Brilliant brass!
We even had some solos this week with A Quarter’s Worth!
Music
Brass Lesson 2
We practised our hold, lip position, rhythms and blowing.
Brass Lesson 1
We learned how to look after and hold our brass instruments as well as making initial sounds by vibrating our lips on the mouthpiece and through our instruments.
Brass Stars of the Week
These two brass stars have received our special trophy for their increased participation and dedication to brass. Well done!
Rock Stars Easter 2025
The Rock Stars returned to Birkwood! Aaron & his bands provided some wonderful entertainment at our Easter Concert. The children captivated a very excitable audience as they showcased their Rock prowess! As ever, an absolute treat!
Brass Star of the Week
This week’s brass star of the week received the award for reaching a high C and mastering a new melody with a very quick beat!
We have been excellent sound detectives today.
We have been able to successfully guess the instrument being played as well as the pitch or tempo!
Brass Star
This week’s Brass Star has received the award for super listening and for being brave enough to share a solo performance with the class. Well done!
Brass Star of the Week
Our brass star of the week. She has been given the award for sharing her improvised melody with the class. Well done!
RockSteady Christmas ’24
As always everybody absolutely loved our Rocksteady concert. These concerts are a wonderful opportunity for the children to entertain, improve their confidence and share some fantastic progress. I am delighted with the work that Aaron does and the impact that he has on the children. Rocksteady is great fun and does so much for children as individuals and team players whilst performing for their peers and of course their families. Anyone interested in signing up – pop into school!
Expressive Rhythms
We enjoyed hearing, learning and performing the rhythm in our music lesson.
Investigating Syllables
This week we enjoyed investigating syllables in words within the song Singing Syllables. Once the children were familiar with the song, we clapped the syllables of the words mentioned as they sang. They enjoyed the rhythmic challenge of words such as ‘abracadabra’ and ‘hippopotamus’.
The impact specific music has
We can explain why music is important for Christian worship and discuss the impact specific music has on ourselves.
Exploring Pulse
During Music this week we played a steady pulse using percussion instruments and begin to recognise the difference between pulse and rhythm.
We went outside and played ‘What’s the time Mr Wolf?’ to see if the children could copy the chant and match their movements to the steady pulse.
I can explore large scale travelling movements.
In PE, we have been exploring the different ways we travel to school. We talked about how we get to school and then how this might look. We combined different two different movements and put these to music.
Rhythm Builders – Exploring Rhythmic Layers
To identify note values and follow rhythmic notation
Whole class brass
Our first official lesson with Mr Roberts! We have learnt how to put our mouth pieces into our instruments, how to hole our instruments correctly and how to blow our instruments to make a sound!
Brass star!
Our first brass star of the week was given the specials trophy for mastering our new note! Well done!
Listening to beat and rhythm.
We used actions to think carefully about the beat and rhythm.
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