Music
Miss Woolley is our specialist Music Teacher. Every week on a Thursday and Friday she teaches music to the children in school. She also holds singing assemblies on Fridays at 3pm which all of the children take part in.
Year 6 are starting their music work during the second half of the Autumn term. One of the pieces they will be listening to is called 'Connect It' by Anna Meredith.
You can find out lots of information about this piece on the BBC 10 pieces website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/KS2-anna-meredith-connect-it/zhyyb82
Connect It by Anna Meredith
Anna Meredith is a Scottish composer who writes electronic and acoustic music. She likes to work with orchestras, bands and choreographers to create music that uses clapping, stamping, shouting and beatboxing instead of instruments.
In Anna Meredith's body percussion piece 'Connect It' a variety of rhythmic sounds and movements are passed between the performers.
In Anna Meredith's body percussion piece 'Connect It' a variety of rhythmic sounds and movements are passed between the performers.
Peter Gunn Theme by Henry Mancini
Year 4 will be starting off by listening to the Peter Gunn theme by Henry Mancini.
What other famous pieces of music were composed by Henry Mancini?
What other famous pieces of music were composed by Henry Mancini?
In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
In Year 3, we have been listening to Edvard Grieg’s ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King.’ We have been learning about the 4 beat metre and the rhythm patterns that make up the piece. We have learned two Italian musical terms; crescendo (getting louder) and accelerando (getting faster).
Rondeau by Henry Purcell (1659 -1695) played on recorders
Children in Year 5 have started to learn how to play the recorder. They have been introduced to standard notation and notes on the stave. This week, they will listen to a piece of music by Henry Purcell (1659 -1695) who was an English composer.
Conkers
This is one of the songs we have been singing during the singing assembly. The lyrics are shown below.
Conkers! I’m collecting conkers,
I’m trying hard to find the biggest and the best.
Conkers! Lots of lovely conkers,
I want a conker that is better than the rest.
Under the chestnut tree,
There waits for me,
A sight so marvellous to behold.
Amidst the autumn leaves,
It gleams at me,
A conker, beautiful and bold.
Conkers! I’m collecting conkers,
I’m trying hard to find the biggest and the best.
Conkers! Lots of lovely conkers,
I want a conker that is better than the rest.
Under the chestnut tree,
Where no-one’s been,
The spiky shells lie on the ground.
Beneath their armour green,
There hides unseen,
A conker, smooth and shiny brown.
Conkers! I’m collecting conkers,
I’m trying hard to find the biggest and the best.
Conkers! Lots of lovely conkers,
I want a conker that is better than the rest.
Under the chestnut tree,
I stretch to see,
A final conker to be mine.
If I can only reach,
To pull it free,
I’ll add it to my ninety-nine! One hundred!
Conkers! I’m collecting conkers,
I’m trying hard to find the biggest and the best.
Conkers! Lots of lovely conkers,
I want a conker that is better than the rest.
Across the Fields
This is a round that we will be learning in the singing assembly.
Across the fields of wheat and grain,
A young man’s head is plainly seen.
A hoolya, hoolya, hoolya ya,
Swiftly flowing water.
A hoolya, hoolya, hoolya ya,
Swiftly flowing water.
Harvest Samba
Orange and Yellow and Brown
See the leaves are falling,
Autumn days are calling,
Orange and yellow and brown,
Orange and yellow and brown,
Fields and pastures all are bare,
Autumn colours everywhere,
Orange and yellow and brown,
Orange and yellow and brown.
Cattle grazed and corn grew high,
In the Summer sun,
Flowers and blossom sang their song,
Now their work is done.
Morning mist now chills the air,
Golden treetops everywhere,
Orange and yellow and brown,
Orange and yellow and brown.
Because it's Spring
Because it's Spring
I wanna dance, dance, I wanna tap my feet,
I wanna whistle all the way down the street.
I wanna bounce right up off the ground
‘Cos there’s a feeling in the air, it’s all around.
It’s spring time and as you’d expect
I’ve got a heart full of joy and a spring in my step.
It’s spring time, it’s making me sing,
Everything is buzzing because it’s spring.
You’ll see it here, there, you’ll see it everywhere,
The birds are busy singing without a care
And nature’s waking up to the sound,
There is a feeling in the air, it’s all around.
It’s spring time and as you’d expect
I’ve got a heart full of joy and a spring in my step.
It’s spring time, it’s making me sing,
Everything is buzzing because it’s spring.
The blossom hangs high in colours pink and white,
The tulips and the daffodils, what a sight.
And from the countryside to the town
There is a feeling in the air, it’s all around.
It’s spring time and as you’d expect
I’ve got a heart full of joy and a spring in my step.
It’s spring time, it’s making me sing,
Everything is buzzing because it’s spring.
Life is a Wonderful Thing
Life is a Wonderful Thing
I woke up this morning, got out of my bed,
Looked in the mirror and I got myself dressed.
With a stretch and a yawn and a scratch of my head,
"Life is a wonderful thing," I said,
"Life is a wonderful thing."
My heart is beating, morning till evening,
I've got the breath of life inside.
My heart is dreaming, I've got the feeling,
It's so lovely when you know you're alive!
I went out this morning and what did I see?
Buds and blossoms and the birds in the trees.
With a skip and a whistle a thought came to me.
Life is a wonderful thing indeed,
Life is a wonderful thing.
My heart is beating, morning till evening,
I've got the breath of life inside.
My heart is dreaming, I've got the feeling,
It's so lovely when you know you're alive!
I stayed in this morning, with little to do.
Mum said, "So, you'd better tidy your room."
Then a friend came to see me and I was excused,
Life is a wonderful thing, it's true,
Life is a wonderful thing.
My heart is beating, morning till evening,
I've got the breath of life inside.
My heart is dreaming, I've got the feeling,
It's so lovely when you know you're alive!
I woke up this morning and here's what I thought:
What surprises will I find at my door?
With a new day before me and plenty in store,
Life is a wonderful thing, for sure,
Life is a wonderful thing.
Life is a wonderful thing, uh huh,
Life is a wonderful thing!