2024-2025

The Selfish Giant - October 2024

At our school as part of our music development plan, we aim to provide opportunities for the children to enjoy live performances at least once a year. As part of this offer, all children have recently enjoyed a performance of The Selfish Giant performed in school by the Image Theatre Company. The children enjoyed being part of the performance by learning songs and actions in Makaton as well as watching their classmates perform small roles within the show. The performance not only included audience participation but moving sets, puppets and lots of laughs.

Y3&4

The children in years three and four have been enjoying their music lessons with the Wider Opportunities team with all children learning to play a tuned instrument.

This year the children are learning the ukulele and have been strumming away beautifully. 

Learning how to hold, keep to time and perform different songs using a range of notes. They are deepening their knowledge of rhythm and pulse as well as musical notation. 

In the Spring term, the lower key stage two children have been showing their newly acquired instrument skills in a range of class concerts. The children performed a selection of songs to their proud guests. Well done year three and four!

In Y5/6 

This term, are working on a unit exploring rap music.

The unit is focused around the song ' The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. '

Children began by appraising the song. Exploring musical techniques such as 

melody, pulse, rhythm, pitch, tempo, dynamics, timbre, texture, structure. Looking for style indicators of this genre of music. 

We them moved onto listening and singing the piece. By lesson two ,we will be playing along with the glockenspiels eventually harmonising, improvising and performing our versions. 

In addition, we have been listening to the additional four songs/pieces to support and enrich the children’s understanding of its theme, while deepening their musical knowledge and experience.

Young Voices 

In February, the school choir represented our school beautifully singing their hearts out at the Young Voices Manchester concert in the Co-op Arena. Children taking part in YV have the opportunity to perform in some of the world’s greatest arenas alongside incredible artists.