Year 5 and 6
Linked to the belonging theme of book week, 'Where is my place?' Year 5 and 6 have been undertaking some digital music composition. Previously in class, Year 5 created an Island that represented a special place where they belong and are writing about it this week. In Music, they have been exploring the loops and pre-recorded sounds on Bandlab to create a musical anthem, in a style they really like, to go with their island.
Similarly, Year 6 are using the same software to create their own track that shows their style, but as we have been studying drumming this term, they are composing their own drum grooves from scratch to go with the pre-recorded melody loops from Bandlab. We are also exploring adding rap lyrics inspired by MC Grammar, who has recorded some excellent World Book Day songs.
Year 3 and 4:
We are exploring composing in music this term with a focus on weather sounds. Over past few lessons we have listened to examples of music from around the world that portray different types of weather. Books are a great inspiration for composing music and this week in Year 3 we looked at the book 'Birdie and the Storm' and in Year 4 we read 'Franklin and the Thunderstorm.' Children then experimented with a wide range of percussion instruments to try to replicate sounds to accompany the weather events from the story. We discussed effective choices and next lesson in Year 3 we will be working as a whole class to create and record a final performance of 'The Storm.' Look out for the link to our masterpiece in a future newsletter. For now, here are some photos of the work in progress below.
In Year 4, children will be working in small groups to create their own Storm compositions, some of which I hope to be able to share with you in the future but here are some photos of children exploring instruments to recreate weather sounds from this week's lesson.
Music in Book Week Year 3
Music in Book Week 4C
Music in Book Week 4K
