M6 Week 1

This week we started learning the song “Boom Boom Beat,” this is the first song we are learning for our music incursion. We listened to the piece of music, listening carefully for important features and instruments used.

After this we learnt a body percussion ostinato (repeated pattern) and performed it as a class.

Finally we transferred what we had learnt from the body percussion onto percussion instruments. We are going to perfect this next week.

B1 Week 1

This week we started learning the song “Boom Boom Beat,” this is the first song we are learning for our music incursion. We listened to the song, listening for important features and instruments used. We then used the Musica Viva interactive resource and learnt the names of 15 instruments, the families they belong to and watched short videos of them being played.

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Next week we will be learning a body percussion ostinato (repeating pattern) to perform with the music.

M4 Week 1

This week we started learning the song “Boom Boom Beat,” this is the first piece of music we are learning for our music incursion. We listened to the piece of music listening carefully for important features and instruments used.

After this we learnt a body percussion ostinato (repeated pattern) and performed it as a class.

Next week we are going to transfer what we learnt from the body percussion activity onto percussion instruments.

 

D9 Week 1

This week we started learning the song “Boom Boom Beat,” this is the first piece of music we are learning for our music incursion. We listened to the piece of music, listening carefully for important features and instruments used. We then used the Musica Viva interactive resource and learnt the names of 15 instruments, the families they belong to and watched short videos of them being played.

After this we learnt a body percussion ostinato (repeated pattern) and performed it as a class.

Next week we are going to transfer what we learnt from the body percussion activity onto percussion instruments.

K4 Week 1

This week we started learning the song “Boom Boom Beat,” this is the first piece of music we are learning for our music incursion. We listened to the piece of music, listening carefully for important features and instruments used. We then used the Musica Viva interactive resource and learnt the names of 15 instruments, the families they belong to and watched short videos of them being played.

After this we learnt a body percussion ostinato (repeated pattern) and performed it as a class.

This week Darci learnt what bongos were, Zayn learnt that you can play the vibraphone with 4 beaters and Chloe learnt that it is possible to make music with plastic cups.

Next week we are going to transfer what we learnt from the body percussion activity onto percussion instruments.

D3 Week 1

This week we started learning the song “Boom Boom Beat,” this is the first song we are learning for our music incursion. We listened to the song, listening carefully for important features and instruments used. We then used the Musica Viva interactive resource and learnt the names of 15 instruments, the families they belong to and watched short videos of them being played.

After this we learnt a body percussion ostinato (repeated pattern) and performed it as a class.

Next week we are going to transfer what we learnt from the body percussion activity onto percussion instruments.

D4 Week 1

This week we started learning the song “Boom Boom Beat,” this is the first song we are learning for our music incursion. We listened to the song, listening for important features and instruments used. We then used the Musica Viva interactive resource and learnt the names of 15 instruments, the families they belong to and watched short videos of them being played.

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After this we learnt a body percussion ostinato (repeated pattern) and performed it as a class.

Next week we are going to transfer what we learnt from the body percussion activity onto percussion instruments.

B2 Week 1

This week we started learning the song “Boom Boom Beat,” this is the first song we are learning for our music incursion. We listened to the song, listening for important features and instruments used. We then used the Musica Viva interactive resource and learnt the names of 15 instruments, the families they belong to and watched short videos of them being played.

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Next week we will be learning a body percussion ostinato (repeating pattern) to perform with the music.

K5 Week 1

This week we started learning the song “Boom Boom Beat,” this is the first song we are learning for our music incursion. We first listened to the song, listening for important features and instruments used. We then used the Musica Viva interactive resource and learnt the names of 15 instruments, the families they belong to and watched short videos of them being played.

After this we learnt a body percussion ostinato (repeated pattern) and performed it as a class.

Finally we transferred what we had learnt from the body percussion onto percussion instruments. We are going to perfect this next week.

The students really enjoyed the challenge of the body percussion. Sienna enjoyed playing the guiro, Brodie liked playing the egg shakers, Peter learnt the name of some new instruments and Evie learnt that you can play boomwhackers with a drum stick.