Monthly Archives: July 2012

Issue 49: Welcome to the Jungle

Today is the opening day of the Olympic Games, and I have just realised that there are No Olympic Links at all in this week’s Jungle! Well, it’s too late for me to do anything about that now, as the … Continue reading

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Issue 49: The Gardener’s Piano

I’m no gardener. However I could be converted, if I could persuade the tangle of brambles and goose-grass in my  flowerbeds to grow like this:   I found the picture here: https://twitter.com/CBCarey/status/228304001576353792/photo/1 If you want a piano like this, you can buy … Continue reading

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Issue 49: BBC Radio 4 Programme; “Key Matters”

Thank heavens for BBC iplayer! As I am usually here, there, and everywhere during the week, in term-time, I miss all kinds of interesting radio programmes. On Tuesday I listened to a 15 minute programme called “Key Matters”, in which … 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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Issue 48: Welcome to the Music Jungle

Hello again. Well, I think I need to apologise for the lack of sunshine that we have had here over the last few weeks. It is too much of a coincidence that as soon as we had finished performing our … Continue reading

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Issue 48: The Summer Holidays

I have taught the last music lesson of the term – phew! Now I’m looking at 6 weeks of freedom from the tyranny of timetables with “School’s Out for Summer” ringing in my ears: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qga5eONXU_4 I have several projects planned … Continue reading

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Issue 48: Performing and Recording

This week I took part in a recording session for the very first time. I had accompanied a junior school choir in their summer concert last week. They sang magnificently, with confidence and enthusiasm.  I could have done with learning … Continue reading

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Issue 48: Music “Literacy”

I follow Michael Rosen’s blog at http://michaelrosenblog.blogspot.com . He writes with passion about children’s literacy issues, and libraries, and the importance of books. It set me thinking about how “literacy” is part of music teaching. Last week I posted about … Continue reading

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