Blog by Tag: music
Learning French with Kath
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The Ducklings has such a treat today when Kath from BilinguaSing came to teach us some French words and Songs. We learned some of our nursery rhyme favourites with music, props and had so much fun.
Category: Ducklings
Outdoor learning
Little Chicks are engaged in learning the skill of catching the ball in the cone. A tricky skill to master, they gave it a good go through trail and error sometimes they caught it in the cone.
Little Chicks were trying to get the sea creatures down the slope after some…
Category: Little Chicks
music fine motor science Active learning
Chinese New Year
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We have been finding out who celebrates Chinese New Year and how and when they celebrate it. We have read some Chinese New Year stories and watched some video clips of real families celebrating. We have compared this special celebration to celebrations that we might experience with our own…
Category: Ducklings
music dance Understanding the World Creative learning Chinese new year
Express yourself
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As part of Children's Mental Health Week the Ducklings have been listening to a piece of classical music - The Four Seasons by Vivaldi and have produced artwork to show how the music has made them feel.
Category: Ducklings
art music World Mental Health Awareness Day
Music in Parrots
Today in Parrots, we have been learning about musical patterns. We worked in groups and created musical patterns using a variety of instruments, such as; tambourines, maracas and the triangle. We then discussed how we could improve our own patterns and each others.
Category: Parrots
Parrots' compared their voice to musical instruments.
Today in music the children in Parrots sang a song just using their own beautiful voices and then they compared this sound to various musical instruments. Well done Parrots.
Category: Parrots
Listening to and making sounds
In phonics we have been listening to different sounds and playing lots of different sound games. We explored the different sounds that instruments make and played them in different ways. Playing loudly was the most favourite way to play!!!
Category: Ducklings
African music and dance
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The children have loved listening to and watching different African music and dances this week. They have then gone outside on the stage and created their own. Ask them to show you at home!
Category: Ducklings
Falcons Percussion Extravaganza!!
The children in Falcons thoroughly enjoyed their music lesson this week. They were able to identify different percussion instruments and made beautiful rhythmic music.
Category: Falcons
Dragon Dancing
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The Ducklings have enjoyed creating their own dragon dances when learning all about Chinese New Year!
Category: Ducklings
music dance Physical development Chinese new year
Y3 Roman Day
This afternoon we explored the sounds some musical instruments make in order to create a piece of music to depict a Roman battle. We then used this music to create a "battle/ invasion" dance. The Yellow Team were the Romans, as you can see from their victorious stance.
In the wing we created…
art music DT Creative learning
Owls Dance
In Owls we have started a new PE topic of dance. The children are enjoying exploring music with movement and being creative with how they interpret the pieces.
Category: Owls