The lovely ladies from Lighthouse Musicians, Gillian and Helen, popped back to Portpatrick this morning to work with pupils in P1-4.
The boys and girls had a great time playing games that involved being a conductor and singing songs. They then learned about rhythm through the use of beanbags, hoops and cones which were given various values and pupils had to clap out the correct rhythm in time. Gillian taught pupils the names of some musical notes and pupils started reading music to clap out a basic rhythm involving 1 and 4-beat notes and rests.
We then got the musical bells out and played Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – this took lots of concentration but we managed to play all 6 lines successfully!
Finally, we recapped some Italian musical terms describing the dynamics of music and played a game to help us remember these.
Thank you to both of the ladies for coming into school today – we had a great morning of music and can’t wait for your next visit!
