Lesson 9 - Playing Music

In lesson 8 we learnt how to read standard notation - real music! In lesson 9, we practised what we had learnt by playing some music. Here are some whole class performances:

Lesson 7 - Instruments of the Orchestra

In lesson 7 we learnt about the instruments in an orchestra. After some theory, we had a go at a variety of orchestral instruments, including the violin, cello and drums - most people's favourite!

Here are some photos from Monday's classes:

And Tuesday's lesson:

Stomp! Percussive Performances

In lesson 6, students look at making music using everyday objects (buckets, brooms, brushes) to make a percussive performance. This is based on the musical group 'STOMP'. Here are the performances:

T1B


K1B


M1B


K2B


M2B


T2B

Lesson 4 Xlylophones and Glockenspiels (Thursday)

Today we looked at xylophones and glockenspiels. Here are some of our group performances:

T2B


M2B


K2B

Lesson 4 Xylophones and Glockenspiels - Wednesday

In Lesson 4 we learnt about xylophones and glockenspiels. Then we got into groups to write our own piece of music to perform. Here are some of Wednesday's performances:

K1B


M1B


T1B

Lesson 3 - Percussion Instruments (Tuesday)

In lesson 3 we looked at a variety of simple percussion instruments. We then got into groups and wrote our own 12 beat pattern to perform. Here are some performances from Tuesday: K2B


M2B


T1B

Lesson 3 - Percussion Instruments

In lesson 3 we looked at a variety of simple percussion instruments. We then got into groups and wrote our own 12 beat pattern to perform. Here are some performances:

T1B - Danielle's Group


T1B - Sachin's Group


M1B - Jack's Group


M1B - Taylor's Group


K1B - Sammy's Group


K1B - Tempany's Group

Dance Festival Videos - part 2

The other three dance teams:

Better late than never! Dance Festival Videos

Here are the videos of the dance festival groups performing on the morning of the festival, in our school hall.