We love music: Some online games from Music Games.net

notes of a rock song
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We love music in the classroom.

Singing together

or playing musical instruments together

makes us feel happy

and more of a team.

Here are some great music games

on Music Games.net.

 

If you would like to see other posts about music 

on this blog, just click on this link.

After all we are called ‘If Only the Best Birds Sang’ 😉

 

Mighty Oaks from Little Acorns Grow – Past Pupil’s Musical Success.

We were very happy to hear about

the musical success of a past pupil of the school.

Harry O’Connor left St.Brigid’s

after a year in Ms. Ahern’s Junior Infants.

We have happy memories of Harry performing

‘The Friendly Cow’ in Kilcoole Feis 2003.

As we recall he won.

Here he is sitting at the front of his

Junior Infants class on the left.

Now fourteen, Harry is an accomplished

composer, musician and conductor.

This is a live recording of the

first performance of ‘Gloria in D’.

Harry wrote this piece for

piano, percussion and choir,

for the Kenmare Choral Festival.

We wish Harry all the best

in the future

and will follow his progress

with interest and with pride.

Music for Fun – Music Websites – Student Favourites

 2nd Class Room Six enjoyed

Primary Resource Co Uk – Early Bird Singers

Curious
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and these ones;

 

Singing Horses from Denny Web.com

Bobby McFerrin.com – Sing and Play with Bobby

Exploratorium.edu – Dotmixer

 

You can find more student favourites by clicking on the tag

‘Student Request’ 

or ‘Student Favourite’ at the top of this post

on the right of the page under ‘Click below to see…’

 

Thank you for the music: Contemporary songs (with lyrics onscreen) on Vimeo that we enjoy singing

Our class loved a sing song this year.

These Vimeo videos are useful in that they have the lyrics on screen.

Disney - Illuminations - Reflections of Earth (3) (Explored)
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We find the words of Katy Perry ‘Firework’ uplifting and inspiring.

 is very melodic and tuneful.

three little birds 20.11.07
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Bob Marley’s ‘Three Little Birds’  also puts us in a good humour and

Dynamite
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Taio Cruz’s ‘Dynamite’  is … dynamite!

Wintersong
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Though the words of  ‘Winter Song’ by Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson

are not included on this video, we are including here,

because in is another song we enjoyed this year.

Vimeo is very convenient as,

unlike Youtube, it is not ‘blocked’ in school.

However please do not let your child use Vimeo unattended.

A Learning About Music Website, 2nd Class Room 6 Enjoyed.

This year 2nd Class Room 6 enjoyed this music website.

During the year we learned about sound and rhythm.

I am posting the link here, because perhaps

my students told me

they would like to try these activities at home;

BBC Northern Ireland Schools – Music Website

Face The Music
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Lots of activities on New York Philharmonic Kids.org – Kids Zone

 

These are other good music websites;

SFS Kids.org – Learning About Music Website

 

This is an interactive keyboard;

BGFL.org’s Interactive Keyboard

and here is an interactive drumkit;

Primary Resources.co.uk – Online Drumkit

 

You can find more student favourites by clicking on the tag

‘Student Request’ or ‘Student Favourite’ at the top of this post

on the right of the page under ‘Click below to see…’

2nd Class Room 6 wrote a Class Song

2nd Class Room 6 wrote a Class Song

The boys and girls in 2nd Class Room 6 love to sing.

They love Taio Cruz’s ‘Dynamite’

and the Minecraft version.

They based their class song on ‘Dynamite.’

Here it is:

 

We throw our hands into the air sometimes

Saying A-YO

Come on, let’s go

 

We want to celebrate

and live our lives.

Saying A-Y0

Come on, let’s go

Class photo
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We came to school, school, school, school,

We’re in the door

Cos we’re no fool, fool, fool, fool,

We’ll tell you more

and all our friends, friends, friends, friends,

are all so cool

Cos that that’s the rule, rule, rule, rule,

Yeah, Yeah

 

Cos it goes on and on and on

Yes work goes on and on and on

Yeah

 

We throw our books up in the air sometimes

Saying A-YO, come on let’s go.

 

We want to celebrate and live our lives

Saying A-YO

Come on, let’s go.

 

We’re going to rock this class

We’re going to work all day

When we’ve got it done

We can go and play.

 

Cos we’ve told you once

and we’ve told you twice

We’re going to rock this class

Like it’s dynamite

 

We want to work, work, work, work

But we can’t wait

Until class ends, ends, ends, ends

So we can go home

with all our friends, friends, friends, friends.

Put down your pens

And we will smile, smile, smile, smile

 

Yeah yeah

Cos it goes on and on and on

It goes on and on and on

Yeah

We throw up our pens up in the air sometimes

Saying A-YO

Come on, let’s go.

We want to celebrate

and live our lives.

 Saying A-YO

Come on let’s go

 

We’re going to rock this classl

We’re going to work all day

And when work is done

We will go and play

 

Cos we’ve told you once

and we’ve told you twice

We’re going to rock this class

Like it’s dynamite.

 

Next we are going to learn the song and make a podcast.