Term 1 2018

This term Piwakawaka, Tui, and Kereru teams will be learning and extending their understanding of Orff performance using a range of tuned and untuned percussion. Activities will include movement, body percussion, speech, singing, and instruments. Instrument work will involve techniques of imitation, exploration, improvisation, and creation, towards performance. Kahu team will plan, design, and create instruments and programme them to sound by touch through programming in Scratch and connecting Makey Makey.

Room 4: Angles We Have Heard on High

Practising a Christmas handbell performance for Mrs Trew

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

Rooms 7, 8, and 9: Boomwhacker Super Stars

Room 12: Handbells

Practising Solfege and preparing a Christmas performance for Mrs Fraser.

Room 10: Group Performance

Organising parts for a piano and marimba quartet

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.