Ten Pieces is an exciting new initiative for nursery & primary schools, led by BBC Learning and the BBC Performing Groups, focusing on classical music and creativity.

When?

Ten Pieces will run over a school year. Starting in the autumn term 2014 , the project will culminate in a major celebratory finale in the summer of 2015.

 Why?

Ten Pieces aims to open up the world of classical music to children – and inspire them to develop their own creative responses to the pieces through music, dance or digital art. The repertoire includes a range of music from baroque to contemporary.

We have been listening to Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain. If you would like to listen to this piece of music, here is a link to it.

We have been learning about  music through sparkle words. Our sparkle words are composer, conductor, tempo, fanfare, orchestra and notes. We have been learning to keep the beat with the orchestra with our egg shakers and moving to the music with coloured scarves.