Our whole-school homework this week is:
Living and Learning:
I know the importance of permission (consent) in relationships with friends, peers and adults… is our Living and Learning statement this week. The NSPCC’s Pants are Private message is an important one. It might seem more appropriate for younger children, so find ways to discuss the same message with older children. This NSPCC video clip is definitely worth watch with younger children. Get some tips about Pants Rules for older children.
Reading: please make sure your child is reading on a daily basis.
Number Fact Fluency: use Numbots or Times Table Rock Stars in regular short bursts.
Talk Time:
This week’s homework is another opportunity to listen to and talk about music.
I can talk about different music.
In music lessons this year, pupils have listened to different pieces of music. We’d like you to listen to two contrasting pieces of music and discuss them.
Here are some questions that could help to structure your discussions:
- How does the piece of music make them feel?
- Do you like the music? Why? Why not?
- What instruments can you hear?
- How does the music change during the piece?
- What is different and what is the same between the two pieces of music?
There is some vocabulary below (we call them musical dimensions) which we introduce to pupils in music lessons across key stage 1 and key stage 2. It would be great if you and your child could try to use some of this vocabulary when discussing the pieces.
| dimension | definition |
| pulse | a steady beat like a ticking clock or your heartbeat; it can be measured in time by counting the number of beats per minute (BPM) |
| pitch | how high or low a note is |
| dynamics | how loud or soft (quiet) a part is played |
| tempo | the speed of the music |
| rhythm | the pattern of long and short sounds in a piece of music |
| timbre | the type of sound that an instrument makes (eg voice: whisper, hum, sing; eg instrument: tinkly, hard, soft, buzzy) |
| structure | the order of the different parts of the piece of music or song (eg traditional pop music usually follows a verse, chorus, verse structure) |
| duration | the length of time each note is played for |
| texture | how different sounds are layered |
Finally, here are some links to pieces of music which you may want to listen to:
| Bolero
Ravel 20th Century
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Hallelujah from Messiah
Handel Baroque |
Take the A Train Duke Ellington Orchestra
Jazz |
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tears for Fears Pop |
Say My Name Destiny’s Child Pop: 90s RnB
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Year 5/6 only – complete your My Health My School pupil diary from Saturday 20 June for the next seven days and return it to class once completed. Please ensure it is back in class by Monday 29 June.19