Rehearsals are well underway for our performance at Young Voices 2024. We have kicked off our preparation by learning ‘Today’s Gonna Be a Great Day’. We’ve totally mastered it in just 2 rehearsals! Fab work guys! 🎤
Young Voices 2024
Category : Curriculum
Case study 2 starts in MI
Today we started our science case study where we started to classify plants and animals based on characteristics. We thought about what makes something living and non living then looked at MRS GREN. We then worked in mini crews to sort a variety of living things into groups. We all found lots of different ways which we shared with the whole crew. We then watched a video clip to help us think more about classifying plants, animals and microorganisms. We then had a go at creating our own classification key in mini crews. Some great discussions today MI 🙂
Note B ♩
In Year 3/4, we continued our musical journey to learn the recorder and practised playing the note B in multiple ways to create a melody. We looked at how some notes only last for one beat (crotchet) and how others last for two beats (quavers). Using these different notes, we were able to play 2 short pieces of music and eventually performed these without Miss McGlone’s help! Even our learning coaches are learning something new and playing their own recorders alongside us! Great work everyone! ✨
Creating sound effects for The Pink Panther theme tune 🎶
We began by discussing the character and mood of the music – we agreed that it was mysterious and sneaky. We then thought about how the dynamics and timbre gave the piece a certain feel and said that the way the composer used short, quiet sounds and then long, loud sounds really matched the action of the cartoon.
We watched a video that showed us how sound effects can be made for cartoons and identified that not only can instruments be used, but body percussion could also be used to give an action more meaning.
Using untuned percussion instruments and body percussion, we watched a short clip of the opening sequence and began to think about the sounds that could be used to match the action on screen.
Creating our own pentatonic melodies using glockenspiels 🎼
In Year 3/4 this morning we have been using the notes F, G, A, D and C on our glockenspiels to create our own melody for ‘I’ve Been To Harlem’. We used the notes in lots of different ways and each pair created a completely different melody that we noted on our whiteboards so that we could remember the sequence. We then had some brave volunteers who performed to the rest of their crew! ✨
Magic maths in MI
The work hard howl was really shown today in our magic maths session 🙂 Children really tried hard when they were challenged but all still ensured they had a positive attitude.
Little Red Riding Hood🌲🏡🧺
We started our new writing topic today by reading Little Red Riding Hood. Then, we chose items for our baskets to send to Granny’s house🏡We talked about which foods are healthy 🍌🍓🍎and not healthy.🍬🧁We chose which foods we would like when we are sick like Granny👵🏻.
Y1 reading cafe 📖
This week it was the children’s time to read to parents…
Clean Up Crew
Crew Hamill got to share in the litter picking fun last week and helped to keep Carcroft clean. We worked well as a crew and managed to find lots of litter which has made our school field a much safer place.
Keeping Carcroft clean 🚮
Some children from Crew Marsh explored the outdoor area of our School today. We spoke about the importance of litter picking but also making sure it is safe to do so. Some of them were quite shocked at how much they found but also quite impressed that they could all hold the huge pipe they found too! They did a great job and hopefully they spread their enthusiasm about keeping their environment safe to others in the community 👏