Musically Morden Mount

As part of the implementation process, an ambitious and cohesive medium-term planning demonstrating the progression of core knowledge (substantive) and skills (disciplinary) pupils will acquire in their study of Music In each year group will be curated.  The medium-term plan will feature an overarching enquiry question which will map out the learning journey of pupils including their extended experiences and learning outcomes. The medium-term plan will be translated into child-friendly enquiry questions which will guide the learning journey of the pupils. Impact of this implementation process will include clear and precise triangulation between the medium-term plans, pupils' learning (as seen during learning observations), extended learning experiences and pupils’ books.

Music Scales for Dragon Scales! - Reception

Reception listened to a variety of music from China as part of their project on Chinese New Year. They moved to different styles of Chinese music as they retold the story of the race of the animals. They played small percussion instruments along with the music for the dragon dance. Finally they performed the story and the dragon dance in their class assembly

Singing Together, Stronger than Ever - KS1

Every Wednesday year 1 and 2 are now having a KS1 singing assembly to the great enjoyment of the children. This is helping to build a sense of community and harmony amongst the phase. Year 2 have learnt about the Fire of London. They listened to music from 17th Century, dancing a minuet and then leant a minuet to this music. They performed ‘London’s Burning’ in assembly and then worked on playing the song with tuned percussion, focussing on keeping a beat in their head while playing together. 

4/4 in Year 4

In year 4, children are learning about notation. They begin with the duration of each note. From clapping with saying tea, coffee and cappuccino, they move to clapping and saying walk, jog, running faster and then introduce expressions crotchet, quaver and semi-quaver. Later they add rests to create different rhythms. Children write the notes and after try to clap and hold the rhythm they made.

Abso-Lute-ly Cool Tudor Instruments - Year 5

Year 5 listened to the sound of different Tudor instruments and compared them with modern equivalents. They also discovered that one of Henry VIII’s favoured musicians was a trumpeter known as John Blanke, one of very few black court musicians of the time. The choir is thriving and some lucky members were able to attend