Ideas for comments on primary school music reports

I made this chart because I could never remember the different pitches of the instruments in our primary orchestra. After a while, I found that the pupils were using it and they began to work our their own pitch.

A dictionary of the types of music and the genres they belong to

From early years to year 4. A statement covering what the child has covered in class over the year

I wrote apiece of entertaining music which is over 9 minutes long so that I could watch the children's sense of rhythm as they played on the claves or tambour to the music. Children who were quite rhythmic made quite complex rhythmic patterns. Its a quick and useful tool for assessment

Make up a story using the sound bites as a clue for the setting . Everything is ok until you hear the breaking glass. Put this into a power point and add the sound. You might also like to use a sound processor to compose music culminating in the broken glass. NB You may have to convert these files into WAV files . A switch converter is available on the internet

Pupils may process these sounds or used them as stand alone sound effects in their presentations

Pupils may insert these into power point or process them with Audacity . They can insert them into dance e jay but mp3s will have to be converted to WAV files with a converter.

Useful for presentations or sound processing if converted to WAV files

Sound bites may be changed to WAV files using a converter and then edited in program mes like Audacity. They can be inserted into Dance E jay or used as stand alones in presentations.

Pupils can use the sounds in power point or edit them in Audacity

I had to make my own sound bites of bells as they were hard to track down. Pupils can tinker with them in Audacity or use them in their presentations.

Various sound bites which can be edited in Audacity or inserted into presentations.] Audacity is a free sound editing program me on the net

A selection of MP3s which can be adapted as used in PowerPoint or Audacity. A converter to WAV files might be necessary for Audacity.

These sound bites would need to converted back to WAV files in order to tinker with them Import into Audacity to alter sounds or they can be inserted into Power points I have put the link to the Audacity site where you can download free the program me to alter sound. You would need a converter like Switch to change the files back to WAV. Link above Enjoy !

A story with places highlighted for children's own sound effects The lyrics to Monster mash and the backing track

PowerPoint works in conjunction with the videos in downloads..Using the Viking raids as a starting point, the PowerPoint looks at the chanting of monks from Benedictine to the modern Gregorians. Both videos are very soothing and can be played as a standalone resource before Assemblies or in a quiet time of the day. The work concludes with a little leaflet that is a response to the music. Mix and match! Web addresses to these source materials are included.

This is a simple animation. It focuses the child’s attention on Grieg’s feeling for the early morning… The resource is perfect for entering an Assembly or for using in-between lessons. It is also good stimulus for art work and poetry. Tissue paper fir trees a, blue sky and yellow sun. Simple but effective. Describe what you notice yourself in the morning when you are on holiday etc. Sound and animation work only in slide mode,

A video of Nick Vujicic's amazing attitude to life. He has no limbs.The original source link to you-tube. is on the web link. Also included is a power-point and backing track to Bring it all back plus a link to S Club 7 performing their song on tour.

Video with music showing Mary and Joesph traveling to Bethlehem and scenes from the future are interspersed with this. I have edited the original video whose web link is above because there was one part which was not suitable for primary children. The video could be used as a stimuli in lessons or played as the children walk into Assembly. The song sung by Clay Aiken is beautiful