Singing at The Gables and the North West Mall
A group of students shared Christmas songs with residents at The Gables
Room 9 made a box of beautiful cards for the carollers to give out
Recently other students performed as part of a cultural festival for schools at the North West Mall - singing, dancing, and playing ukulele
Chris James Visit
On Thursday 9 November Taupaki School was very lucky to have a visit from Chris James as part of his Vocal Adventure for Schools to teach us that "everyone is born with a beautiful voice". It was a fun and energetic morning for both students and teachers.
Go Miss Parker...invited up to lead the actions!
Room 1: Copy the Dance
Room 1 love to start their Music session with a quick dance warmup. This week they had some of Room 3 with them to show how they had been learning about dancing in their own space and moving their arms and legs like the programme we follow...it was quite tricky to keep up but everyone did a great job.
Room 6: Learning Solfege with Handbells
We have been learning that pitches can be identified by their position in the solfege scale. Solfege is a system for singing notes. If you’re familiar with the famous Rogers and Hammerstein song “Do-Re-Mi” from The Sound of Music, you already know the solfege note names: do, re, mi, fa, so, la and ti.
We have been using the handbells to help us with this. We have some simple melodies to play and the notes are coloured the same as the handbell that represents the note. This week we enjoyed playing Pachelbel's Canon with groups rotating.
Term 4 2017
Tākarokaro
It's time for us to have fun with dance, drama, pumpkins,
stars, bells, boomwhackers, waiata, and carols!
Room 6: A Little Ukulele to Finish the Term
Practising strumming patterns on Z chord then playing along to Hoki Mai with C chord (and C7 for those wanting a challenge).
Room 2 and Room 5: Dynamics
Room 2 and Room 5 share their music time and have been learning about dynamics - how loud or soft the music is. We sing the song Closet Key while someone has to find a hidden key. We change our dynamics according to the finders proximity to the key - loud if they are close, soft if they are far away. The challenge is to maintain a beautiful singing voice.
Room 2 have been teaching Room 5 some of the songs they know, Herman the Worm is a favourite!
Room 12: Singing and Ukulele in Cannon
Room 12 used their lovely voices and ukulele skills to enjoy singing and strumming some simple songs in cannon. They can currently maintain four parts and are so good!
Room 11 - Inquiry Projects
Kahu classes are working on a project of their choice relating to any area of the arts.
Piano study
Composition to record with an animation
Capturing a piece to camera for a scooter film
Drums
The Banana Boat Song on Boomwhackers to finish
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