The Performing Arts Department has had another active and creative week, with students across the Primary School exploring music through\u00a0singing, movement, storytelling, instrumental performance, music reading,<\/strong>\u00a0and theatre games<\/strong>. Movement to music was an important part of learning across all grade levels, encouraging students to listen, respond and express musical ideas physically.<\/p>\n Our youngest musicians continued developing their musical confidence through new songs and movement activities<\/strong>. Students also revisited and retold familiar stories, exploring how music can help bring characters, actions and emotions to life.<\/p>\n We extended this learning by discussing the role of music at different occasions and events<\/strong>. Students began thinking about where we hear music, why people use it, and how music can contribute to celebrations, ceremonies and other important moments in our lives.<\/p>\n IB Learner Profile:<\/strong> Communicators<\/strong> \u2013 expressing ideas through singing, storytelling, discussion and movement. Grades 1 and 2 learned new songs<\/strong> while continuing to develop their confidence as young performers. Students explored music reading<\/strong>, making connections between musical symbols and the sounds they represent.<\/p>\n They then\u00a0applied this understanding to\u00a0tuned percussion instruments<\/strong>, developing coordination, listening,<\/span>\u00a0and ensemble skills. Movement to music provided another opportunity to respond to beat, rhythm, tempo and musical character.<\/p>\n IB Learner Profile:<\/strong> Risk-takers<\/strong> \u2013 developing confidence to sing, move, read music and perform with others. Grades 3\u20136 continued\u00a0to expand their musical skills through a combination of\u00a0singing, music notation, movement,<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0and theatre activities<\/strong>. Students learned new songs and continued exploring how music can be represented visually using Flat.io<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Through digital notation activities, students strengthened their understanding of how musical ideas can be read, written, edited and performed. Movement-to-music activities encouraged students to respond physically to musical elements, while theatre games<\/strong> supported creativity, collaboration, concentration and expressive confidence.<\/p>\n IB Learner Profile:<\/strong> Inquirers<\/strong> \u2013 exploring how musical ideas can be represented, interpreted and communicated in different ways. Across all classes this week, students experienced music not simply as something to listen to, but as something they can sing, play, read, create, move to and communicate through<\/strong>.<\/p>\n By combining music with storytelling, movement, technology, and theatre, we continue to give students opportunities to develop their musical understanding while building confidence, creativity, and collaboration.<\/p>\n We look forward to another week of making, moving and learning through music! \ud83c\udfb6<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Exploring Music Through Singing, Stories, Instruments and Movement The Performing Arts Department has had another active and creative week, with students across the Primary School exploring music through\u00a0singing, movement, storytelling, instrumental performance, music reading,\u00a0and theatre games. Movement to music was an important part of learning across all grade levels, encouraging students to listen, respond and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1187,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[169,8,16,24,27,28,29,168,17,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-333321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecc","category-grade-1","category-grade-2","category-grade-3","category-grade-4","category-grade-5","category-grade-6","category-kindergarten-3-gs","category-kindergarten-3","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u00a0KG1 & KG2 \u2013 Songs, Stories and Music in Our Lives<\/h2>\n
\nATL:<\/strong> Communication Skills<\/strong> \u2013 listening, responding, sharing ideas and communicating through music and movement.<\/p>\nGrades 1 & 2 \u2013 Reading, Playing and Moving<\/h2>\n
\nATL:<\/strong> Self-management Skills<\/strong> \u2013 developing concentration, coordination and responsible use of instruments during individual and group music-making.<\/p>\nGrades 3\u20136 \u2013 Songs, Notation, Movement and Theatre<\/h2>\n
\nATL:<\/strong> Thinking Skills<\/strong> \u2013 applying musical knowledge when reading notation, working with Flat.io, responding creatively to music and making performance decisions.<\/p>\nCelebrating Learning Through the Performing Arts<\/h3>\n