Circle Time Music John Oates AST Primary Music Westbrook Old Hall Primary [email protected].
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Transcript of Circle Time Music John Oates AST Primary Music Westbrook Old Hall Primary [email protected].
Resources
• Quality Circle Time – Jenny Mosley• Music & Circle Time – Margaret Collins &
Claire Wilkinson• Tam Tam Tambalay – Helen MacGregor• The Little Book of Music for the Classroom –
Nina Jackson• Sing Up – www.singup.org• Westbrook Old Hall Primary VLE
Benefits of Circle Time
• Develops the notion of equal responsibility.• Sense of belonging to a group they can trust.• Develops a willingness to share thoughts and
feelings.• Promotes self-esteem and positive behaviour.• Enables children to help each other.• Encourages self-discipline through
identification of behaviour or work problems.
Circle Time Structure
• Introductory phase – a fun warm up to help the children relax, release tension and feel the joy of being together. Vital for creating the right supportive climate.
• Middle phase – an open forum related to the needs of the class.
• Closing phase – winding down, activities to lighten the mood and return to warm positive experiences.
Key Stage 1 Music
Teachers should involve children in:• Listening to music and sound• Responding to a range of musical and non musical starting
points• Performing• Composing• Appraising• Developing skills and understanding through a range of
musical activities• Working on their own, in groups of different sizes and as a
class
Music for the MindListening to music:• Helps the learners get into the right mental state for learning.• Helps the teacher get into the right mental state for teaching.• Acts as an anchor – it is a direct link to feelings and emotions.• Baroque music has been shown to be effective in accelerated learning.• It can bring a group of learners back down if they have come into the lesson over
excited.• It can lift a group of learners.• It helps with motivation, as a way of celebrating good work or behaviour.• It expands horizons – diversity of recorded sound.• It can tap into the likes and values of the learners.• It improves memory.• Music we like causes us to release dopamine – the ultimate feel-good learning
neurochemical.
How might this music help our mood or activity?
• Wake me up before you go go• Schindler’s List• Moon River• Proud• Beethoven, Egmont Overture• Gladiator, Now we are free
Sound and Percussion ActivitiesConcentration, Listening, Fun
• Clapping around the circle – each child makes a clap in turn. (Any child may make two quick claps to change the direction of the clapping.)
• One clap means sit, two claps means walk on the spot, three claps means walk in one direction around the inside of the circle. Use different notes on a xylophone to control the actions.
• Teacher sets pulse with clap and then adds a simple chanted phrase (‘I like orange and tea!) – the children must copy.
• Guess the sound – the children close their eyes whilst the teacher uses an object to make a sound (keys, coins)
• Pass the keys – a child stands with eyes closed in the centre, keys are passed around the circle quietly – the child in the middle must identify where the keys are.
• Musical daydream – the children close their eyes and listen to a piece of music – the children must imagine a scene that changes as suggested by the music.
• Musical feelings – The children listen to different pieces of music with their eyes closed and are asked to imagine what feeling the music suggests.
• Noises – teacher has noises hidden in a box, each noise is a different instruction – rattle: stand on head, Scrunchy paper: kneel on all fours, Hooter: sit, fold arms
• Music and movement – children stand in circle, fun music played, one child performs simple movement in the centre keeping to the beat of the music. All copy before new child goes to centre.
• 1 2 3 – 1 = clap, 2 = click, 3 = stamp• Metre – with partner – hands touch on beat 1, clap on other beats. (Metre of 3 = hands, clap, clap)
