Autumn term

Year 1 have been learning to play the Glockenspiel, which is a tuned instrument belonging to the Percussion family. The children have been learning when to play and when to stop, and have had a go at performing in groups and as a class. The children have also been enjoying lots of singing in lessons too!

Spring 

Year 1 have continued to use the Glockenspiels and have now learnt how to recognise different symbols that tell us to play and stop when they are written down in music. Year 1 have also been learning about the four different families of instruments in music and have listened to lots of examples of how these four families are used. They have listened to music such as Rossini’s ‘William Tell Overture’ and Rimsky-Korsakov’s ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’.

February 2024

Year 2 have continued to learn the glockenspiel and look at how to read the musical symbols. We have played together as an ensemble as well as sing lots of fun songs!

September 2023

Year 1 have been working with the glockenspiels.  We have been learning to play the notes ‘a’and ‘e’ and playing the glockenspiel in time to the music.  

July 2023

We have been playing glockenspiels this term and learning how to read notation. We have learnt when to play and when to rest. We have also learnt lots of fun songs.

Year 1 have been learning to play rhythms on chime bars and singing lots of songs this term This Christmas song called 'Must be Santa' is one of our favourites.