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We know that there is a lot of uncertainty around us right now. We've been spending our time over the last few days cancelling rehearsals and concerts but have received some questions on how to keep music-making part of your pupils' lives. With that in mind we've prepared this newsletter featuring some ideas that might prove helpful. We're happy to circulate another music round-up on a different topic next week. We've tried to make suggestions of activities/ online resources that are suitable for a home setting, require no specialist equipment and are perfect for families looking for 'together' activities. This week all our selected activities have something to do with...beat Junior & Senior Infants Warm-up Rhyme: Feet, Feet, Feet, Feet This is a great warm-up to get the body moving. March around keeping the beat while saying this poem: Feet, feet, feet, feet Hear them marching down the street Big feet, Little feet March and stop! Freeze on the word "Stop!" and make a silly pose or face. Start again, this time moving quietly: Hear them tiptoe down the street... Repeat the poem, finding different ways to move eg. dancing, skipping, hopping, walking etc. Click on the button below for a fun piece to move to the beat with. This piece of music is called March Past of the Kitchen Utensils. Pretend it's night time and you are one of the spoons in the drawer that sneaks out while the humans are asleep to have a party with all the other spoons and knives and forks, then sneak back into the drawer before they wake up! Listen carefully to the music and you will hear a loud banging sound. When you hear this, jump and clap, and change direction. You can have lots of fun moving in different ways to the music. Discover More 1st & 2nd Class Steady beat rhyme: Lemon Lime Lemon Lime, keep in time Make it neat, feel the beat Not too fast, not too slow Keep it steady - Go, go, go! Keep the beat in lots of different ways while you say the poem. You can tap, click, stamp, clap, and try to find new ways to keep the beat. Also try using different voices to say the poem, use your quiet voice, whisper voice, robot voice, squeaky voice, low voice, and thinking voice. See if you can still keep your beat steady while you change voices! Click on the button below to keep your beat along with this fun video! Don't forget to try lots of different ways to keep your beat. Move on to the next level for more of a challenge! Discover More 3rd & 4th Class Steady beat rhyme: Coca Cola Coca Cola went to town Pepsi Cola knocked him down Dr Pepper picked him up Turned him into 7Up! There are lots of different ways to keep the beat with this poem, clapping, clicking, tapping, stamping, marching... But if you are outside you could also bounce a ball to the beat while saying the poem. You can also keep the beat with a partner by bouncing the ball back and forth to each other to the beat while saying the poem. Challenge: pass the ball between you and your partner on the beat, EXCEPT when you say a drink - bounce the ball instead every time you say a drink eg. Coca Cola (bounce bounce) went to town (pass pass) See who get's knocked out of the game first by forgetting to bounce! Click on the button below for a fun video to practise keeping your beat with. Get yourself 2 chopticks, or pencils and tap along! Discover More 5th & 6th Class Body Percussion: Bubble Gum Bubble gum, bubble gum chew and blow Bubble gum, bubble gum, scrape your toe Bubble gum, bubble gum, tastes so sweet Get that bubble gum off your feet! Every time you say Bubble gum tap this pattern to the rhythm (words): Right knee, left knee, clap hands. On Chew and blow tap to the rhythm (words): Right shoulder, left shoulder, then head. Repeat these patterns for the next 2 lines. The last line starts differently: Right shoulder, left shoulder for Get that and is followed by the patterns above: Bubble Gum (right knee, left knee, clap hands) Off your feet (right shoulder, left shoulder, then head) See if you can come up with your own body percussion for this poem. Click on the button below to learn more about body percussion and for ways to compose your own body beat! Discover More Well that's our round up complete for this week. We hope you found it helpful. If you have any requests, suggestions or even recordings of your students giving the activities a go do send them on to us. Until next time, The MGOW Team Comments are closed.
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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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