Reception have had so much fun learning with the Tiny Tweeties! We love singing everyday in school so it was so good to be part of their live workshop. Toffee Bear even came along to join in with us.
Year 3 have been thoroughly enjoying our drumming music lessons with Mr Winter. We have learnt lots of different types of beats including base, tone, snap and a ghost note. We have worked extremely well in our drumming groups and together we have been able to put together a sequence of different beats. It sounds fabulous! Keep up the great work Year 3!
Since returning to school, Year 5 have been enjoying more Music lessons. We use a programme called ‘Charanga’, which asks the children to complete a range of activities centred around ‘pitch, tempo, rhythm and pulse’. They have been using Glockenspiels and reading sheet music.
In Y5F, a musician has been coming into school to teach them how to use ‘GarageBand’ effectively -music software on the Ipads- to compose their own tracks.
(Y5J had this tuition in Autumn term and Y5B will be next!)
Keep up the great work Year 5!
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Good morning and happy Friday everyone!
We’ve made it through the two weeks of isolation, we really appreciate all of your support during this time and we cannot wait to welcome the children back on Monday 30th November.
Phonics
The sound for today is ea cup of tea. Join us for an online phonics session on google classroom at 10am.
Practise reading the words below, look out for the alien words!
English
The activity today is a reading game on pages 18 and 19. Help Oog escape from Dinosaur Island, the right path crosses words that are spelt correctly so watch out!
Maths
Today’s activity is subtracting 2 digit numbers on pages 18 and 19.
Music
We think it’s time to start getting into the Christmas spirit so this afternoon we would like you to listen to the following two songs to get ready for the Christmas performance. Sing along if you know the words!
We are delighted to announce that Harton Primary School has been awarded an Artsmark Silver Award by the Art Council of England! We have only worked towards this award for 4 terms so this is an incredible achievement.
We are very proud this award and look forward developing our creative arts curriculum even further in the future!
The assessor made the following comment about the fantastic opportunities we provide at Harton:
‘It is good to see the progress your school has made in developing the Arts in just 4 terms. A new music scheme has been adopted and some valuable CPD has been given to staff in this and other arts. There have been several successful events and initiatives, including your Arts week, your Year 2 Heritage Learning Project and your Pen Pal Portrait Project, making some good links with other settings and establishing partnerships with arts providers and organisations.’
Hi everyone!
The 30 day Music Challenge is coming to an end…I hope you have all had fun choosing songs to suit each day.
Today is day 27 – “Listen to a song that you have listened to with your best friend”. A good choice for today might be, “You’ve got a friend in me” from the film Toy Story.
I hope you have enjoyed the challenge so far…only a few more songs to go 🙂
To keep our spirits high and our bodies moving….here is a 30 day music challenge for everyone.
Try and find a song that matches the description for each day and dance along to it.
This is just for fun (no need to write them down) and don’t worry if you can’t find a song for every day.
Enjoy!
(This is originally an American challenge, so the words ‘colour’ and ‘favourite’ are spelled differently)
Hi everyone,
I hope you are all keeping well. Just an update on the Musical activities that the children have been undertaking at Harton so far this year.
Each Year group has access to new music software called ‘Charanga’. There are hundreds of modern songs and each scheme enables children to use musical instruments to accompany their compositions.
In Year 3, the children have been learning how to play the Djembe drums. They have learned how to follow patterns, understand the connection between ‘tempo’ and ‘pulse’ and maintain a steady beat. They have been doing so well!
In Year 4, Mr Bird has been teaching the children how to play the keyboard. They have learned basic key notation and how to play some simple melodies. It is sounding great!
Year 5 children have been working with a teacher from South Tyneside’s Music Hub called Rhys. Two classes in Year 5 so far have been using the Ipads to create music on an app called ‘GarageBand’. The children are shown how to compose a simple beat pattern and then add in other instruments. They explore a different range of tempo and sequences and create a ‘layered’ piece of music that even the best DJ artists would be proud of!
Here are some examples of the music the children in Year 5 composed, using the app ‘GarageBand’
A selection of Year 6 children have had the opportunity to learn a brass instrument with Mr. Storey in a small group setting. They have learned basic notation, some more complex pieces of music and are beginning to learn how to read music.
Every Year group has Singing with Mr. Richardson where they practise songs for a concert which is performed for all parents. These sessions are vital for children to learn the correct pitch, tempo and harmonies required in each song.
We hope this gives an insight into all the wonderful music which is taking place as we continue to promote the Arts here at Harton.
Wow! What a performance at this years South Tyneside Music Festival. A huge well done to all of the choir who performance this afternoon to a huge audience of parents from our school but also from a range of different schools in the area.
The children did Harton proud with their OUTSTANDING performance and they should all be really proud as we all are!
Well done Harton Choir. All your hard work, determination and sheer talent was evident in a fantastic show.
Wow! What a performance at this years South Tyneside Music Festival. A huge well done to all of the choir who performance this afternoon to a huge audience of parents from our school but also from a range of different schools in the area.
The children did Harton proud with their OUTSTANDING performance and they should all be really proud as we all are!
Well done Harton Choir. All your hard work, determination and sheer talent was evident in a fantastic show.
