Music lesson 8 Percussion Section

Their name, percussion, means "the hitting of one body against another." In the orchestra, the percussion section provides rhythm and tone.

Percussion instruments are made from many materials, but usually consist of either a solid material or a thin material. 

Drums, the most well-known members of the percussion family, come in many shapes and sizes, but are all made with a skin stretched across a frame.

This is a photo of the percussion section.

Geograhy Report Scotland

Scotland is best known for haggis and men wearing kilts. Mum likes men in kilts.

The languages of Scotland are French, German, Italian, Spanish and Scots. Only a few people speak gaelic.

The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh.

The national animal is a Unicorn.

5.295 million people live there. They're currency is UK £, but they have their own money too called the Scottish pound.

Scotland is located in the northern part of Great Britain. You could fit Scotland into Australia almost 100 times.



The government of Scotland is a Constitutional monarchy. This year the Scottish had a referendum to see if Scotland could become independant. It lost but only just.

The points of interest are the William Wallace monument and Edinburgh castle and Loch Ness.

The Flag of Scotland is known as Saint Andrew's Cross or the Saltire, it is the national flag of Scotland.

This is a highland cow.

When we were in Scotland we went as far as Perth and out to St Andrews. Next time we go to Scotland we are going to go up to the Orkney Islands and to see Loch Ness. 

This is haggis, tatties and neeps.

Famous people from Scotland include Alexander graham, Mary Queens of Scots and David Tennant.

Alexander Graham was born on march the 3rd 1847.

Alexander Graham was a scientist, innovator, and inventor of the first practical telephone. He was also one of the founding members of the National Geographic Society.

Queen Mary of Scots was born on December the 8th 1542.

In 1558, she married the Dauphin of France, Francis.

Mary became Queen of Scotland when she was only 6 days old because she was the only surviving child of King James V of Scotland. She was imprisoned and forced to abdicated her thrown in 1567.

Scottish people live in smaller houses because is cold and it snows alot..

The weather in Scotland is cold, some sunny days but mostly cold and snowy.

The  celebrations they have in Scotland are Burns Supper, Hogmanay and St Andrews Day.

Burns Supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, author of many Scottish poems.

Hogmanay  is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is the celebration of the New Year .

St Andrews Day is the feast of Saint Andrew. It is celebrated on the 30th of November.

William Wallace Monument - Stirling

William Wallace was a Scottish Rebel that was very tall,probably 6.7 and his sword was 1.67.it was a very heavy sword. 

William Wallace fought in the Battle of the Bridge of Falkirk against the English. It was the first time that the Scottish people had won. the English were trying to take over Scotland and he got all the  clans together to fight them. He fought for Robert the Bruce.

The monument had 246 steps and we climbed them all.  

Geography report draft one Scotland

Scotland is best known for haggis.

The languages of Scotland are French, German, Italian, Spanish and Scots. Only a few people speak gaelic.

The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh.

The national animal is a Unicorn.

5.295 million people live there. They're currency is UK £, but they have their own money too called the Scottish pound.

Scotland is located in the northern part of Great Britain. You could fit Scotland into Australia almost 100 times.



The government of Scotland is a Constitutional monarchy. This year the Scottish had a referendum to see if Scotland could become independant. It lost but only just.

The points of interest are the William Wallace monument and Edinburgh castle and Loch Ness.

The Flag of Scotland is known as Saint Andrew's Cross or the Saltire, it is the national flag of Scotland.

This is a highland cow.

This is haggis, tatties and neeps.

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Great first draft Lilly.. You need to list the famous people, the types of houses they live in and the celebrations they have there..

The Battle of Bannockburn.

The battle of Bannockburn was in 1314 and was fought in Sterling in Scotland. The fight was fought by Robert the Bruce of Scotland and Edward the 2nd of England.The argument started by Edward the 1st because he wanted to be king of Scotland. He died and his son kept up the argument of the English wanting to rule Scotland.

The battle lasted for 2 days.There were 20,00 English soldiers against 10,000 Scottish.

Robert the Bruce smacked his axe into an English lords head on his horse on his 1st encounter and broke his axe.

Scotland won. This battle is important in Scottish History because it was the first big battle that Scotland had won against England and it lead to their freedom as an independent nation.

We went to the Battle of Bannockburn museum. It had 3 D displays and a battle game where you got to be in charge of the armies.

I got to be the queen of Scotland.

Our team won

Music lesson 7 Woodwind Section

Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments .

 There are two main types of woodwind instruments: flutes and reed instruments.

The reed is what gives it the name of woodwind.

Music lesson 6 Brass Section

A brass section is a group of musicians playing woodwind instruments and brass instruments. In an orchestra it is the musicians that play the horn.