Music: It’s an Animal Dance

In Nursery, the children have explored the different sounds that animals make through listening, sharing ideas, talking and role play. They have improvised sound effects of different animals through vocal sounds and body percussion. They also explored how different animals move which generated musical vocabulary around tempo such as ‘slow and fast’ as well as ‘slower and faster’. They then displayed their sense of tempo through performing an animal dance.

They explored the rhythms and beat of different carnival dances through movement. They then learnt some of the different steps of these dances which they performed with both classes in collaboration.