On Wednesday we boarded our bus and set off for the McRobert building at the university. We were welcomed by Mrs Black who introduced us to a group of her music students. The children had to guess the names of some musical instruments and then the students played a variety of catchy tunes for us. The children then split into two groups to choose instruments to play to represent the main characters in the story of ‘The Gruffalo’. Once they had decided which instruments to play, each group performed their piece to an audience. After we had snack Mrs Black taught us a new song and we danced and marched along to the music. Here are some of the children’s comments:-

Oona, ‘I enjoyed the bus time.’

Hannah, ‘I enjoyed the sound of the musical instruments.’

Samuel, ‘I enjoyed the big drum.’

Iyla, ‘ I was the fox and I liked the big drum.’

Eilidh,’I liked playing my drum with Selin.’

Lucas,’ I got a shot of the ukulele, Kathleen even got a turn of the ukulele.’

Elliott, ‘I liked the sound of the piano.’

Isabella, ‘Actually I liked the big drum.’

Selin, ‘I liked the noise of the big drum.’

Jessica, ‘I liked the ukulele, it was black.’

Orla, ‘I liked playing the tambourine.’

Nicol, ‘I liked the colours of the ukuleles.’

Sandy, ‘I was a snake with a tambourine.’

It is safe to say that the children had a wonderful learning experience and we will be writing to thank Mrs Black and her students. We must also thank our parents who volunteered to help us on our trip.

Have a great holiday weekend, we welcome you all back on Wednesday for our Woodies session.