Friday, 1 July 2016

"Yodelling"

This term the choir has been exploring the idea of part singing as well as rehearsing for the Kids for Kids festival. Here is them singing a song called "Yodelling". They start of together then break into the different parts.

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Yin Yang

The seniors have explored the musical structure of a piece of music called "Yin Yang". They have created dance sequences that explore the characteristics of "Yin" and "Yang". We have also explored the ideas of mirroring and shadowing.

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Silver Moon Boat

The juniors have been learning a song called "Silver Moon Boat". This song comes from China.

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Ukulele Home Learning

The home learning for Ukulele has continued with Jeremiah and Hajera (LS1). They both graded with their yellow badge in Ukulele Gymnastics. They are now working towards their green badge. Well done!

Wednesday, 22 June 2016

Tai Chi

For the seniors are dance is motivated by a piece of music called "Yin Yang" from China. Today we learnt some Tai Chi movements and then created a partner dance. Have a look at what the year 5's created. They looked awesome!

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Satu Dua

The Juniors learnt a dance from Indonesia called "Satu Dua". It's a fun dance where different people get to be the leader and create a dance move for everyone to copy. We also learnt two songs which have some actions "Kaeru no Uta" a song about a frog from Japan and "Little Silver Moon" from China.

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Music Learning at Home

Even though we began Dance this week a few students are working hard at home. They are borrowing recorders and ukuleles to take home and practise. Congratulations to Jasmine who graded with her red belt in Recorder Karate and to Jeremiah who achieved his orange badge in Ukulele Gymnastics.

Dance

This week we begin dance across the school.

Tuesday, 21 June 2016

Recorder Karate

How well are you working independently???

Recorder Karate

Well done all those people that graded last week. Everybody in LS2 have achieved at least their white belt. We have some people getting close to their black belts yay!