by Andy Campbell | Jan 21, 2020 | Competitions, Curriculum
Thank you to the schools that took part in our recent Seasonal Greetings Competition. We received lots of fantastic entries which can be seen below: Key Stage One Entries Georgie Leach – Burford Y1 Henry Lake – Burford Y1 Aashreya Gummadala –...
by Carol Rainbow | Jan 21, 2020 | Curriculum
“Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the main Chinese festival of the year. As the Chinese use the lunar calendar for their festivals the date of Chinese New Year changes from year to year. The date corresponds to the new moon (black moon) in...
by Carol Rainbow | Jan 21, 2020 | Curriculum
Ten Pieces 111 is the third iteration of a music project run by the BBC and Trailblazers (which we also covered in a recent post) is another strand of it. The resources, from years 1 and 11, are also there and available for use, even though those strands of it are...
by Carol Rainbow | Jan 21, 2020 | Curriculum
“Ten Pieces Trailblazers challenges students to rethink orchestral music – what it sounds like, who can make it, and how it’s used – through ten trailblazing composers and their pieces of music. This new set of pieces showcases works that have helped...
by Carol Rainbow | Jan 14, 2020 | Curriculum
Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky is a well-known piece of classical music which is easy to use with children in KS 2. It is a suite in ten movements based on a walk (the promenade is the recurring theme tying each image together) around an art gallery. ...
by Carol Rainbow | Jan 14, 2020 | Curriculum
The Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) is great fun to introduce to children. It is a humorous musical suite created in 14 movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. For me, the ideal way to introduce it would be to think about it...
