KS2 had a fantastic day this week travelling through the decades of the 20^th century. We sang the Blues in the 1920’s, danced our way through Swing and hand jived in to the 1950’s! It was all Peace and Love in the 1960’s (complete with duvets!) and we all realised we all knew a lot more about music from the 1970’s than we thought. Finally on our journey we took part in a Battle of the Bands in the 1990’s, along with our very own Liam Gallagher! The children gained an insight in to iconic music and artists from these decades as well as the cultural effects they had on the world. Of course, we all dressed up for the part, the order of the day definitely being David Bowie! From Elvis to the Spice Girls, Paul McCartney to Kate Bush we all looked (and sounded!) the part.

Just before Christmas we enjoyed another trip to Willow House with the Musical Connections project. We had fun singing and dancing and even had a snowball fight (with balloons!). Fishergate is very lucky to have a link with Willow House and are proud to be able to help older people in the community to enjoy music and socialising with others in a residential home environment. For more information on this project please see the Musical Connections website http://www.musicalconnections.org.uk/

We had lots of fun on our last visit to Willow House. Our workshop was linked to our work in school on the Ten Pieces project. We all went on a journey on a boat across a story sea and had fun dressing up for our celebration at the end! The children worked really well with the residents and caught up with old friends. We are really looking forward to our next visit!

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Thank you to Fiona Chapman of Musical Connections for her fantastic work with us during this project.