Here are the children still working hard on Friday morning. They have tried really hard and made a great effort to improve their general level of English. A BIG WELL DONE EVERYONE!!!

Here are some of the children with their musical themed collages. Everyone in the class did some fantastic work and can be very proud of their efforts. Just don’t forget to take them home on Saturday.

Tuesday afternoon was spent making musical collages. The children were allowed to use magazines, newspapers, paint, stickers and coloured paper to create their collage. They took their time and were very careful when constructing their collage. I will post some of the pictures when ready.

Congratulations to Team Radiohead who won the history of music competition today. Here are the winners with their favourite songs from today’s lesson.

The children took part in a competition today about the history of  music. The children listened to 15 songs from the 1920’s up to the modern day. They had to think about when the song was released and then place it along a timeline. The children scored points by guessing the correct decade in which the song was released. Here are some of the children with their favourite song from today.

On Friday the children listened and watched a performance of John Cage’s four minutes and 33 seconds. The children discussed and questioned this piece of music and the idea of improvised music in general. Later on in the day the children performed their own version of the song and recorded their own pieces of improvised music. It was a very interesting experiment into the idea of what music is.

This week the children have been learning to sing an entire song in English. They will perform the song for you next Saturday when you come to collect them from Mas Llop. Can you guess from the title what song they are learning?

Here are some of the boys from my class working outside in the shade. The boys sat outside under the trees to do some extended writing after finishing their class work for the morning. Well done and keep up the hard work!

The children have made an excellent effort today with writing a postcard in English. The postcard will explain what the children have been doing since their arrival on Sunday at Mas LLop. I was very happy with the level of written English shown by the children and they will all make for very interesting reading when they arrive at your homes.

Today in the class we have been working on how listening to music can affect our emotions. The children listened to some songs and then decided how that song made them feel. Some of the results were very surprising which made for some very interesting discussions.