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| Grade 5 girls singing and dancing. I am sure gonna miss you! |
This is my 9th year end at Stevenson. It's been a really low key year and I've needed a break from all the business and events. We've had some lovely moments this year and also learning to adjust to our split classes has been both joyful and challenging. Split classes are always difficult in music as we often build on previous years, with certain music skills and concepts that are age appropriate. This year there was a large gap in the span and a variety of abilities. We want all students making music but also knowing and understanding concepts, communicating effectively and appropriately, and gaining proficiency in skills and confidence in individual and group tasks such as reading, writing, playing, performing, music listening/appreciation, and improvising. This is an unending huge task and my students didn't disappoint as I saw many grow through failure and triumphs.
To my Grade 5s - thank you for the years of making music together. I hope and pray that you continue to find nuggets of life and joy through music making experiences and will look back on your years of plays, choir, Orff, games, dances, solos, and drumming with fondness. I look forward to seeing you in the future bands, choirs, and ever appreciating the vast colorful wonders of music throughout the rest of your lives.
See you at our final assembly at 10:00 a.m. in the Stevenson gym.
Have a wonderful summer and see you all in September!
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| Kinders exploring sounds |
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| Making a band |
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| Grade 5s who have passed and surpassed their Level 1 Recorder Karate tests. Congrats! |
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| Performing for our peers |
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| Outdoor Music - Drumming station |
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| Room 5 Tapping our Potential Music Monday performance |
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| Orff Club performing pieces from our story plays |
