Ukulele Gymnastics

Congratulations to Sky and Brooklyn for getting new badges in Ukulele Gymnastics yesterday.

Ukulele Gymnastics

Congratulations to the Ukulele players who got their next badges today. Only two ukulele classes left for this year.

Ukulele Gymnastics

Congratulations to Liam who has continued to practise his ukulele while we have been doing dance in class. He got his purple badge today!

Commuting

This week the seniors recreated an air port scenario and air transport to make their dance.

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"Flocking"

LS1 are continuing their dance lessons using "Flight" as their inspiration. Already LS1 have talked lots about flight and shared lots of awesome describing words. They then explored these words through flocking in groups just like birds do and they also explored group shapes for the different types of bird's wings. After the exploration they worked in groups to create a class dance showing flocking and the wing shapes.

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Paint yourself in Woad

If you looked at the year 6's dances to "Paint yourself in Woad" you would also like to check out the year 8's dances. The year 8's also learnt some basic Irish dance steps and created a sequence to go after their Blended cultural dance. The cultures are as follows: Juanita's group - Indian, Maori and Argentinian; Sajiha's group - Indian; Afu's group - Brazilian and African; Reon's Group - Maori and English; Ana's group - Indian and Scottish; Manu's group - Tongan, Samoan, Cook Island and Maori. My apologies to Manu's group as I missed part of your dance when my camera ran out of memory.

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Paint yourself in Woad

This week the Year 6s and Year 8s have travelled to Ireland. They learnt some basic Irish dance steps and created a sequence. They then decided on another culture and created a sequence of those. When you watch the year 6s watch for their blended cultures. Brooklyn's Group - Maori; Angari's Group - Samoan/Tongan; Jeremiah's group - Spanish; Mataio's group - Indian/African/Maori/Australian Aboriginal; Jona Dana's group - Niuean and Tiava's group - Tongan/Samoan.

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Mairi's Wedding

This week Room 5, the Year 5s and Year 7s have travelled to Scotland. They learnt a Scottish Country Dance called "Mairi's Wedding" and watched some video's of other dances. They then needed to work in groups to create their own Scottish Country Dance. This is the result.

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Crocodile Country

The Seniors have taken a trip to Australia. They had a variety of stimuli to help inspire their dances today. First we watched some Australian Aboriginal dances showing the Kangaroo Dance, Emu Dance, Crocodile Dance and then the Snake Dance. They also had an Australian Aboriginal painting and some movement words. They roughly had a minute of music to do their dance to. Check out the result. Can you tell what animal each group is?

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Africa Calling

LS1 took a trip to Africa this week for dance. They watched three lessons by a Zimbabwe Dance teacher and then created their own "Call and Response" dances inspired by the African Dance learnt. The year 6's had a surprise ending with an entirely improvised dance by the last group of boys.

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Ukulele Gymnastics

An awesome effort made by those who graded for badges today. Remember that you can borrow ukuleles and continue working towards your badges during the week. Jeremiah achieved his last badge today and will join Angari and Sanujan working towards their Super Stars! 10 to achieve.

Ukulele Gymnastics

Congratulations to the new badge achievers. Both Angari and Sanujan have received all their badges so for our last ukulele session they are also able to present your badges. Next term they have a special project to work on.

Ukulele Gymnastics

Congratulations to all the people who have got a new badge in Ukulele Gymnastics over the last few weeks.

Chinese Floral Arrangements 2

LS1 used Chinese Floral Arrangements as their motivation for their dance today. The floral arrangements inspired contrasting shapes and movement. These groups were inspired by these photos.

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Flower Arrangements

LS1 used Chinese Floral Arrangements as their motivation for their dance today. The floral arrangements inspired contrasting shapes and movement. These groups were inspired by these photos.

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Ukulele Ninjas

Jeremiah and Sanujan have been hard at work practising their ukulele songs at home. Both boys graded to their green badge today! They are now working towards their blue badge.

Ukulele Ninjas

Jeremiah and Sanujan have been hard at work practising their ukulele songs at home. Both boys graded to their green badge today! They are now working towards their blue badge.

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!

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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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.