This week we had a great music lesson exploring the different elements of music using a range of percussion instruments. We demonstrated elements such as pitch, dynamics and texture (among others) through our performances.

Year 3 have started exploring pitch on the chime bars. They have learnt new vocabulary like ascending and descending. They really enjoyed experimenting with these scales on their instrument as well as learning a new song elevator. They learnt to sing the song together and have begun exploring playing the song and singing alongside.

So many of our children enjoy music lessons at Allerton. We have lessons for guitar, ukulele and piano. Here are a few friendly faces posing with ukuleles excited and ready to learn!

The ACE Choir brilliantly kicked off the Roots and Routes performance for Year 4 this afternoon. Their voices were heard so clearly in a hall full of people and they sang with such confidence and clarity.

Year 3 enjoyed using their listening mats to explore the musician of the month Lang Lang. They explored how tempo and dynamics can change throughout a piece of music.

In 1/2B, we love our weekly music sessions and the collaborative nature of them; learning new songs, using percussion instruments and boomwhackers to create music together, all with a different role.  We have enjoyed watching performances of orchestras and bands (like Mumford and Sons, our Musicians of the month) – a perfect example of ‘One body with many parts’.  We have learnt the different types of instruments, what they sound make and how they work together to make a whole piece of music.  Our recent work on ‘Pitch’ has developed our understanding of how voices can be instruments collaborating to make a lovely sound. 

At ACE, we love to sing and truly understand the power of music, collaboration and performance. On Thursday evening, our choir took part in a joint concert with Highfield Primary and Brodetsky Primary, hosted at Highfield. It was a joyful celebration from start to finish. We are proud to give our children a voice, encouraging them to listen, reflect, share their ideas, and act as peace-builders. Each school performed individually before joining together for a powerful finale that truly wowed us all. It was an uplifting evening and a wonderful reminder of the harmony that music and our children can create.

We also received some lovely feedback from one of the organisers ‘It was a brilliant evening and it was a real pleasure to watch the faces of all the children clearly enjoying singing their songs. Your choir was really impressive and your choice of songs was great. From where I was sitting, I could see a number of the children in the other choirs singing along to your songs too! The finale of “The Power of my Voice” was especially appropriate for the occasion.’

Year 3 have been exploring the composer Sergei Prokofiev and delving into his piece ‘Peter and the Wolf’. They have discovered how this piece of music tells a story is meant to be played alongside a narration. They spent some of today’s lesson researching his life on the Chromebooks.

4C had the pleasure of Mr Ash teaching them Samba! Pupils learnt all about rhythm and the different instruments involved in Samba to produce a class piece.

We are proud to announce that we are yet again a Music Champion School!

This award is for schools who have made a significant impact on pupils’ lives through their music offer and shown that they have an outstanding commitment to music education.The award honours schools for the work they are doing to nurture, develop and enable their pupils’ musical creativity.