Interesting Music Facts

Composers

Composers

This term all classes have been learning about composers. Click on the composers name to learn more about each composer. 

Mozart 

Magic Flute

Sonata no 11

Beethoven 

Symphony no 5

Fur Elise 

Moonlight Sonata

Bach 

Air

Toccata and Fugue

Camille Saint Saens

Carnival of the Animals 

Tchaikovsky 

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Nutcracker) 

Four Swans (Swan Lake)

Waltz from Sleeping Beauty 

John Williams 

Harry Potter Theme

Star Wars

Jaws

Superman 

Rocky

Mrs Miell

Junior Choir Excursion

Donovan Village

The Wattle Grove Junior Choir went on excursion to Donovan Village on Monday November 14, 2016. We performed seven songs to the residents before sharing a beautiful morning tea. The residents remarked how beautifully we sung. Excellent work Junior Choir!

Mrs Miell

End of Term 3

End of Term 3 Wrap Up

Year 1-2

Students have been learning to compose songs using rhythm and melody. We wrote the rhythms before allocating a note to each rhythm on the xylophone. Well done!

We have also been learning to play 'Cabbage Cafe' on the xylophones. 

Year 3-6

Students have been continuing to learning the ukulele this term. Students worked on writing  lyrics in pairs and performed these to the class. We have now started to learning some new strumming patterns and songs in class. Well done

. 

Mrs Miell 

Music Assembly

Music Assembly

Wattle Grove Primary will be running a Music Assembly in Term 4. This will  take place during Week 4 on Friday, 4 November  at 2.00pm. Students from the Senior and Junior Choir along with the guitar groups will also be performing.  This will be a great way to showcase the talent in this amazing school. All students are also learning a community song called 'Together we can Change the World'. 

Look forward to seeing you there!

Mrs Miell 

Working Hard in Music

Working Hard in Music

The Senior Choir has been working hard learning their music for the Mass Choir Festival this term. On Monday, August 8 we rehearsed for the first time with 500 other students. Well done on a sensational rehearsal!

 

We will be performing on Tuesday, August 30 at Winthrop Hall. We would love to see as many parents as possible there on the night. Please remember to purchase your ticket online, before they sell out! 

 

Tickets are available to purchase from the website below:

www.ticketsWA.com/event/massed-choir

Password: wattlegrove

 

 

Year One and Two

We are learning to play in parts with the song 'Little Brown Owl' using the boom whackers and the xylophones. This is quite tricky and we are doing a great job keeping in time to the beat, singing a melody and playing a melody all at the same time! Very talented!!

Year Three and Four

We are beginning to learn the ukulele and xylophones this term. We are working on coordinating our strumming in time to to the beat and getting a nice sound from the instruments. This song we are learning is called 'Funga Alafia' which is a West African song meaning: 'With my eyes I greet you. With my words I greet you. With my heart I greet you. There's nothing up my sleeve'. 

Year Five and Six

We are also learning to play the ukulele and xylophones this term. We are learning the C chord and coordinating our strumming patterns. This class is playing 'Funga Alafia' in a round. Well done Zara for leading the round 

Well done, Wattle Grove

Mrs Miell

Naidoc Week

Wanjoo (Welcome)

All classes have been learning Wanjoo a welcome song in the Noongar language  to celebrate Naidoc Week. 

Mass Choir Finalists

Good luck to the finalists for the Mass Choir Auditions

Syreeta Kumar will be auditioning for the soloist position for the Mass Choir Festival this Saturday 23 of July. 

Samara Ody will be auditioning for the compere position for the Mass Choir Festival this Saturday 23 of July

Congratulations for being the finalists from Wattle Grove Primary School. Good luck for the auditions!

Mrs Miell

End of term 2

Composition

This Term all classes composed a song using rhythmic notation. They were then asked to clap or perform their piece on a percussion instrument. 

In Room 21 have some excellent musicians who extended themselves and play a melody on their chosen instruments. Well done.

Year One and Two

In Year One and Two we have been learning to improvise and make up a melody on the spot. Students have been using the xylophones.and playing  melody for 8 beats between singing the verses of the song 'Fiddle Diddle Dee'.

The year ones and twos have also been playing with the Boom Whackers which have been lots of fun!

