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YEAR TWO - LESSON TWO


BBC Thunder Jam - Rainforests


Hello Year 2!


There are lots of different musical styles to learn about and listen to, shall we do some exploring
with the Thunder Jam team?


We will be discovering music in:
  • Cities
  • Rainforests
  • Express Yourself
  • Stories
  • Superheroes
  • This is Me
  • Weather
  • Space  


Let’s get started!


Today we will be learning about the many sounds of the rainforest


Lesson Two - Rainforests


This is what the main lesson screen looks like:


Please click on the picture below to join the story:


Lottie, Ben, Mia and the twins are taken to the tropical rainforest where they meet

Dame Evelyn Glennie.  They learn how instruments can make sounds of the

environment around them and shown how to feel music as well as hear it. The group

help Dame Evelyn collect animal snapshots by creating the sounds of the rainforests.



Did you know?

  • Dame Evelyn Glennie is a famous Scottish percussion player.
  • She has been deaf since she was 12 years old.
  • She cannot hear the music she is playing - she uses the vibrations of the 
     instruments to play during performances. She literally ‘feels’ the music.
In 2012, Dame Evelyn played at the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games,
performing with 1,000 drummers playing buckets and drums.
You can see the rehearsals here by clicking on the picture below  – it’s brilliant!


 


Well, that is the end of theThunder Jam adventures ... for now!


Did you enjoy learning about the different ways we can make music, and the many places and

feelings that can change the way music sounds and what you hear? Which was your favourite

adventure?  In three sentences, please can you tell me why? Thank you.


See you soon.


Mrs Sumner


Thank you to the BBC for making these resources available for us to use.

Summer Term 2025


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