Home Learning – Page 4

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020

Peter and The Wolf

Introduction

The Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev wrote the music for Peter and the Wolf in 1936. It was written as a child’s introduction to the orchestra and was first performed at a children’s theatre in Moscow. Each character in the story is represented by a different instrument or group of instruments.

The story is about a boy named Peter who lives with his grandfather. His Grandfather does not want Peter going out of their garden because there are wolves around but one day Peter goes out, leaving the garden gate open, and sees a little bird. What will happen next…..

YMI Tutor Jenni Borthwick has put together two PowerPoints presentations to explore the music and how the instruments represent each of the characters. There is one resource aimed at Level 1 and another for Level 2

1st level: Primary 2-4 (P2, P3, P4)
2nd level: Primary 5-7 (P5, P6, P7)

Learning Resources

To download files right click on the links and then select either:‘

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‘Download Linked File’ (Mac)

Peter and the Wolf First Level

Peter and the Wolf Second Level

Listen and Watch

Here is a wonderful performance of the story by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

David Bowie narrates this animated version of the story by Walt Disney

May 12, 2020July 29, 2020

Body Percussion

May 6, 2020June 22, 2020

The Yellow Bird Song

Introduction

This popular song comes for the Caribbean and was originally a Haitian Creole song that was rewritten with English lyrics in the 20th century as Yellow Bird.

YMI Tutor Kaela Rowan has made two videos to sing along too and some learning resources looking at the song, where it came from and exploring flags of the Caribbean and surrounding countries.

Below are the song words for you.

Yellow Bird Song

Yellow Bird
Up high in banana tree
Yellow bird
You sit all alone like me
Did your lady friend
Leave the nest again?
That is very sad
Makes me feel so bad
You can fly away
In the sky away
You’re more lucky than me.

You’re more lucky than me.

Learning Resources

To download files right click on the links and then select either:‘

Save Target As’ (PC)
‘Download Linked File’ (Mac)

Fascinating Facts Yellow Bird Song & The Caribbean..

Things to Do & Quiz – Lesson 2 – P3 – P7..

Here is a link to an animated version of the song on the BBC Teach website.

Learn the Uke!

Introduction

The Youth Music Initiative team have created a project to support teachers deliver class Ukulele lessons The YMI tutors come to the school to start the lessons and deliver some CPD for the staff. After a few weeks the of co-delivery, the YMI tutors reduce their input and only come into the school every couple weeks, with the class teacher leading the class in the alternate weeks.

As the project is develops, and has now be changed by the lockdown, we are adding song sheets and videos that can be downloaded and used at home or in the school hubs If you have access GLOW you can see all of them on our YMI Making Music Teams Page.

Words

We have song and chord sheets that can be printed off for all of the songs videos.

To view the words online just click on the link. To download the files right click on the links and then select either:

Save Target As’ (PC)
‘Download Linked File’ (Mac

Budapest

La Cucaracha

You can download the words for all the songs in our posts on the following Learning Resource page.

Here is one of the videos we have made, with Mrs Borthwick leading La Cucaracha.

Links

This the link to the Ukulele Playlist so you can watch more at home.

You can subscribe to our YMI Borders YouTube Channel where we have other playlists and learning videos from the tutors.

For teachers and support staff you can access our GLOW Making Music resource pages. If you are not already member of the Team you can request access.