Music with Emily 

Classes 3/4, 4/5 and 6 are learning to play the ukulele this term. We begin each lesson with finger warm ups and body percussion play alongs. The students have been building stronger finger tips and working on dexterity as they learn the beginning chords for jamming together. We have started with Am, C and F chords and the students have been practising working between the chords with chord progressions. More advanced ukulele players have had opportunities to share their skills as mentors in class and also work on their picking and performance skills. We are working towards a Battle of the Bands at the end of the term where students will work in small groups to play along with a well known tune and perform for the class. The next chord we’ll learn is G which uses three fingers on the fretboard- a bit trickier! Once we have C, F, Am and G the sky's our limit. We can play so many tunes with those 4 chords!

Semester 1 Music Performance

Semester 1's whole school music performance has been inspired by our Musica Viva incursion earlier this term. The performed radio show, 'We're on Air' has lead to songs and jingles being learned and reimagined in music classes, ready for our own performance. 

Families and community members joined our students for an afternoon of singing and playing for 'Children Sing' this week.  We also hosted two special encore performances for families of children from Lakeview Kindergarten.  Our students were so happy when some of our kinder friends joined in with the songs they knew.