Music in Y3

In Year 3 we aim to give children the power to express the inexpressible, foster imagination and ignite a lifetime of passion for music. 

 Autumn 1 Soul and Funk Classics

AU1 - Session 1 

 Our aims of this session were to develop an understanding of the history in music and to use musical vocabulary to describe what we like and don't like about a piece of music.

 Here are our pieces of music that we compared and appraised.

Renaissance period - La Morisque & Danse Basse Bergeret aus der Danserye-Suite - Tylman Susato

Safaa - 'I liked the instruments they used and find it calming'

Irza - 'I like how to music changed but they didn't stop playing their instruments'

Ruqayyah - 'I didn't really like the piece because there wasn't any singing'

Tobias - 'I heard the trumpet'

Aria - 'I heard the French horn'

Soul classic - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Lyric

Aiza - 'I thought the piece would make me feel sad but it didn't'

Zahra - 'I felt happy listening to the song'

Kehkashan - 'The instruments played are different to the Renaissance piece'

Ayaat - 'In this song there is someone singing but it was only instruments in the other piece'

AU1 - Session 2 and 3

Our aims for this session were to use musical vocabulary to describe a piece of music and compositions.

Using a variety of musical instruments we leant and practiced our musical vocabulary.

Pulse - Stevie Wonder Kids Pulse Exercise | Superstition | Clap, Count, Stomp & Beatbox a Steady Beat

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Rhythm - Musical Fruits - Rhythm Syllables Clap-Along

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 Autumn 2 Pantomimes

AU2 - Session 1

During session 1 we recapped our musical vocabulary then used these to describe what we liked and disliked after watching a short clip from a Pantomime.

We loved the bright colours, the jokes, the expression used in the songs and the different costumes.

We disliked the 'baddies'.

AU2 - Session 2

As a warm up we practiced using our body percussion to perform Jingle Bells. We are now experts at finding a rhythm!

During this session we were digging deeper into Pantomimes. Using our slow looking skills and slow listening skills we examined different aspects of Pantomimes:

Colours

Dames

Jokes

Songs

Costumes

Characters

AU2 - Session 3 and 4

First we recapped on our musical vocabulary focusing on Allegro and Adagio.

In our groups we examined a script from a pantomime. Using this script we then took it in turns to be a character or the audience. We watched and reviewed each others performance so we could go away and improve by using more expression, actions and designed a costume. 

Finally, we sung a pantomime song 'Beware of the Beast' in tune using expression and actions.

Beauty and the Beast: Beware of the Beast Song | CBeebies Pantomime 2024