The Primary Days of Music will be held in the week of March10-14.  Divisions 5,6,7,8 will be learning 8 songs that all students in Burnaby at this level, plus 2 of our own songs, and we will get together with 4 other schools and sing with joy!

Our song list for this year has 4 songs carried over from last year, and 4 new songs for this year.

Last Year

Shanendo

Rattlin’ Bog

Kye Kye Kule

Canada Is

New Songs for this Year

Nila, Nila

Oh Watch the Stars

To Stop the Train

Children’s Blessing Song

Here are a few songs for you to work on at home.

Click here for Children’s Blessing Song.

Click here for another Children’s Blessing Song.

Click here for Nila Nila.

Click here for the pronunciations for Nila Nila.

Click here for the instrumental for Shenando’.

Click here for Kye Kye Kule.

Click here for Oh Watch the Stars.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Here’s a few activities to get you in the holiday spirit!

1.  Click here for a fun activity with Would You Rather?
2. Click here for the Home Alone Rhythm activity.
3. Click here for Home Alone Rhythm Activity Advanced!
4. Click here for a Poison Rhythm Activity!
5. Click here for a Found Sound Rhythm Winter Activity.
6. Click here for a Jingle Bell Rock Body Percussion Activity.
7. Click here for the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies body percussion.
8. Click here for Holly Jolly Christmas rhythm activity!
9. Click here for a super hard Poison rhythm activity!
10. Click here for a Nutcracker Poison rhythm activity!
11. Click here for Holiday Edition of Four Corners.
12. Click here for some non-holiday fun activities.  This one is lego!
13. Click here for the easy Minecraft rhythms.
14. Click here for the Avengers!
15. Click here for Pokemon.
16. Click here for Among Us!
17. Click here for Super Mario advanced.
18. Click here for Santa Claus is Coming to Town!
19. Click here for Up On the Housetop by the Jackson 5!

Here are some fun activities for you to try!

1.  Click here for easy Minecraft rhythms.
2. Click here for the advanced Minecraft rhythms.
3. Click here for Girl is on Fire!
4. Click here for Thunder rhythms.
5. Click here for Pokemon advanced rhythms.
6. Click here for Mandalorian Madness Poison Rhythm Game!
7. Click here for I Just Can’t Wait to be King!  Body Percussion!
8. Click here for Can’t Stop this Feeling body percussion.
9. Click here for Blinding Lights body percussion.
10. Click here for Dynamite body percussion.
11. Click here for Star Wars scarf movement!
12. Click here for The Best Day of my Life scarf movement.
13. Click here for Walking on Sunshine scarf movement.

October 15, 2024

Good Halloween all you creatures great and small!  It’s time to enjoy some new and favourites around my favourite season!

1.  Click here for Mr. Henry’s new challenging rhythm read around “Hocus Pocus”.

2.  Click here for the animated original cartoon for “Spooky Scary Skeletons”

3.  Click here for the “Spooky Scary Skeletons” rhythm read along.

4.  Click here for “Spooky Scary Skeletons” body percussion.

5.  Click here for Mr. Henry’s Skeleton Rap!

6.  Click here for Mr. Henry’s Halloween Rap!

7.  Click here for body percussion to The Monster Mash!

8.  Click here for a haunted poison rhythm game!  Oooooooo….

9.  Click here for Ghostbusters easy rhythm play along.

10.  Click here for Found Sound, easy rhythm play along.

11.  Click here for a challenging movement activity to Five Little Pumpkins, Found Sound.

12.  Click here for the poem, Five Little Pumpkins.

13.  Click here for There Was an Old Witch.

14.  Click here for Mr. Henry’s Haunted Rhythm Game!!!

May 27, 2024.

We say farewell to May and look forward to our final month of school!

1.  Click here for an activity using triangles, tambourines and shakers to Vivaldi’s Spring.
2. Click here for a challenging body percussion activity to Shakira’s Try Everything.
3. Click here for a simple rhythmic activity to Surface Pressure from Encanto.
4. Click here for a Found Sound easy rhythm play along to a pirate theme!
5. Click here for a simple rhythm activity to I’m Still Standing from Sing!
6. Click here for Mr. Henry’s Three B’s!  Be respectful, be responsible, be safe!
7. Click here for one of my favourite rhythm activities to Thunder!
8. Click here for a tricky one to Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust!
9. Click here for another tricky one, On Top of the World.
10. Click here for a challenging body percussion activity to Vivaldi’s Spring.
11. Click here for a tricky one, We Got the Beat!
12. Click here for The Dark Knight, featuring tika-ti and ti-tika.
13. Click here for Musette, very tricky!
14. Click here for the advanced version of The Avengers rhythm play along.
15. Click here the challenge version of Cats vs Dogs.
16. Click here for video game poison rhythm!
17. Click here for a fun one, Would you Rather?

Welcome May!  Let’s hope those April showers will bring some May flowers!

1.  Click here for Blinding Lights Body Percussion.
2. Click here for Ocean Poison Rhythm Game.
3. Click here for Video Poison Rhythm Game.
4. Click here for Mandalorian Madness Poison Rhythm Game.
5. Click here for Harry Potter Poison Rhythm Game.
6. Click here for Count on Me Body Percussion.
7. Click here for Can’t Stop This Feeling Body Percussion.
8. Click here for Never Gonna Give you Up Rhythm Play along.
9. Click here for Butter Body Percussion.
10. Click here for Bim Bum.
11. Click here for Just Can’t Wait to be King Body Percussion.
12. Click here for Thunder rhythm play along.
13. Click here for Surface Pressure rhythm play along.
14. Click here for Minecraft Advanced rhythm play along.
15. Click here for Pokemon Advance rhythm play along.
16. Click here for Mandalorian rhythm play along.
17. Click here for Believer Body Percussion.
18. Click here for Spring Themed Play Along.
19. Click here for Pokemon rhythm play along!
20. Click here for a scarf activity to Best Day of my Life.

Thank you Best Buy for providing us the grant to purchase these really innovative recorders!  We can’t wait to try them!

Happy Lunar New Year!  Here are some fun activities for the week!

1.  Click here for a simple rhythm play along
2. Click here for another rhythm play along.
3. Click here for a simple rhythm play along.
4. Click here for a simple play along.
5. Click here for another simple one.
6. Click here for Gong Xi, Gong Xi.
7. Click here for a scarf activity.
8. click here for a tricky rhythm activity using drums, shakers, claves and finger cymbals.
9. Click here for a poison rhythm activity!
10. Click here for a rhythm activity using drums and finger cymbals.
11. Click here for the advanced rhythm play along.
12. Click here for the year naming race legend.