Music in Reception

Autumn 1 

 We have been learning lots of songs this term. Here is one called 'I've Got a Body'.

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Autumn 2

We have enjoyed singing along to the nursery rhyme of the week. We have also been exploring different musical instruments and learning how to play them. 

We have been practising Nursery Rhymes in our classroom. One of them is Pat-a-cake

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...another one is A Sailor Went to Sea

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We have loved singing our Nativity Songs:

Clip Clop

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Jesus is Born

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We have listened to (and loved) songs from when our grownups were little.

Kool & The Gang - Celebration - YouTube

Pharrell Williams - Happy (Official Video) - YouTube

Peggy Lee - Sing A Rainbow - YouTube

Spring 1

 We have been using our body as percussion. 

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 We've been learning the song 'In a Rocket'.

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We loved doing the conga around the classroom. We had so much fun!

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 Spring 2

This half term we have been finding out the names of and how to play some instruments. This week we used maracas, shakers and rain shakers. 

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 This week, we learnt how to play a triangle and sung 'twinkle, twinkle little star'. 

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This week, we learnt how to play a boom whacker! We enjoyed learning 'Row, Row, Row your Boat and performing with boom whackers.