Black History Month - Steel Pans Workshop

Year 4 have celebrated Black History month by embracing the music created originally in Trinidad and Tobago. The children discovered the history of the instrument itself, dating back to World War 2 and the truly magical sounds the pan can make.

All the children gad the chance to practise and play on the pans.

They needed to hold the sticks in a pincer grip.

They then began to learn where the different notes were on the pans and the sounds they created.

They also had the chance to explore a range of drums.

They learnt how to create a roll sound.

The sound as a class was amazing!

They were nearly as good as the professionals (nearly!)

Negative number race

 

Year 4 have had a fantastic time sorting and ordering positive and negative numbers.

Each child was given either positive or negative numbers.

The positives and negatives had a race to see who could order their numbers first.

Is it negative 6 or negative 9!!

After much debate...

The negatives won successfully ordering all of their numbers to negative 20. Well done!