Blog by Tag: Music

Today, we have been learning about our local heritage. Mikey and Jenny came in to school to talk to us about different traditional dances in Lancashire. We had a go at dancing the jig, the reel, the horn pipe, the waltz and marching. It was so much fun! 

We worked with Mikey and Jenny to learn about our Lancashire Heritage using music and dance. We danced the jig, the reel, the horn pipe, the waltz and the march. We had lots of fun. 

Today we have been learning to dance to traditional Lancashire music played on a fiddle. 

We looked at many different Australian artefacts e.g. boomerangs, different types of Australian animals and the didgeridoo! We listened to the different sounds made. 

We discussed rhythm and the pulse of the music. We enjoyed using and naming all of the instruments and finding out the different sounds we could make.

Year 2 have enjoyed playing musical instruments outside this afternoon. We followed a beat and each group played a different pattern of sounds on a selection of instruments.

What a fantastic evening we all had at the music festival. Year 4 sang beautifully and represented Scotforth well. We are so proud of you all.

As is our custom, Year 6 visited Chrinside House yesterday afternoon, to sing carols to the residents. We went along with Mrs Weatherill, Church Warden at St. Paul's Church who talked to us and the residents about the joy of Christmas, using a Christmas cracker. We enjoyed talking to the residents…

On Wednesday 17th October we were visited by three musicians from the Lancashire Music Service. They played some fantastic music on the clarinet, trumpet and violin. They then lead workshops giving us the opportunity to try out the three instruments. Have a look at how we got on! We had a…

Year 4 dressed up as cats ready to perform to songs from the musical Cats.