Sila’s learning Journey Music and computing

7 January 2015 LO: to practise logging into LGFL and sending a , to login to soundation. Today I have logged into my and I think this work is easy for me.

Targets “I Can Statements” Evidence: How have I achieved this? Other things that I can do I can play violin I can play the recorder I can play the drum I want to play the drum because when I played it in year 4 I loved playing it!! Other things that I would like to do I would like to play the piano I would like to play the piano because it look like a fun instrument I would like to play the flute I liked to play the flute et because my mom plays it and I like how the sound sounds like!

Targets “I Can” StatementsEvidence: How have I achieved this? Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory I can sing and remember harmony parts confidently in a choir all the songs that i have to sing I practise at home to learn what the song is. I can remember all of the words to the songs Use and understand staff and other musical notations I understand and can compose using visual notation Appreciate and understand a wide range of live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians I can describe the sounds in a composition for me it is easy to listen and guess what instrument it is. I can describe the form and structure of a composition

Music Targets “I Can” StatementsEvidence: How I achieved this? Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts I can sing in the Gospel Choir confidently I can sing solos confidently Use voices and instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control, expression I can do actions in time with the songs that we sing I can sing sensitively, paying attention to volume, and the style of music I can tell whether my voice is a “Soprano” or “Alto I can tell it because sopranos are the high harmony and alto is the lower one I am an alto!! Improvise and compose music for a arrange of purposes using the inter- related dimensions of music I can compose music using live instruments and technology I can improvise a drum kit accompaniment to a piece of hip hop music I can create sound effects to create a particular mood for a song

LGFL Acount I took a picture of my LGFL account.

My experiences in Gospel 14 January 2015 LO: to write about my experiences in Gospel My experience in Gospel was very fun for me. One thing that I didn't like was singing by my own. I get shy when I sing by my own. The song that I liked most was jump because it has lots of rhythm in it.

Mr Salazar’s Comments This is great work. Thank you for sending me the and creating your powerpoint. I really like the screenshot of your LGFL account. Could you write a short sentence on that slide to explain what the picture is? Were you able to log in to soundation? No I wasn’t able to go on my soundation account.

Mr Salazar’s Comments Did you volunteer to sing a solo?. Yes I am confident now so I will want to do a solo part. Are you a soprano or an alto? I am an alto Please edit the spelling errors that I have marked. Ok Mr Salazar!

21 January Learning Objectives –To respond to marking from last week –To think about which “I Can” statements I can achieve in music

21 January 2015 Lo: to respond to my my marking from last week. Today this lesson was easy for me because I know how to respond to your marking.

21 January: Assessment Today I was able to –Respond to all of Mr Salazar’s comments from previous weeks –Highlight the “I Can” statements that I am able to do in music –Add additional “I Can” statements that I would like to achieve in music

28 January 2015 Learning Objective –To describe musical form Definition of “Form” –How the parts of a song are put together –The structure of music

Musical Form What are the different parts of music? (Add your own definitions) –Verse: It mite seem crazy what im about to say –Chorus: Because im happy clap along –Bridge: Bring me down my level is too high –These are the correct definitions for the song Happy, but I want you to tell me what a verse, chorus, and bridge are in any song. Please try again –Verse –Chorus –Bridge On the next slide, you will listen to the song “Happy” and add notes regarding the verse and chorus. The first two sections are completed for you.

Happy: Musical Form LyricsInstrumentsVocals Verse 1“It might seem crazy….” Drum Kit, Synthesizer Female Soloist ChorusBecause im happy….. Drum Kit, Synthesizer Female Soloist; Background vocals Verse 2Here come back news talking this and that……. Smthisir, drum kitSolo lady ChorusBecause im happy clap along Background vocals and solo lady BridgeHappy bring my down my level is to high….. Clapping Anything else? ChorusBecause im happy calap along and If you fell a room witout a roof….. clappingLady with background vocals chorusBecause im happy clap along and if you feel….. clappingLady and background vocals Chorus BridgeBecause im happy….. clappingLady and background vocals Chorus because im happy clap along…… clappingLady and background vocals Chorus

Mr Salazar’s Comments 12 February Sila, this is good work, but there are some things we need to fix Please see my note on slide 15 and try to do the definitions again On slide 16, I need you to add the rest of the instruments in the instrument column (more than just clapping) I have corrected a couple of sections in the left-hand column. Please correct the remaining boxes accordingly

Mr Salazar’s Comments 2 March Sila, you have done a good job with your Happy video. You nearly put the puzzle together correctly. Here is the order you created V1, C, V2, C, B, C, B2, C, C There is one chorus missing. Can you figure out where it is?

Gospel 2015! On Tuesday 3 rd march we went to the royal albert hall and the first thing we done was, we had to find our place to stand then we practised the songs

Mr Salazar’s Comments 4 March Sila, did you figure out how to fix the order of the Happy song? Did you save your video? What did you learn throughout your time in Sing Inspiration? Are you a better singer?

18 March 2015 Learning objective To add sections to my learning journey PowerPoint To add a photo album to my learning journey. Extension To add video clips to my learning journey to illustrate my musical learning

13 May 2015 LO: To describe the time signature music Song 1: Drive has 4 counts Song 2: Simple has 3 counts Song 3: Clin d’Oeil has 4 counts Song 4: Your planet 2022 has 4 counts Song 5: 3 o’clock into morning has 4 counts

Charanga Learning objective LO: To identify musical texture

Wednesday 29 April 2015 LO:To describe musical texture To discribe texture in music Defonition: layers of sound Today I made a Charanga account well not today I made an account last week. My user name is s****** and my password is s******* Spelling: Definition; Describe

I took a print screen Sila, well done for creating a new section and for doing these slides. I’m glad that you were able to get onto your Charanga account and complete the activity. Were you able to begin the extension?

24 June 2015 Today in music I did a quiz about dynamics. Dynamics means the volume of music. Here is a picture of my quiz. I know that forte means loud and piano means quiet. I couldn’t go onto my dynamic quiz SORRY!!

1 July 2015 Today I done a assessment on my dynamics it was quite hard but I got through. I couldn’t go on my “Dynamic quiz” because the computer’s charge ran out. Mr Salazar got me a new dynamic assessment

Here’s me Musical monster

8 July 2015 Today we took a music quiz about dynamics. It was about how the music sounds like e.g. dormendo ect