as our linking friends Read more…
Bluebells have had a fantastic afternoon taking part in an African drumming Workshop. We learnt all about Djembe drums. We learnt that they come from Mali and are traditionally made from wood. Everyone had a go at playing different rhythms on the drums and played along to some African music.
Rowan have enjoyed playing the Djembe – a goblet drum from Africa. Mr Genty from the Rochdale Music Service told the children all about the drums history and how the African people used to gather, sing and dance to the drums. The children really enjoyed beating the drums to a Read more…
Juniper have enjoyed playing the Djembe – a goblet drum from Africa. Mr Genty from the Rochdale Music Service told the children all about the drums history and how the African people used to gather, sing and dance to the drums. The children really enjoyed beating the drums to a Read more…
This afternoon we have had the most amazing time joining in with the African drumming Workshop. We learnt all about Djembe drums. We learnt that they come from Mali and are traditionally made from wood. We had a go at playing different rhythms on the drums and played along to Read more…