Music

This week in music we were introduced to Charanga.

This is an online tool created to help teachers with music lessons. It provides as much and as little support as the teacher needs and can do so many things. Lyrics, beats, melodies, games and more.

Seeing this kind of tool being introduced into the primary school makes me feel at ease towards teaching music as I have very little music knowledge and so having a tool like this readily available to assist would be extremely helpful.

‘Primary schools play an important role in fostering pupils’ interest in music’

(HM Government, 2011)

This is why tools like these are so important, as it gives the teachers the confidence they need to incorporate more music into young learners lives.

Art

This weeks art session had us printing cards. We were given a painting to look at and watched a short clip relating to the painting, to give us some insight and really appreciate the small details. We had to choose a section we liked and create it on a piece of Styrofoam. This was then painted and printed onto coloured card.

I thought this activity was really interesting and different and would definitely keep a class of children entertained.

We focused a lot on the original picture we were to take inspiration from and this really helped put us in the mood and focus on all of the small bits of detail.

‘By their nature, the arts engage students in learning through observing, listening, and moving’ (Silverstein and Layne, 2010) and this activity would give the learners the opportunity to observe and listen to the description of the original painting and then recreate what they have taken from it.

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