Brinsworth Manor Infant School
Music
In Spring 1 we continued to follow the Charanga School of music lessons and explored our 3 sticky knowledge questions -
Can you name 3 different styles of music?
Blues, Baroque, Latin, Bhangra, Folk, Funk
What is the pulse?
The pulse is the heart beat of the music.
What is a glockenspiel?
The glockenspiel is a percussion instrument consisting of steel bars arranged in a keyboard layout.
In Autumn 2 we continued to follow the charanga musical school lessons and have incorporated our Christmas concert songs into these lessons.
Our sticky knowledge is:
What are Christmas Carols?
Christmas carols are songs, or hymns, on the theme of Christmas, normally performed around the Christmas holidays.
What is a performance?
A performance is performing on a stage for an audience, TV, film, commercial etc... this includes dance, singing and drama.
What is an audience?
An audience is a group of people that watch or listen to an event such as a play, concert or meeting.
In Autumn 1 we continued to follow the charanga musical school lessons.
Our sticky knowledge was:
What is the pulse?
The pulse is the heartbeat of a song.
What is pitch?
The pitch is the variation of sound.
What is rap music?
Rap music is a genre of popular music that was originated in the Bronx borough of New York City.
In the Summer term we continued to follow the charanga musical school lessons.
Our sticky knowledge was:
We listen and appraise music.
The pulse is the beat.
Copy and compose rhythms!
The Royal Opera House!
Giraffe class were honoured today by a visit from some lovely guests from The Royal Opera House - yes, THE Royal Opera House! - who came to work with us on our drama and operatic skills. They introduced us to the concept of an opera, in particular "The Magic Flute". There were vocal warm ups, moments of creativity and a chance to be a director as the session finished with the children working in two groups to direct and create their own freeze frames/short scenes based on two pieces of music from "The Magic Flute." Here they had to represent one of the two trials experienced by the characters in the opera - a trial by fire and a trial by water.
Der Holle Rache - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1-CbocY21E
O Isis Und Osiris - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2lKLi0rJDA
The final freeze frames/performances were entertaining to say the least. Some key quotes include:
"I enjoyed being the lava - bubble, bubble, bubble."
"Who is the wee?"
"I'm the toilet flush." *insert flushing sound and action*
"My favourite part was being the hot cheetoh!"
Yes, their ideas on what would constitute a Trial by Fire and a Trial by Water were... interesting.
