Spring is Here

In the month of March the Division 1 and Kindergarten students continued their exploration the sounds of non-pitched percussion instruments.  In the Grade ½ classes the student worked in small groups and chose percussion instruments to accompany a poem called “Rockets”, creating a musical “soundscape”.  The students performed their compositions for the class.

Room 1 students have continued learning songs with mi, re, and do.  The students composed their own songs with the notes mi, re, and do, wrote them on a simplified music staff, and then practiced and performed their songs for the class.

Room 4 students have continued to make significant progress in their recorder playing skills and have now learned several songs with the notes B, A, G, and E.  We have also focused on improving at reading notes on the treble clef staff and improving our tone on the recorder by blowing gently. We will continue to learn new notes in the coming weeks and working on new songs.

Division 2 students have continued learning songs for the barred instruments and percussion instruments. Students in Room 2 shared the song “The Hey Hey Jam” at the assembly in March.  They did a fantastic job!!

March Newsletter

In the month of February the Division 1 and Kindergarten students have been exploring the sounds of non-pitched percussion instruments.  The students have been learning the names of the different instruments, how to hold and play the instruments properly, and to classify them into the groups of wood, metal, or skin. With these instruments the students have been accompanying songs and playing rhythm patterns.  With the percussion instruments, we are working at telling a story with words and sound and creating a “soundscape”.

Room 1 students have been learning to play and sing songs with mi, re, and do.  The students are learning to recognize the pitches in a song and play the melodies by ear on an instrument.  With these melodies, we are adding bass notes and percussion instruments to accompany them.

Room 4 students have made significant progress in their recorder playing skills and have now learned several songs with the notes B, A, and G.  We are working at adding new notes in the coming weeks and working on new songs.

Division 2 students have continued their learning of songs for the barred instruments and percussion instruments.  We are currently working on songs with Caribbean style rhythms and we hope to share some of these songs at the next assembly.