Sky Full of Stars Movement Grid Activity - Grade 5/6

 Sky Full of Stars Movement Grid Activity - Grade 5/6 

The Grade 5 and 6 students have been doing a grid movement activity to the song "Sky Full of Stars" by Coldplay.  

The students had to remember a pattern of  'forward-right-right-left-left" that they repeated from one side of the grid to the other.  They also had to remember when it was there turn to enter the grid and consistently move on the beat.  It was a challenge but the students enjoyed it.

Musicplayonline Access for Students

Hello Lake Bonavista Families, 

 Lake Bonavista School has a Musicplayonline subscription. As part of our subscription, students are able to access the website from home. 

Instructions: 

•  go to www.musicplayonline.com 
• login as a student and enter code j371630
•  press the button that says "access some fun!" 

Once you are logged in, you will see a discover feature on the left hand side of the screen. This is where your student can look for songs, games, and activities that we have done in Music class. 

Have fun! 

Julie Kawchuk

LBS Music - 2025/26

Djembe Drums - all students

 Djembe Drums - all students

Last week, each class participated in Drum Circle lessons in Music.  For each class, everyone had the opportunity to play a rhythm instrument and a Djembe drum.  

During these lessons we:

-foster a sense of community as we work together

-echo rhythm patterns

-explore the sound of various musical instruments

-practice playing to a steady beat and rhythms we have worked on in class

-create some of our own rhythm patterns

Some of the students favourite activities include Round Robin and Electric Shock.  Ask your student what their favourite drumming activity was.  

Secret Chicken - Grades 1/2 and 3/4

Secret Chicken - Grades 1/2 and 3/4 

Grades 1/2 and 3/4 have enjoyed playing Secret Chicken.  

In this activity, students watch a video where a chicken spells out 4 beat rhythms which when decoded, provide the name of a place in the World.  

Once they have decoded the 4 beat rhythm, we learn about the Music from that place.  For example, we recently decoded Japan and Ireland while playing the game and then learned about these countries' instruments and music.  

Music Curriculum covered in this activity:

-listening, recognizing and decoding rhythm patterns including quarter notes, quarter rests and pairs of eighth notes.  

-follow music notation from left to right

-identify like and unlike patterns in music

-learning about Music from other places

Drumheller Dinosaur Dance Grade 1/2

 Drumheller Dinosaur Dance Grade 1/2

The Grade 1/2 students did a lesson around the book "Drumheller Dinosaur Dance" by Robert Heldbreder.

Through this lesson, students were learning about the four different families of the non-pitched percussion (woods, metals, skins, shakers and scrapers).  They also performed rhythms on non-pitched percussion.

After reading the book, we took out 4 sound phrases from the story: boomity boom, rattley clack, thumpity thump, whickety whack.  These phrases repeat several times throughout the story.

The students decided which of the non-pitched percussion families represented each of the 4 phrases.

We did this activity 4 times so each student had a turn to play an instrument from each of the non-pitched percussion families.  

 Music Monday

On Monday May 5, Lake Bonavista School came together twice to celebrate Music Monday.

In the morning, a Brass Quintet from the CPO came to perform for us and teach us about the French Horn.

In the afternoon, we gathered to sing the 2025 Music Monday Anthem "Hold On" by Triumph along with Three Little Birds by Bob Marley and O Siem by Susan Aglukark.

At the end of the assembly, Mr. Link performed some songs for us.

What a great day!