tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16133771.post-1129498962018778292005-10-16T22:01:00.000+01:002005-10-16T22:42:42.046+01:00a really enjoyable week 1 for me! I've obviously tried to pick up on the work that's been going on with Caroline, ~Tracey and Terry. Each group has spent some time on general music skills - singing, rhythm and some instrumental work. They've also all written something 'song-like' - some more traditional than others. Most are recorded, but a couple didn't come out - hence the odd gap in lyrics! I also need to cross check the words with the recordings - but will have everything double checked for Friday's meeting.<br /><br />Sally's Y3: we used the words describing the creatures and the way they moved to create a (fairly comic!) song:<br /><br />There is a runripper, runripper<br />Wiggle squiggler, wiggle squiggler<br />Spinstopper, spinstopper<br />Zebotohopper, zebotohopper<br />Crocodog, crocodog<br />lepohog, lepohog<br />? (can't remember this one!)<br />Blue bendy jiggler<br /><br />The hippocrocopig wears a multi-coloured wig<br />The yellow butterbeet eats leopotar meat<br />The tarantasnake bakes strawberry cake<br />From the dark cold mud in the Tulgey wood<br /><br />(plus a second verse with more creatures)<br /><br />Jennifer's Y3/4: wrote a mysterious song about walking through the Tulgey wood, focussing on the trees, ground etc.<br /><br />Jumping over logs and leaves,<br />Toffee wrappers blowing<br />Thorns scratching<br />Blossoms swaving<br />Ivy tendrils curling<br /><br />Smoke drifting, smoke drifting<br />Spiders' webs clinging,<br />Shining in the moonlight<br />Birds singing/flying?<br />Tweaking a warning in the darkness.<br /><br />Rachael's Y4/5<br />Started with ideas of the beach for Caroline's journey. They made a word piece which was then accompanied by playing the inside of the piano, and also the beginnings of a more traditional song.<br /><br />Ripples, ripples,<br />Spreading spreading spreading<br />Birds....<br />The sea tells us 'shhh'<br /><br />Footsteps on squelchy sand,<br />feet sinking,<br />water filling,<br />Hot dry sand, soft as a pillow<br /><br />Philip's Y5/6<br />Written one song, a mock serious lament from the jabberwocky's friends during which the gruesomeness of the kids' imaginations really came to the fore! And a rhythmic journey over the beach with some short sung phrases.<br /><br />The Jabberwocky has gone<br />We all really miss him<br /><br />He was kind and fun<br />Making toys for the children from bones<br /><br />We remember his garden full of man-eating plants<br />We remember his river of mutation (my favourite line)<br />We remember his fire fountain, sizzling and blazing<br />We remember his pond like a graveyard of bones<br /><br /><br />Sly slippy sand, creamy like caramel<br /><br />The stinging sea sparkles in the sunlight, makes us gasp!<br /><br />***<br /><br />Judith's Y6<br />Concentrated on 'research conference' about whether the jabberwocky should be killed. Firstly, they wrote instrumental pieces that would accompany a documentary about the jabberwocky, including theme music, lament for dead Fred (eaten by the Jabberwocky), scientists experimenting on a Jabberwocky egg in the lab, tracking it to its lair, eating music, scary music etc.<br /><br />They went on to create two political songs, one for each side of the 'to kill or not to kill' argument. This was great fun!<br /><br />He's a murderer, he's a menace, he's a killer, destroying the human race etc.<br /><br />He has got the right to live, revenge is not the answer etc.<br /><br />I'll bring a CD with as much as poss. for Friday, and some notation for any who want some.davidnoreply@blogger.com