Since Christmas, the choir have not stopped – rehearsing for two major projects. Firstly, they’ve learned 10 songs for the Spring Sing performance at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music in Gateshead. They had a great time singing on the stage with other schools in front of a large audien
This half term, some children from Year Four have attended Music Club with Mrs Galvin. The children have had lots of fun listening to, and making music, in different ways. They enjoyed playing games like ‘Pass the Cup’ using different rhythms, using the boomwhackers to make different sounds to m
Every Tuesday, the children in Year 4 are lucky enough to have Ukulele lessons with Mr Langford. The children have been working on chords and composition as well as learning all about the history of music. They have focused on many genres of music such as pop, folk and blues, but the crowd favourite
The Harlow Green Choir were out and about in the community today, sharing their joy of song. First stop, Eighton Lodge Care Home. Due to Covid restrictions over the last few years we have had to sing from the garden, today it was lovely to be able to perform in their community room. It was a moving
This week, Reception took part in their first ever Nativity on the stage, in front of their families. The children have been incredibly busy rehearsing for the Nativity performance for weeks, and the day finally arrived where they enjoyed performing in front of a huge audience filled with parents
This morning, children from Reception to Year Six were treated to a special Christmas music workshop thanks to staff from Gateshead Music Service. We all entered into the festive spirit with a school singalong of several festive classic including ‘Jingle Bells’ and ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’.
The Harlow Green Choir were magnificent in their first Christmas performance, held at Angel Court residential home. The residents have been talking about this for weeks, they look forward to it every year and the day was finally here. Song, laughter and friendships, a beautiful way to celebrate toge
This year, the children in Year 4 get the chance to learn a tuned instrument – the ukulele. Our coach – Mr Langford – will guide the children through different notes, chords, the strings, the ways to change the pitch and the length of the notes and introduce simple tunes to the children. They’ll e
In English, Year Two have been reading The Snail and the Whale written by Julia Donaldson. For their book launch, the children went on a hunt around the school grounds and followed clues which led them closer to their new book. Each clue was written as a rhyme and revealed the location of the next o
In music this half term, Year Six have been developing melodic phrases to compose music within an ensemble. The children worked in groups and were able to organise themselves so that they had a conductor and six musicians playing different notes on the Boomwhackers. The conductor created a steady pu
