All Aboard the Room 9 Rhythm Train

Recognise the ta, ti ti, and za rhythm on your boarding pass then call the next person by playing the second rhythm on the claves before jumping on the train. Room 9 you were amazing...well done for remembering so much from last year and for being so enthusiastic!

Term 1 2017

Haere mai all classes to Music at Taupaki in 2017.

Term 4 2016

While classes will not have weekly Music during Term 4, groups will still be working hard especially coming up to end of year performances. Please have a look at the group pages to see what they have been doing.

All Danced Out

Room 6 have been amazing dancers and singers all term! They finished Music for the term singing about te manu in beautiful voices with great actions as usual.

Ukulele Experts

Tui classes have learnt the parts of the ukulele and how to read a tab. They have chosen the way they like best to strum and have been practising simple strumming patterns that use ta, ti-ti, and za rhythms. They have learnt to play the chords C and F. They can play and sing Bow Wow Wow and Rain Rain Go Away on each chord. Then we played On Top of Old Spaghetti with half of the class playing the C parts and the other half playing the F parts. They were amazing at remembering when to come in, at keeping the strumming going evenly, and SINGING! We do some ukulele gymnastics to keep our fingers nimble for playing - racing through some combination of rest position, ukulele salute, Z chord, C chord, and F chord without getting tricked. Rest position is how we hold the ukulele when we are not playing...here is Room 12 relaxing in the rest position before playing the next song.

Everyday Movements Become Dance

Piwakawaka classes have been improvising dances from a series of images which show everyday movements. They have been concentrating on keeping to the beat while discovering different ways to represent the movements. Room 2 have been amazing at doing this; they use lots of energy and co-ordination.

Elbow Cross and Stomp and Swing

 

Jazz Hands and Hug a Giant                             Marching Machine

 

Raise the Roof                                        Wobbly Knees and Flick Kicks

 

Twist

 

Room 1

This week the Kahu dancers (previous post) had some competition from Room 1 who learnt the Animals on the Plains of Africa dance very fast. They danced with energy and were great at remembering the representation of each animal and part of the story.

Quickly ready to dance every time

Kahu Barn Dancers

Room 10 and 11 students who were not on the ski trip joined together for a western flavoured afternoon with some country ukulele tunes (using the chords C and F and some extended to include G) and barn dance style movement. They were a little hesitant at first but soon they were stomping their way around the circle in PERFECT time.