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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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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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11th May 2020 The Science of Sound This week we thought we would share some cool science experiments to help you see sound! Musical instruments create sound by moving the air all round them back and forth, sending out sound waves or vibrations that our ears pick up and our brain processes as notes and music. Below are some experiments that will help you to "see" sound, they are really easy, and you will find everything you need for them in your house! How does sound work? Sound is made up of vibrations, or sound waves, that we can hear. These sound waves are caused by objects vibrating, or moving backwards and forwards really quickly. All sounds a bit confusing doesn't it? This video from House of Sound should help! What is Sound? How do musical instruments make sound? House of Sound have lots of videos showing us how different musical instruments make sound. This video is all about woodwind instruments, which are instruments that you blow into to make a sound. Have a go at making your own woodwind instrument! Woodwinds Make the sprinkles dance! For this experiment you will need some cling film, scissors, sprinkles or rice, a bowl and a plate. You could also use a speaker instead of humming and play some music through it right next to the bowl. Dancing Sprinkles Cymatics Cymatics shows us what sound vibrations look like. High and low sounds make the sprinkles or rice move in different ways and even make patterns appear. Have a look at this video and see for yourself how cool it is! Cymatics You might be interested to have a look behind the scenes to see how the experiments were put together. Remember they were performed under very strict conditions and need to be conducted in a laboratory. Do not try any of them at home! Experiments Even Disney include the science of sound in their movies. Check out the Tesla Coils making music in the Sorcerer's Apprentice and note the lightning cage!!! Movie Clip |
St. Philomena's G.N.S.Welcome to our website. Message from the Principal
I feel humbled and honoured to write this message as the newly appointed principal of St. Philomena’s N.S. I have been a member of the St. Phil’s staff for the past 14 years and I can honestly say that I have loved every day working in the school. As a Clara woman starting out in a Tullamore school in September 2008, I didn’t quite know how I would be received but I knew instantly that I had landed somewhere very special. The ethos of St. Philomena’s is grounded in respect, tolerance, openness and honesty and as a staff, we work hard at building relationships with each other, with the pupils and their families. My aim as principal is to ensure that every child feels valued coming in the school gates in the morning and that more than anything else, every child wants to come to school with us. In our school, Every Child Counts or No Child Counts and I will make it my main aim to foster a commitment to equality of opportunity for every pupil, every day. I will strive for a healthy, positive learning and working environment for the staff and our pupils and to provide a space where well-being will blossom naturally. As parent(s)/ guardian(s), you are the primary educators of your child/ren, so please don’t be afraid to come in and talk to us if you have any questions or concerns regarding your child/ren. Together, we can do so much more! With Love, Geraldine Gaffey Archives
January 2024
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