Music 2024-2025
Year 3 listened to different pieces of music and described how the music made them feel.
They thought about how the composer had created the music to make them feel in this way, considering tempo, texture, timbre, pitch, rhythm and dynamics.
They then composed short musical phrases to make the listener feel either happy or sad.
How do you feel when you listen to each piece? Why?
Year 2 are exploring instruments and symbols.
They composed their own lyrics for The Hairy Scary Castle,
then chose their own sounds and designed symbols to match for the performance.
Year 4 are appreciating music from different traditions
by researching musicians who have a connection to our locality.
Eddie Mooney
Gertie Gitana
Jonathan Wilkes
Legendary Lonnie
Robbie Williams
Slash
Lemmy
Mrs Cliffe visited the statue of Lemmy in Burslem.
We hope you enjoy watching our Year 5 video of our composition ‘Storm’ inspired by Benjamin Britten.
The structure of the music is a rondo.
It begins with the Storm rhythm patterns from Britten’s music,
which repeat after each additional section – Sea Monster, Pirates and Calm.
Year 3 have been learning about music from different traditions.
They performed their Chinese New Year pentatonic composition to
Mrs Wilson and Nursery children.
Nursery and Reception classes celebrated Chinese New Year,
the year of the Snake,
with a Chinese Dragon Parade,
playing instruments loudly around the school.
Years 5 and 6 have explored African drumming styles.
They composed simple rhythmic patterns which they performed on djembe drums.
Both classes used call and response in their compositions,
and Year 6 included polyrhythms.
Their performance in front of an audience included
Kye Kye Kule, a call and response song, and Senwa Dedende, performed as a round.
Both songs are thought to originate from Ghana.
Year 1 have composed their own No Place Like,
inspired by No Place Like composed by Dr Kerry Andrew.
They listened to sounds around their school
and recreated them using vocal and body percussion.