18 November 2013

Extended Registration - Year 7*

Extended Registration Plan

0905: Go to the hall 

0910: Amanda Pickering to present images and talk with reference to theme of Structure and West African music tradition.

0925: Students return to tutor groups to work on question sheets/video on the website (Music Institute students stay in the hall). 

Amanda has prepared a question sheet to prompt pupils to think about certain aspects of structure and rhythm. 

Watch this video below (also at www.boumboum.co.uk)


What do you see them doing that involves beat

What sounds are there around them that inspire the rhythms? 

How are they using rhythm to help them perform tasks?

Complete the question sheet (answers in journals or iPad if no journals)

Search on YouTube for: 
- Mamady Keita
- Famoudou Konate
- Les Ballets Africains
- Guinea’s national dance troupe


EB to come around and spend some time in tutor rooms to explain how to use the journals.

How does this relate to the BIg Idea?
In tutor time they will also need to reflect on what they saw first thing and how it relates to the big idea. 

The big idea
Formal arrangements and relationships (structures) underpin or give organisation to complex issues.

1020: Go to the hall (with bags)

1025: Amanda teaches the returning group the words to sing along to the drumming.

1030: Performance

1045: Break as normal