26/03/2026
π Took this work horse for a trip into the assembly hall this morning... π
Holden Clough Primary School what a great set of performances!
Began to run drum tuition sessions as part of the School's offer when we started there in September.
The kids this morning, all new drummers back then, delivered stellar performances, showing their learning journey.
From We Will Rock You, Another One Bites The Dust and Float On from Trinity College London Rock & Pop grades, every player showed their best abilities.
Will seek out footage and hopefully share soon, permissions allowing.
Super proud to be delivering Music at such a great school.
Awesome end to another superb term!
29/01/2026
π₯ That moment when.... π₯
The year 5s click and all of a sudden you have enabled a group of 25, 9/10 year olds to sing a 3 part harmony...
They held it for 5 seconds... but they did it - beautifully.
Best 5 seconds of the day.
26/01/2026
WHAT A DAY!
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οΈ Car trouble
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οΈ Equipment issues (guitars and drums)
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οΈ Late finish
Not the usual busy Monday... but we survived.
Roll on - Tremendous Tuesday π€ͺ
21/01/2026
πΌ PENTATONIC SCALE - Year 3/4
Awesome work and focus, picking our way through calculating the Pentatonic Scale for C-Major.
The kids translated this onto their Ukuleles, playing each note clearly.
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οΈ Knowledge of scales
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οΈ Calculating scales
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οΈ Playing cleanly and accurately
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οΈ Playing a Pentatonic Scale on a tuned instrument
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οΈ Playing together as a group
Plenty of KS2 curriculum objectives met today.
πͺ Well done Year 3/4
(Now... to apply this next week doing a little improvisation! π)
14/01/2026
β°οΈ π Up and down start to the term.
Today has been an up...
Private Tuition in my schools has been great. Drummers showing great attitude, perseverance and work ethics. Some of their drumming for young learners is top drawer!
Despite battles with traffic this last week or so, Home Private Tuition guys are doing awesome too. New guitar player tonight playing some brilliant Arctic Monkeys.
Relax for another evening...
Here's to a good day tomorrow!
06/01/2026
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Year 3s and 4s Holden Clough Primary School today.
VIVALDI - Four Seasons
A steady start to the term going over some curriculum aims of Listening and Appraising, whilst considering the elements of music that create mood.
Some lovely ideas, using Inference skills too (always like a cross-curriculum link π) pinched from the kids' work and put onto pur working wall.
Well done all...