Music Pages
Laira Green Primary School is very proud of their Music Department. We have our own dedicated Music Teacher, Mrs Buckingham. On these pages you will find:
- music from the school orchestra
- singing from the choir
- video of our orchestra and choir
- the occasional video of Mrs Browne on piano and recorder!!
Most of our music is available to download FREE!
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Instrumental Lessons
We offer lessons with a private tutor on the keyboard , guitar and violin. Please ask Mrs Buckingham for details if your child would like to play one of these instruments.
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Music in Classes 6/5W and 6/5S
In Term 3 we are studying Nepal and finding out about the music there. We have started off the topic by creating ‘sound pictures’ to describe a photograph of the local scenery. The children selected three descriptive phrases they had written about a photograph, and then found sounds/instruments that they thought best matched the phrase. Each group then combined the sounds in a structure and used symbols to record their music, keeping to a four beat rhythm.
Here are some examples :
Class 5/4G and 4/3GL
We are continuing the learn to play the Ocarina as part of the ‘Government’s Wider Opportunities’ in Music scheme. Most of us have now completed level 1 on the Ocarina and are now working towards our level 2. We are also looking at Nepal in Term 3 and composing our own pieces of music . We have started off by listening to children in Kathmandu singing a playground chant and then writing our own. We have worked with a partner to record these on to a CD.
Class 3S
We are learning to play the Ukulele as part of the Government’s Wider Opportunities in Music scheme. Most of us have now completed level 1 are are now working on level 2. We know how to play a chord of C, F and G7 and use these to sing and play various songs. We are also learning about music in Nepal, writing and recording our own playground chants.
CD.
The Laira Green Singers 2011 – MP3 tracks
The School Choir 2009 -2010 – MP3 tracks
including Comic Relief, Christmas Song and Reception singers.
