Music
At Pleasant Street Primary school we strive to embed music as part as our school culture. Music has a unique way of communicating that can inspire and motivate children. It is a vehicle for personal expression and plays an important role in the personal development of children. We believe that music should be accessible for every pupil in our school. Making music provides opportunities for physical, intellectual, imaginative and spiritual development.
Successful participation in music develops pupils’ self-esteem, confidence, well-being and learning skills. It is an effective medium for self-expression and creativity.
In our school, music is taught in line with the National Curriculum for KS1 and 2 with composing, performing and appraising at the core of the subject. Singing is central to our music curriculum. Singing from an early age is critical for the development of key skills necessary for gaining strong musicianship. We believe everybody can sing and we want to make this fun and accessible for all, creating a strong culture of singing in our school life.
In 2021 we became a Music Mark school after being nominated by Resonate Liverpool.
PHASE TWO MUSIC ROAD MAP COMING SOON
PHASE THREE MUSIC ROAD MAP COMING SOON
Useful Websites
Music Chatter
Listen and Appraise
17-05-2024
The children loved the familiar sound of Alicia Keys this afternoon, singing along to her hit ‘This girl is on fire’. Very popular indeed!
Music Thursdays
15-05-2024
Reception have really enjoyed their weekly music/Spanish class with Mrs Grindley, last week Reception learnt lots of new songs and they had so much fun learning the lyrics and the actions. They can’t wait for their next lessons to keep practicing their new songs.
Listen and Appraise
10-05-2024
The children loved the distinctive sound of Pink this afternoon, listening to ‘What about us?’. They were surprised to know she is playing part of her tour in Liverpool this summer!
Listen & Appraise
02-05-2024
This week the children listened to ‘Can’t Stop the Music’ by Justin Timberlake.
Singing around the Camp Fire
30-04-2024
Tonight we finished off our day with a camp fire. Mr Curry played some songs on the guitar and we sang some of our favourites from music lessons and choir club. Before we went back to the accommodation, we talked about things that we are grateful for, shared our favourite part of the trip and discussed what we are most proud of whilst we have been here.
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Music
30-04-2024
In Class 2 we are learning about musical elements. We learnt a song called ‘Rhythm in the way we walk’.
Listen and Appraise
26-04-2024
Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake it off’ was certainly the most popular song for some time in our Listen and Appraise session. The children loved it!
Listen and appraise
26-04-2024
This week we enjoyed listening to ‘Yellow’ by Coldplay. Lots of us had heard this song before and liked hearing the guitar.
Listen and Appraise
19-04-2024
The children loved the energy and tempo of ‘Hey ya!’ by OutKast this afternoon!
Learning musical notes
27-03-2024
The children were practised their musical notes with Mrs Grindley and impressed with their knowledge and application.
Listen and Appraise
24-03-2024
Class 2 enjoyed the acoustic sounds of Tracy Chapman in our latest Listen and Appraise session, with children commenting on her distinctive voice.
Rhythm and Blues
19-03-2024
Class 6 are composing their own blues songs relating to events in their own lives. Great teamwork and some budding songwriters.
Listen and Appraise
15-03-2024
The children enjoyed the acoustic sounds of Oasis this afternoon, with their single ‘Don’t look back in anger’. They enjoyed the guitar sounds especially!!🎶🎶
Listen and Appraise
08-03-2024
The children loved the rock sounds of Guns’n Roses this afternoon with their classic ‘Sweet Child ‘O Mine’ – there were some fantastic air guitars!
Listen and Appraise
01-03-2024
The children listened to two legends this afternoon, as Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney sang ‘Ebony and Ivory’. They enjoyed the song and discussed its message.
Improvising
28-02-2024
Class 6 made some impressive music from the glockenspiels this week. We improvised using C D E F G A B C and our musical skills shone through.
Music – Listen and Appraise
23-02-2024
The children enjoyed the pulsing sound of Survivor’s ‘Eye of the Tiger’ this afternoon. It was certainly familiar and had the children using their air guitars!
Music
20-02-2024
Class three enjoyed using the Glockenspiel. We had lots of fun learning this new song.
Listen and Appraise
09-02-2024
The children ended the half term listening to ELO’s ‘Mr Blue Sky’ enjoying its happy, bright tune and the animation too!!
Music
06-02-2024
In music this week Class 3 practiced a song called “Amani Utupe”. We enjoyed it very much!
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Listen and Appraise
02-02-2024
Lots of memories brought back (for the adults at least!) as the class listened to Lynn Anderson’s country hit ‘Rose Garden’. One girl in particular loved this style of music!
Listen and Appraise
26-01-2024
The children enjoyed listening to singer songwriter and musician Joan Baez this afternoon, enjoying the acoustic guitar playing!!
Listen and Appraise
19-01-2024
The children were familiar with the ‘Fab Four’ from Year 1 and they loved listening to ‘Help’, particularly enjoying the music clip of John, Paul, George and Ringo.
Listen and Appraise music
16-01-2024
We loved Little Richard’s fantastic piano playing during our first music appraisal of the half term!!
