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Sunshiny days!
Hello again, We hope you are all well and enjoying the glorious weather, it's been so sunny and warm this week. Maybe you are playing in the garden, going for a walk or a cycle, or even doing your school work in the garden, so this week we are sharing some activities that you can do outside in the garden while you enjoy the weather! You don't need any special equipment as usual, just things you will find around the house. We are also sharing some videos from our friends at the National Youth Choir of Scotland and Rob Kitchen with fun activities the whole family can try together. As always, we would love to hear from you and if you want to send in a photo or video of yourself doing any of our activities, you can email it to us at musicgen@offalycoco.ie Stay safe and have fun in the sun! Something for everyone... A Sailor Went to Sea Here is a video from our friends in the National Youth Choir of Scotland of a song you might already know, with some body percussion. Make up your own words and actions to match - be as creative, or as silly as you like! Send us in your video, we would love to see what you come up with! A Sailor Went to Sea Why not have a go at making your own wind chime? You don't need any special equipment, just things you will find all round the house. Ask an adult for permission to go online and you might also need them to help you make your wind chime. Send us in a picture, we would love to see what it looks like! You can email it in to us at musicgen@offalycoco.ie Make your own Wind Chime Junior & Senior Infants Summer in the Garden Sing this to the tune of Frères Jacques (ask an adult or older brother or sister to help if you are not sure of the tune) Grass is growing, grass is growing Bees are buzzing, bees are buzzing Summer Summer Summer! Summer Summer Summer! Sun is shining, sun is shining We are playing, we are playing In the sun, in the sun Don't forget your sunscreen Don't forget your sunscreen Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun! Make up your own song about the summer and if you want you can send us in a video of you singing - we would love to hear it! Our friend Rob has a fun rhyming song that you can sing along with. Once you know it, have a go at making up your own rhyme. Ask an adult to help you go online to watch his video. Rob's Rhyming Song 1st & 2nd Class You might notice there are lots of birds singing in your garden, and lots of baby birds now leaving their nests - they make a lot of noise! Have a listen to the birds singing in your garden and see if you can copy the rhythm of their song. Try to copy their singing too! Lots of composers have written music inspired by nature by using instruments to represent different animals, especially birds. Have a listen to this piece of music called The Aviary, which comes from The Carnival of the Animals by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, Can you hear how he makes the flute sound like birds? Listen to the rest of the pieces in The Carnival of the Animals and see if you can recognise all the different animals. The Aviary 3rd & 4th Class Go Round the Mountain You will need 2 plastic cups, if possible, for this activity, but anything you can pass or tap will be fine. Watch the video below and see if you can follow the pattern and learn the song at the same time! Try it with your family and maybe you can do it faster and faster! Go Round the Mountain Rob's Kitchen Music Find yourself a partner for this game, maybe ask a brother or sister, or an adult in your house to try this clapping pattern with you. Keep a close eye on the pattern, and pause or rewind the video while you learn each part. Hand Clap Pattern 5th & 6th Class We have a cup game challenge from Rob's Kitchen Music for you all this week. Pause the video as you go along while you learn each pattern. You will need a partner and 2 cups! Cup Game Level 1 When you complete Level 1, have a go at Level 2. Listen carefully to the instructions while you play the game with your partner. Cup Game Level 2 Laois Education Centre are hosting a Wellbeing Week for the School Community 2nd -5th June. All the live webinars are available to book on our website www.laoisedcentre.ie and they have scheduled Tweets at various times on wellbeing topics, including podcasts and relevant content from PDST. Follow them on Twitter @CentreLaois to get the latest news on events over the course of this week. We have a very special video for you today. Miss. Higgins (music) has a lovely message for you all to enjoy. Thank you Miss. Higgins. We all really miss you each Wednesday. Weekly Roundup 25th May 2020 In the Hall of the Mountain King This week's activities are all based on this well-known piece from The Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg. Some of you may already know it from the movie Trolls, and you might have done some similar activities with your Music Generation tutor at school. We are including links to videos for each activity, so check with an adult before you go online. You don't need any special equipment or instruments for the activities, just yourself, your family, and maybe something to tap! The first video is a cartoon which tells the story of Peer Gynt, which comes from an old story from Norway. Edvard Grieg was a Norwegian composer who put the story of Peer Gynt to music, you might recognise even more of the music! The Story of Peer Gynt Instruments of the Orchestra Listen to the music - it starts quietly as the trolls tiptoe into the cave carrying Peer Gynt. Then