Kindergarten

This term Kindergarten students have been exploring patterns in music. We have been singing, dancing, moving and playing accompaniment to well-known children’s folk and action songs.

We have been making comparisons and identifying similarities and differences in the patterns we have found in the lyrics, tune and structure of the songs.

Year One

In year one, this term, we have been exploring music from around the world. We have been learning songs and dances from different cultural groups within Australia and across the globe.

We have been exploring the different messages and purposes of the songs and demonstrated our understandings through shared and independent art activities.

Year 2

In Year Two, this term, we have been listening to music from a range of different cultures and looking at the choices the artists have made when composing their piece of music.

We have been discussing how the decisions made about the elements of music effect the sound and the mood of the piece. We have used charcoal, paint, paper mosaics, scratch boards and watercolours to share our responses to the music.

Year Three and Four

Students across years three and four have also been looking at the elements of music and how the elements are used to create a particular sound and feel to a piece and effectively convey a message. We have looked at the impact that music has on our community and how messages about important issues such as poverty and inequality can be shared through music and used to take action and initiate change.

Year three and four have also been looking at the way songs from past can convey important historical information. We have been singing songs from the time of first settlement in Australia and unpacking the stories in the lyrics.

Year Five and Six

In Year five and six we have been exploring how music can be used to evoke an emotional response and communicate a message. Students used Garage band or a similar application to compose their own piece of elecctronic music inspired by an unfolding weather event. Students also selected music and images to create a short i-movie  about a natral disaster which conveys a message of destruction, re-invigoration, strength of spirit, community or beauty.