Today the children that attend Rocksteady performed with their band members. All the bands were amazing! The children have worked extremely hard leading up to this concert. A massive well done !
Today, Year 6 were lucky enough to take part in a workshop called ‘Tune In’ as part of Folkestone’s Creative Quarter with Randolph Matthews. The children were taught about the impact of tone, pitch and tempo and related them to the world around us. They thought about how certain sounds can make us feel certain ways … Continue reading
Year 6, inspired by the whole school’s paint throwing celebration of Holi today, explored how music can be experienced visually by associating sounds and rhythms with different colours. We learned about Synesthesia and were fascinated by a video representation of how a professional violinist with this condition ‘sees’ the music she plays in flashes of … Continue reading
Apologies for the delay in getting the video together. Here is the performance for this years Ducklings Nativity – A Bundle Of Joy. Special thanks to the Year 3 children who helped out as the narrators. Thanks for watching.
Fridays are full of exciting learning activities for Ducklings. For RE we listened to the story of Jesus performing the miracle of turning water into wine at a wedding and acted out the scenes. Some of the shocked faces were very believable. During PE we were throwing and bouncing balls to catch them but remembering … Continue reading
Back in December, on the last day of term the whole school gathered in the church for our annual Christmas Carol Service. The choir sat at the front and we all sang festive songs we have been practising in class. We were treated to performances from some of the very talented musicians we have in … Continue reading
Sadly we were unable to perform this year’s Nativity Plays to our families so we recorded them and KS1 and 2 are available for you to watch below. Enjoy…. Ducklings to follow….
We thought you might like to see what we get up to in Owls Class on a Friday as it is a very different routine to the rest of the week. Today as we arrived into class we all noticed that our class elf had been up to no good and had put all the … Continue reading
On Monday, the whole school had a treat from Alex McNiece, who came in to run a music workshop. We looked at how music can affect your mood, emotions, well being, communication, friendships and academic success. We also had a lot of fun creating music and learning some fun songs.
Yesterday, the whole school had treat from Rock Steady Music. First they were introduced to the keyboard, electric drums and electric guitar and the sounds that they could make. Then they listened to and joined in with some popular songs. Following the whole school sessions children did workshops with their classes where they were able … Continue reading
We have been busy learning about partitioning numbers and how we can flexibly partition them…
This week Year 5 have created some amazing rainforest animal art linked to our class…
A small group of Year 3 children have been thoroughly enjoying their morning swim at…
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