Year 2 had their first music lesson of the term last week. The children learned lots of body percussion and some new notes before practising composing ‘London’s burning’ on the ipad keyboards.
London’s Burning!
Year 2 had their first music lesson of the term last week. The children learned lots of body percussion and some new notes before practising composing ‘London’s burning’ on the ipad keyboards.
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