Blackfell Primary School

Music - Our World - Lesson 6

Singing in the Rain by Gene Kelly

We listened and appraised the song ‘Singing in the Rain’ by Gene Kelly. We were asked the questions: What can you hear? Who is singing? How did the song make you feel? Do you think the singer was happy or sad? We watched the video then tried to copy the dance routine. We pretended we had an umbrella and  splashed our feet in the rain. We thought it was funny that the man singing was ‘happy’ ‘singing’ and ‘dancing’ in the rain. We thought about how the rain made us feel sad but after watching the video some of us changed our minds. Well done everyone!

Music - Lesson 2

I Feel Good by James Brown

We listened and appraised the song 'I Feel Good' by James Brown. We were asked the questions: Do you like the music? What can you hear? The children gave reasons as to why they did or did not like the music. Some of us thought it was too loud and didn't like the screaming parts. Some of us liked it because we liked the beat, we could dance to it and some of the words were funny. We were able to name some of the instruments we could hear but we learnt the names of many more that were played in the song. Well done!

Making Our Own Gruffalo

We have been very creative in our learning. This week we have been using clay and natural resources to create our own ideas of the Gruffalo. We were all given a piece of clay and then used outdoor resources to create our final piece. We are looking forward to writing about our creation in our literacy.

Music - Lesson 1

Big Bear Funk by Joanna Mangona

We listened and appraised the song 'Big Bear Funk' by Joanna Mangona, We were asked the questions: What can you hear? Did you like the music? The children responded verbally and gave some good reasons as to  why they liked or didn't like the song. They were able to say what they thought they could hear. We found the pulse using our bodies in different ways and then danced freely to show how it made us feel. Some of us thought it was really funny to dance like a 'Funky Bear', 'Funky Chicken' and a 'Funky Monkey'. We will be revisiting this song every week to learn the lyrics and the actions. We will perform the song to the Nursery children at the end of the term. We will be learning other songs along with actions in addition to our focus song. Today we learnt the Name Song.

Well done everyone!