We have been learning about beat and rhythm in music and in the song ‘B-I-NG-O’ we could show both of these musical elements. For the first and last parts of song we nodded our heads in time and for the middle section where we spell out BINGO’s name, we used body percussion to show the rhythm.

We also learned about Boomwhackers and how they are used to create different sounds of different pitches. We worked out that the longer the boomwhacker, the lower the pitch of the note and the smaller the boomwhacker, the higher the pitch of the note.

In the clip below, you can see the class performing the song ‘BINGO’ using boomwhackers.

Curriculum Information P2B Term 4

P2B have been learning about Vincent Van Gogh. They have made sunflowers using drawing, collage and painting skills.

P 2B have been using templates to collage a wolf and little red riding hood character.  The children have arranged their characters onto a painted a green forest. They look very dramatic. Why not ask they about how they made their pictures?

The children have been learning today about Vincent Van Gogh and his friend  Camille  who gave him sunflowers.
The children have made sunflowers by drawing, collage and painting. They have making an expressive forest using different colours of paint.

This week in music we have been learning about the importance of music during Chinese New Year. As part of our learning we watched a Musical Storyland episode called ‘The Great Race’ by BBC Teach, where members of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra play a range of instruments and tell the story.  We saw a new Chinese instrument called a guzheng which is played by plucking the strings.  You can see all the instruments in the picture below.

Photo courtesy of BBC Teach

We also learned that this year is the year of the dragon and in the clip below, you can see us using scarves to move like the dragon dancers that perform at Chinese New Year celebrations.

Tuesday 30^th January 2024 was a special day at Sound Primary School as we were visited by both the Junior and Senior Jarl Squads of 2024.

The Junior Jarl Squad, led by Guizer Jarl Skeppare Nokkvesson (aka Oran McCulloch), were in fine voice during their time with us, supported by a group of young local musicians who did a brilliant job. ‘Yes Sir, I can Boogie’ was definitely a highlight! The clip below shows all the pupils from p1 to p7 joining in with the Up Helly Aa song.

The Senior Jarl Squad, led by Guizer Jarl King Harald Olafsson (aka Richard Moar) were also pretty spectacular both in sight and sound. A fantastic line up of local musicians provided the music for the Up Helly Aa song and also their squad song which made us all want to get up and dance! Here is a clip of all the pupils from p1 to p7 joining in with the Up Helly Aa song. The Jarl commented how loud and enthusiastic our singing was. High praise indeed from a ‘King’!

Friday 19.1.24

Yay, it’s Friday! Well done to you all for making it through this week. Hopefully, we will all be back in school on Monday so make the most of your snow day today and have fun. Miss Gifford has shared the learning grid to keep you busy today.

Remember you can share photos or stories of what you have been doing this week with me on:

gw08williamsonj@glow.sch.uk

Hope to see you all in school on Monday,

Mrs Williamson