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Division 7’s recorder compositions
Over the course of the previous few months, the grade 4/5 students in division 7 have been working on learning the recorder. One of the songs learned during that time was “La Bamba,” which presented a new challenging note of F# for the students. To scaffold the learning of this new note the students engaged … Continue reading
Division 18’s Forest Music
The students in Division 18 have been exploring the sounds of wood and various ways of making music with wood. Over the course of the previous few weeks they have been exploring xylophones, stumps, guitars, ukuleles, the outdoor playground, and a forest near the school. At the forest, each child has developed a special connection … Continue reading
Speaking Donkey Riding
This week in music class we have been practicing the words for donkey riding because a lot of the words are not easy and are about Canada. One word that was difficult was Miramashee (actually spelled Mirimachi), which is a river in New Brunswick, Canada. We made a recording of us speaking the words … Continue reading
Hello letter to students in Greece
May 4, 2018 Dear students, We are division 11 at Brentwood Park Elementary School. We are a class of 19 students, made up of grade 3 students (age 8 & 9). We have two classroom teachers Ms. Walji and Ms. Basso. Our music teacher is Mr. Yanko. This week in music we listened to … Continue reading
2015/2016 Concert
CURRENT CONCERT AND EVENT INFORMATION Inspired by the hit TV series Dragon’s Den, this years winter musical was written and arranged by Mr. Yanko & Ms. Yap. As Christmas quickly approaches, parents are on the hunt for the perfect Christmas gift. Meanwhile, up in the North Pole Santa Claus, Rudolpho Von Reindeer, and … Continue reading
Shark tank song
We worked on the shark tank theme song. Some kids worked on the xylophones, snare drums, jingle bells. We did the tune of some winter songs on recorder for sound effects for the song. They all kinda worked. I liked them all. 1b
Bag pipes and the train
We sang the spice girls song about zoom shoes. It’s about the gingerbread man. The last part is my favourite because it’s fun and you get to do fake running. We practiced O Canada for assembly. Mr yanko showed us bag pipes that we are going to hear at the assembly. … Continue reading
Xylophone
We practiced on the xylophone the them song of the show Dragons den. And we all played different interment to find a difrent sound. Some of these were trumpet recorder guitar French horn rain stick kazoos. These are to be used for sound effects in the theme song 1g
Penguin and fish
We were singing O Canada. Batman sung the hello song. His favourite colour in the song was pink. We started to learn a penguin song. We did not anymore, I got you fish, and danced at the end. 2g
Recording the Tempest
We have been working on the song “The Tempest” by Michael Smith that Mr. Yanko arranged for us to play on the xylophones. Today we recorded it to listen to our parts and to see what needs work. I heard everyone was off and I heard high pitches. – Meghna I heard a lot … Continue reading