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Children in Nursery Maple are reading ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?’ by Bill Martin Jr this week. A beautifully illustrated, rhythmic story, which explores different animals and colours. To link with the book, the children enjoyed their first music and movement session with Miss Maggie, incorporating the rhymes from the story. The…

Children in Years 1 and 2 have been learning how to play the Glockenspiel in their recent Music lessons. Today, the pupils were very lucky to meet Darcy, current “Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year”. She is a phenomenal Marimba Glockenspiel and vibraphone player. The pupils were excited to show Darcy what they had been…

Our fabulous Pre-Prep Department and Pre-School have been working very hard on a beautiful Christmas Production over the last few weeks. Their hard work came to fruition as our eager young performers took to the stage for the first time on Thursday afternoon. Over two days the children delighted their watching parents as they impressed…

For their first foray into whole-class instrument lessons, Year 1 have got to grips with the ancient wind instrument, the Ocarina. Learning to play an instrument can offer huge benefit to children, helping to develop many characteristics associated with High Performance Learning, including perseverance, patience, resilience and creativity. Each year group at St Edward’s take…

In their recent Music lessons, Year 6 have been looking at ways in which they can use their bodies to create percussive compositions. The class watched video examples of music created using only body percussion and were introduced to the various patterns and movements that could be used. The group practised several of these methods…

Year 5 have got stuck into their new, whole-class African Drumming lessons this week. The instrument celebrates cultural diversity in music in which the children are actively involved. It also requires the pupils to work together to produce a cohesive sound, is an excellent way to improve rhythmic accuracy and can even improve upper body…

We are very lucky here at St Edward’s, to be able to offer whole-class instrument lessons. This term, it is the turn of our Year 4 pupils to pick up a violin and get playing! A notoriously tricky instrument to perfect, the children started slowly and began by familiarising themselves with the parts of the…

Year 7 have been enjoying a return to their practical Music lessons, developing the HPL skills for collaboration and perseverance. They have been exploring folk music in its many forms in recent lessons. At the end of last term, the students were learning the well-known ditty, ‘Drunken Sailor’, which they have been practising hard in…

As part of their Science topic on Sound, Year 4 were set the challenge of making their very own musical instrument. It could be a string, percussion or wind instrument, and the children were asked to construct it using items they could find around the house like bottles, straws, boxes, tins and elastic bands! They…

It has been proven that spending time in nature can improve mood and well-being, but not everyone has easy access to the natural world. Launched on Monday 25th January, the BBC brings virtual soundscapes of music and nature directly to audiences with Radio 3, 6 Music, BBC Sounds, BBC Two’s Winterwatch, the interactive BBC Sound…