We have started a unit of work where we are learning about the connection between literacy and music and how music can help tell a story.

We have listened to a folk ballad, a traditional song from Shetland and two classical pieces, all of which tell very different stories.

The latest piece we listening to was ‘In The Hall Of The Mountain King’ by the Norwegian composer, Edvard Grieg. After hearing a summary of the story, we listened to the piece played by an orchestra and then on our whiteboards we drew a picture to show what the music made us think of.

Below are some photos of the class hard at work creating their drawings and also some of the final pictures they produced and shared with their classmates.

Today P4 took part in the Primary Music Festival at Mareel where they performed two songs to a packed auditorium, including an adjudicator! Their singing was fantastic and they represented Sound School brilliantly.

We await written feedback of our performance and I will share that in due course but needless to say, Miss Stewart is very proud of all the children in P4 today!

Here’s a video of our performance taken by Mrs Williamson.