It has been a very exciting and busy term as we have been learning several different musical skills such as aural (listening and repeating clapping and singing patterns), composing, singing and playing. 

Foundation students have learnt to sing and play two songs, Cows in the Kitchen and Frère Jacques using a variety of untuned percussion instruments including, tambourines, triangles and rhythm sticks. In recent weeks they have been introduced to chime bars, which are tuned instruments. Each week we have been focusing on a different musical concepts such as sound & silence, soft & loud, beat and pitch. Using this knowledge, students have begun to create and compose simple music sequences, sharing them with their peers. 

The two songs Year 1 students have learnt are Kye Kye Kule and Haru Ga Kita. Students have sung and used untuned and tuned percussion instruments including triangles, shakers and chime bars rotating between each part to perform as a class. Students have begun to compose music as they created ideas using different musical instruments to represent four different animals, and recorded them in their own way. They used these ideas to create a musical story using two or more animal themes with some students performing them to the class.