In Class 3 we have started the term by getting straight into our Music Notation Main Lesson, where we follow the journey of two children to the magical musical island of Phonopolis.

Here the music of creation is everywhere to be heard and the story characters are helping the King's daughter to solve the problem of how to write music to share with others. 

At the Tower of Winds the children see the Golden Bird flying up and down to the tower windows, making different musical sounds.

From this we have learnt the notes on the stave EGBDF (Every Golden Bird Deserves Fruit) and FACE, and have been writing our own tunes to play on our recorders and lyres.

At the Prince's Percussion room the children in our story discover many ways to make music, including filling jars with water to show different pitch, and we have had fun experimenting with this too as we try different instruments and appreciate the variety of sounds they make.

We have enjoyed having Susanne from Germany joining us for lessons during the week and have been amazed by her crochet skills and grateful with her help with tuning our lyres.

Many of our crochet cushions are nearing completion with a great feeling of accomplishment and are a comfy addition to our chairs.  It is also really motivating for the rest of us to see what we are working towards.

Checking on our silkworms and providing fresh mulberry leaves is a lovely start to our days as we contemplate our poem.

Our Silkworm Poem

I am a silkworm brown and white.

I only eat mulberry leaves day and night.

I am a silkworm I wiggle and squirm,

But one day I’ll stop as you will soon learn.

When I’ve spun a cocoon I’ll look lifeless and still,

But growing and dreaming and changing I will…

One day I emerge, it won’t take long,

I’ll be a moth with wings like a silent song.

Such treasure I left you, see my silken thread.

I’m no longer with you -  I’m flying free instead.