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Issue 105: Why is my backpack SO heavy?

You need the strength of Hercules to be a music teacher. Or else I am doing something wrong. I stagger into the school loaded up with a handbag – more like my life-support system (2kg), a djembe (7kg), a samba bag … Continue reading

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Issue 51: The TES resources site

I’ve been exploring the TES (Times Educational  Supplement) resources pages for a couple of days now.  Here is the blurb on the “about us” page “The TES story is an extraordinary one: its digital community is one of the fastest … Continue reading

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Issue 50: Planning Ahead

I’ve spent a lot of time this week working through all I have learned from teaching Wider Opportunities classes in Djembe and Samba in order to create a complete set of plans for the year ahead. Whether or not I manage to … Continue reading

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Issue 49: Useful websites

This is another crib from a website that I have written about before, on class room behaviour here, and pulse games here, called the Kodaly and Orff Music Teacher’s Blog at www.herdingcatsgeorge.blogspot.co.uk The link below is for her post listing 40 good music … Continue reading

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