Term 1 2020, Liverpool Public School – Week 4

Today I tried splitting the kids into groups - so one group doing music while another coloured in, then swapping.

I had planned to use my laptop with midi keyboard to use a bunch of different instruments and loops which I had prepared, plus bringing a mic to record, but although my laptop speakers are loud, they were almost inaudible in that room! So I had to change my plan a bit...

The colouring sheets were a hit, I tried to find characters that could be the characters in the story. I found a bunch of black women and children colouring in sheets, as well as African huts and patterns, and the kids and mums loved the sheets.

Musically, the kids are progressing well. More calm every week and focusing on how to play the songs. Its good to repeat the same songs, and some of the kids had memorised one of them already which was great.

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Next week I am going to go to the room next door and record narration and the kids playing the songs one by one into my computer either midi or recording them with a mic. I am going to get them to imagine different scenes of the story and try to make music that fits that.

I'm worried that the engagement isn't as good as previous terms, as kids are getting overwhelmed by the noise and not wanting to participate as much as usual. Hopefully this will be remedied a bit.

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