Thursday, January 9, 2025

Reminder: Musicplayonline access at home

Repost:

A reminder that LBS students can access Musicplayonline at home!  

There are many activities and games to support the students with their Music learning.

Please see instructions below on how to access:

Lake Bonavista School has a Musicplayonline subscription.  As part of our subscription, students are able to access the website at 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.  This is where your student can look for songs, games and activities that we have done in class.

Have fun!

Julie Kawchuk

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Caroling

 Caroling



This week we have had fun reviewing some Caroling songs.  This has been a great opportunity for students to review known material and to learn some new songs.  

Caroling in the gym as a whole school is a wonderful experience as well.

Happy Holidays and we will see you in 2025!

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Winter Event Thursday December 12 2024

 Winter Event Thursday December 12 2024


Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Winter Event on Thursday night!


A reminder of the performance times:




See you then!

Monday, December 2, 2024

Bluebells

 Bluebells



The Grade 1's and 2's have been working with the song 'Bluebells'

We started by learning the song and identifying the rhythms in the melody.

We then went to the Barred instruments to practice playing a Bordun of quarter and half notes on the notes F and C.


We finished our work with 'Bluebells' by playing a steady beat hand-clapping game with a partner.







Thursday, November 21, 2024

Old Brass Wagon

 Old Brass Wagon




Grade 3/4 have been working with the song "Old Brass Wagon".  We have been practicing 16th notes, singing the song and have been learning the dance.  It has been fun learning how to Promenade and Do-si-do as we continue to work on moving to the beat in different ways.








Monday, October 28, 2024

Autumn is Here

 Autumn is Here!



Autumn is Here

The Grade 3/4's have been participating in music activities around the concept of Autumn.  We have sung 'Falling Leaves' as a round, and we played the song on the Orff Instruments.  We read the story 'In the Middle of Fall'.  We also had a wonderful time participating in Mr. Del Gaudio's  'Autumn is Here' song and instrument activity.  All students had a turn to play the woodblocks, drums, shakers, bells and triangles.  Each instrument represented a different part of the lyrics in the song.  










Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Playing the Spoons

 Spoons





The Grade 5/6 students recently practiced playing the Spoons.  

We focused on:
  • maintaining a steady beat at different tempos
  • playing the spoons between their still hand and their lap.  We talked a lot about keeping the hand still while playing  - and producing the sound by playing the spoons back and forth between the hand and the leg.  

Boomwhackers - Grades 1-6

LBS students have been working with the Boomwhackers this week.  Boomwhackers are percussion instruments -pitched coloured tubes tuned to a ...