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P7 Are Composers!
For our last week in music we worked hard to complete our compositions for the instrumental section of the ‘I’ve Got the Back To School Blues’ song. We used notes from the pentatonic scale for our melodies and some of us worked with partners to create a joint composition. Below are audio clips of our finished pieces. Aleks & Taylor: Aeris: Alisha & Ella: Alyssa: Ellie: Finley: Hayden & Orla: Owen: Ifor & Eden: Paige & James: Panna: Sophie & Leo: Steven: Willow & Hailey:Windsock Models
As part of our weather topic, we had fun making our very own windsocks! We spoke about how windsocks can show us the direction that the wind is blowing and give us an idea of how strong it is. The children did a fantastic job following both verbal and written instructions to create their colourfulSTEM
We had lots of fun exploring STEM with KAPLA! The children worked together in teams to design and build different structures, sharing ideas and problem-solving along the way. A brilliant way to develop teamwork, creativity and engineering skills through play!Back To School Instrumental: tuned percussion, guitar, keyboard & drums
We have learned three different parts for the instrumental section of the song ‘I’ve Got the Back To School Blues’ and we firstly learned to play each part on tuned percussion – xylophones and glockenspiels. We could then choose which part we preferred to play together and many of us chose to play the most tricky part which was part three. We then had the chance to use what we had learned and transfer it to other instruments. In the first clip some of the class are playing their part on xylophones or glockenspiels. In the next clip youContinue reading Back To School Instrumental: tuned percussion, guitar, keyboard & drums
Latest updatesSumburgh Head Trip
A big thank you to everyone at the Shetland Amenity Trust for making us so welcome on our trip this week! We’ve spent a whole term learning about Shetland’s wildlife and sustainable tourism, so finishing with a trip to Sumburgh was a fantastic way to pull it all together! We particularly loved watching the gannets dive, and getting to make the foghorn noise!Music – Term 1
In music this term, we have been learning about note lengths and rhythms and we have been learning about Scottish music in relation to our class topic. We have also enjoyed creating our own music and graphic scores and have been developing our skills in playing the tuned percussion instruments, ukuleles, and boomwhackers.Latest News
Advice – Changing Privacy Levels
There can be a problem with changing privacy levels on a site with a lot of media (photos, video, audio etc.). We are planning a change to Glow Blogs to prevent this. In the meantime we have some advice around changing site privacy. The problem only affects sites with a lot of media. When you […]H5P Interactive Video Problems with YouTube Videos
There are two problem with some H5P interactive videos. Both are the result of changes in YouTube behaviour. This post provides a fix to one and a workaround to the other.Glow Blogs Update 27 Aug 2026
There has been a new release on Glow Blogs, making some changes, dealing with some issues and updating themes and plugins.Glow Blogs Start of Session FAQ 2026
A few quick tips and some information that might help at the start of this new session.Glow Blogs Update July 2026
There has been a new release on Glow Blogs, dealing with some issues and updating themes and plugins. Event Organiser A security issue has developed with this plugin. We have temporarily patched(fixed) the problem for sites already using the plugin. We have also prevented the plugin from being installed on sites. If you remove the […]