it gets louder and faster as Peer Gynt runs from them, and ends with a big bang as he lands safely outside the cave! See if you recognise or can name any of the instruments. You will see how the main theme moves around the orchestra, starting with the low instruments first. Instruments of the Orchestra This listening map will help you to see exactly what instruments are playing each time. You might notice a bit of a conversation happens between different types of instruments! Keep a close eye on them and see if you can name them all! Listening Map Reading rhythms Practice reading your Ta's and Ti-ti's with this fun video! Use your kitchen instruments to play along, maybe using wooden spoons or chopsticks, or tap something like a pot, or plastic tub. Reading Rhythms Body Percussion Here is a challenge for you - can you do the actions to Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes along to the music for In the Hall of the Mountain King? Watch out as the piece gets faster and faster! Let's see how you get on with the challenge. Send us in your video to musicgen@offalycoco.ie Body Percussion You can use your kitchen percussion instruments for this video if you want. How about composing your own body percussion by using different parts of your body for each symbol? Try it with your family and share the parts out. We would love to see what you come up with together! Musication video Line Rider We absolutely love this version of the piece, the animation is really cool! Keep an eye out for the different symbols in the music, showing where it is to be played loud and soft. Line Rider Today is Bee Day! For some fun Bee activities, click on this link to the Green Schools' page: stphilomenasns.weebly.com/green-schools.html
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18th May 2020 It's Singfest week! As many of you may know, this week was meant to be our Singfest week, with our Big Sing Days for Primary and Secondary Schools, our Gala Concert and Community Sing due to take place. Due to the current crisis, our events, along with many others had to be cancelled. Instead, we are sharing a few memories and videos from last year's festival. You might spot yourself somewhere along the way! Our artistic director Greg Beardsell is also very disappointed to miss this year's Singfest and has sent us a very special message which you can see by hitting the button below: Greg's message Junior & Senior Infants The Big Sing for Little Singers This year was going to be the first year that we had a Big Sing for some of our youngest singers in Junior and Senior Infants. Maybe you might remember some of the songs you already learnt, and would like to sing along with them here for your families. There are also some new songs you might like to have a go at learning yourself at home! Click here to sing along Big Sing Days 2019: 1st - 6th Class Your families are probably wondering what Singfest is all about. You might like to show them this video from Singfest 2019 so they can see why we have so much fun at Singfest and why we all love it so much! Singfest 2019 Gala Concert 2019 Some of you also took part in our Gala Concert last year singing with children from other schools. We are delighted to share these videos of your fantastic performance with you all! Riversong The Cat Came Back was a really fun song to perform, you might remember your parts in this one! The Cat Came Back The big finale to our Gala Concert was the song This Is Me, which was performed by all of our choirs together. This is Me The Big Sing 2020 To keep up with your practice, here are the songs that we were working on for this year's Big Sing. Don't worry of you didn't learn them all, there are practice tracks and music included for your part to help you. All of our songs are in 2 parts and you would have learnt either the top part or the lower part. If you are in 1st, 2nd or 3rd class practice Part 1 If you are in 4th, 5th or 6th class, practice Part 2. If you are not sure which part you were learning, ask an adult to send us an email and we can check it for you and let you know. Our email address is musicgen@offalycoco.ie The Lighthouse The button below will take you to a file in Google Drive with the different parts for this song. You will find both the music and words and a recording of your own part that you can sing along. There is also a video of the full song if you would like to listen to all the parts together. The Lighthouse A Child of Song We love this jazzy song! You might remember that this song is a round, where our choir splits into parts and follow each other. If you are singing Part 1 you are the leader all the time, and if you sing Part 2 you follow! Some of you were singing the Descant Part, which comes in last, but don't worry if you can't remember which part you were singing - try them all! A Child of Song Circle of Life This song should already be familiar to you, it's from the Lion King. Watch the video to help you pronounce some of the words. Take your time and repeat each phrase with the children in the video until you know them well. Circle of Life Calling all St. Philomena’s Girls to come together and make a magazine like no other, a magazine that will go down in history and you can all be part of it. This week I am asking you all to get creative and come up with ideas for our front and back cover. Have fun!  Have a look at the Green Schools blog for a fun 'Insect Hunt' activity that you can do in your back garden! Go to'School Activities', then click on 'Green Schools'.
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