Year Three and Four

In year three and four we have been learning to layer parts in our song 'Caravan'. We play a bass line and a ostinato whilst singing the melody of the song. It is starting to sound amazing. 

Year Five and Six

 We have been learning out song 'Waterbird' and layering 3 part harmonies together. Well done Year 5 and 6!

Mrs Miell

Term 2

Year One's and Two's

The Year One and Year Two classes have been reading 'Freddie the Frog'. This story book has been helping us learn our music notation. Freddie lives on an island called Treble Clef Island. The students have learnt the notes: F(Freddie), C(Crocodile), A(Azaleas) and E(Ellie) on the Music staff. We have also been learning a new song called 'Fiddle Diddle Dee' on the xylophones. Their progress so far is sensational. Well done.

Year Three's and Fours

We have been working on our new song 'Caravan' in class. We have also learnt some chords to accompany the song. We are now working on playing the melody against the chords in harmony.

Year Five's and Six's

Students have been learning a song called 'Waterbird'. The bass line uses our left and right hands on the xylophone and has taken a great deal of practice to achieve this standard. Well done Year 5 and 6 students.

Junior Choir

The Junior Choir is preparing for an excursion in Week 8 to the Octagon Theatre at the University of Western Australia. Students are reminded that they are required to attend each Friday rehearsal in preparation for this event.

Thanks

Mrs Miell 

Wrapping up Term One

Year Ones and Twos

We have been listening and responding to music. We listened to Vivalidi's Four Seasons and guessed the season he wrote the music about. These are some amazing drawings done in class illustrating their ideas.

The Year One and Two classes having been working on beats and rhythms. We walked through the beat dots to work out how to write music. Well done on your compositions they were superb.

Music Theory

Year 3-6's having been working on writing music in bars. Students worked in pairs to write 8 bars of music and perform these to the class. I have seen a great improvement this term.Well done! 

Music Star Performers

Year 5/6 working on their Djembe performance. Well done!

Year 3/4 working on playing 'I've got an action' on xylophone. Well done!

Year 1/2 working on playing 'Flying Man' on xylophone. Well done!

Anzac Performance

The Senior Choir will be performing for the Anzac service on Friday 8th of April. Please make sure students have the correct uniform to wear on the day. (Go to Senior Choir Page)

What a fantastic Term One. Have a brilliant holiday and I will see you next term. 

Mrs Miell

Harmony Day

Harmony Day Preparations

All classes have been learning the song 'I am Children of the World' for Harmony Day. 

What an amazing job Room 22 did in their first lesson. Well done. This video makes me gleam with joy :)

Room 26 also did a super job!

Happy Singing

Mrs Miell

A great start to music

Wattle Grove Music Room

What a great start we've had to the year in music. Both the Junior and Senior Choirs have been busy rehearsing and already sounding fantastic. In class students have been busy learning and exploring music ideas.

Year 1's

Students are learning the differences between silence/rhythm/beat using percussion instruments. Students are learning how to create sounds using dynamics in music(quiet/loud) using percussion instruments. Here the students in Room 9 are learning to conduct Piano/Forte (quiet/loud)

Year 2's

Year twos have been learning how to play the song 'Flying Man' on the xylophone. They are beginning to play in time with one another and use their beautiful singing voices. Well done year 2's.

Year 3/4's

Students are learning how to create a 8 beat rhythm composition using music notation this term. We are focusing on learning a piece called 'I've got an action'. We are learning to keep in time with the beat, play in time with other instruments and using expression while playing. 

Year 5/6's

Students are learning how to play the Djembe this term. We are playing in three parts and trying keep in time with each other. It's quiet tricky but practise makes permanent, I'm excited by their progress so far. 

Wattle Grove Primary students are very capable in Music and are a pleasure to teach. It will be exciting to see their progress this year. I hope I can inspire some future musicians.

Here's an interesting quote:

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”
― Albert Einstein

Mrs Miell

Welcome to the Wattle Grove Music News Blog

This blog is to keep you informed of all the great things that are happening in Music this year.

Senior Choir meets Monday afternoons from 2.10pm-3.00pm and we are excited about being the Mass Choir Festival this year. Firstly we are preparing for Anzac day.

Junior Choir meets Friday mornings 8.15am-8.45am and they will be singing at the Children's Sing Festival in Term 2.

Mrs Miell