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Music round-up Hello there! We hope you are all safe and well and keeping busy! This week we are sharing some more fun ways to keep the beat using our bodies and things you might find around the house. We have included some of our favourite YouTube videos to play along with, as well as some new videos from our friends in the National Youth Choirs of Scotland. Have fun and enjoy your Easter break! Music Generation Offaly Westmeath Music Education Team Something for everyone... Mozart: Rondo Alla Turca Here is a brand new video from one of our favourite YouTube channels that is suitable for everyone. You can use things you will find in the kitchen to play along with the video! Click here Junior / Senior Infants Do you remember how to use your thinking voice? It's the voice that makes no sound at all. We have used it in lots of our songs, but here's one you might remember, where you can use your thinking voice along with lots of other voices. Sing it with your family and see what other voices you can use? Have you got your singing voice? Yes I have my singing voice! Have you got your speaking voice? Yes I have my speaking voice! Have you got your whisper voice? Yes I have my whisper voice! Have you got your loud voice? Yes I have my loud voice! Have you got your quiet voice? Yes I have my quiet voice! Have you got your thinking voice? Yes I have my thinking voice! 1st / 2nd Classes Tony Chestnut Some of you might remember this song! Click below for the video and see if you can do the actions while singing along. The actions might be slightly different to the way we did it in school, but maybe you could make up your own actions! Click here 3rd / 4th Class This week we are including a video from our friends at the National Youth Choirs of Scotland, with a new song that you will learn in no time at all! For this activity, you will need 2 plastic cups or tubs, but don't worry if you don't have any, just get 2 things you can tap together! Click here 5th / 6th Class Here is one of our all time favourite videos to play along with: In the Hall of the Mountain King from the Peer Gynt Suite by the Norwegian composer, Edvard Grieg. Get yourself some chopsticks, or wooden sticks, and tap along! Click here 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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