Last week, students in Year 5 had a go at bucket drumming at home to develop their rhythmic skills and to compose their own ostinato rhythms.
Students had to find a drum (bucket, box or tub) and drum sticks (wooden spoons or spatulas) and use the different sides of their bucket to imagine the different sections of a drum kit. Using some funky backing tracks, students learnt a variety of rhythms before composing and recording their own repeating ostinato idea using different sounds of their bucket drum. Have a listen to some examples from Yuxin, Ramez and Alex.
Shona Berque
Music Teacher
Following the postponement of Journey’s End before Christmas, we are pleased to announce the new dates.
Year 9 have been showing their green fingers/thumbs by trying to germinate cress seeds under various conditions, to see what is important for the seed growth.
There was more basketball on Saturday. This time our U14 Girls A and B teams had their DVAC Festival here at BISB.
