In today’s music workshop it was all about rhythm, note names, not values and rest values.

Having looked at the drake music document I understand how figure notes would be easier to understand as the use of colour and shapes makes learning visible.

Throughout this workshop we worked on combining different note names, not values and rest values together to create music. When working on rhythm in the music we practiced using percussion sticks before we then practicing on the Glockenspiel.

Within the visual arts workshop we all had the opportunity to discuss the arts we have seen of the arts whilst being out on our serial day placements. This was good to the different type of art our peers have seen out on placement. Whilst being out on placement Thursday isn’t the day for art however the class and school halls are filled with displays of the arts done in class as the arts are about “showing rather than saying” (Fleming 2012 p9).

Throughout the workshop we also spoke about why the arts should be promoted within schools as it offers children many different opportunities to develop the arts in other curricular areas (Education Scotland nd).

Reference:

Education Scotland (nd) Curriculum for Excellence: Expressive Arts Principles and Practices. [Online] Available at: https://education.gov.scot/Documents/expressive-arts-pp.pdf [Accessed November 7, 2017].

Fleming, M. (2012) The Arts in Education: An Introduction to aesthetics, theory and pedagogy. London: Routledge