PERFORMING ARTS (MRS STODDEN)
Hello everyone, I am Mai Stodden and it is wonderful to be back teaching the role of Performing Arts again for the Juniors and a huge welcome to our Prep students too! I can’t wait to see what your young person can accomplish this semester during our weekly music sessions.
You will find the Performing Arts room, opposite the bike shed and I will be there on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, should you need to see me. You will also notice names of students popping up on my glass window above my door. These colour coded names are in recognition of students who have demonstrated our school values during our music sessions.
Preps: This term my little maestros will be joining me to explore and participate in the world of music and dance. We will be focusing on listening carefully to songs and using our voice to sing, chant and echo back. They will focus on using their bodies to move, keep beats, repeat patterns and dance movements. Students will listen to a variety of music, using percussion instruments to keep along with the beat. They will explore what music is, what makes us want to move and how it makes us feel. Students will have the opportunity to perform to their peers in small groups and to their class, as well as learn how to be a good audience member.
Juniors: In Performing Arts this semester, Junior students will be focusing on music and dance by exploring body percussion and composing short pieces to perform to their peers in class. They will delve into various music styles, interpreting what they hear, how it makes them feel and how they can use these styles to tell their own story, through music and dance movements. They will explore a repertoire of chants, songs and rhymes to improvise and compose their own songs, using percussion instruments. I look forward to their group performances throughout the term.
So without further adieu - let the show begin! - Mrs S
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