Showing posts with label dance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dance. Show all posts

Wednesday 29 November 2017

African Dance--trying new things and growing our minds and bodies

We were lucky to have Naby visit us and teach us some traditional West African dance, drumming and singing.   First he showed us some dance, then we sang some songs, practised dancing and then learned a bit about the drums.  He showed us three different drumming sounds.  He explained that the sounds are like a family there is the deep sound which he called the Daddy, a slightly higher one that is called the Mommy and the highest sound was the baby.  
Each class had a turn at trying the dance and then the teachers did it too!  



The dancing and drumming were really good for our maths because we had to count the beats.  
1,2,3, 1,2,3, 1,2,3,4, 5,6,7,8







Learning about African Dance was really good for us to be able to see how different places, people and cultures sing and dance and for us to give something new a try.  Everyone did give it a try and we know that when we try new things we grow our brains! Music and dancing are also really great for our wellbeing and link to our positive health curriculum.  Singing and dancing out in the sunshine and with the birds was lots of fun and got us moving and grooving! 

Thursday 8 June 2017

Neon Day

Well done to the Social Student Council Group for organising such a colourful day!

Thursday 1 June, what a great day!
Everyone stood out because they were wearing neon clothes. We had a awesome parade with awesome winners. We hope to do it again next year. By Mia and Molly

Monday 15 August 2016

Nicola's Base group practising for the music festival...


We are going to have a music festival. Nicola’s base group are doing a junk  (monsters) bot’s performance it is called junk monsters because they
are involved with plastic free peninsula. Our parents are bringing in
bits of pizza wrap, cardboard, plastic, and lots more! We have made an alien spaceship. We still need to add a few finishing touches on it. We have to cut it out a bit more and stick some more stuff on it. By Angus and Theo

Our music show
We have been practising for the music festival.  Holly (Talia’s sister) gave us a video of her dancing to improve our dance. We have been making our costumes for the show. There has been some hard things.The story is about  kids playing in the park then a spaceship came down so the play kids went away.Then we all do a little dance and become friends at the end

By Eva, Kate and Jasmine.


Nicola's Base group practising for the music festival...


We are going to have a music festival. Nicola’s base group are doing a junk  (monsters) bot’s performance it is called junk monsters because they
are involved with plastic free peninsula. Our parents are bringing in
bits of pizza wrap, cardboard, plastic, and lots more! We have made an alien spaceship. We still need to add a few finishing touches on it. We have to cut it out a bit more and stick some more stuff on it. By Angus and Theo

Our music show
We have been practising for the music festival.  Holly (Talia’s sister) gave us a video of her dancing to improve our dance. We have been making our costumes for the show. There has been some hard things.The story is about  kids playing in the park then a spaceship came down so the play kids went away.Then we all do a little dance and become frineds at the end

By Eva, Kate and Jasmine.


Monday 27 June 2016

Salsa Dancing



Today we learnt a little about the history of salsa and some did some salsa dancing. This was a lot of fun!

We are learning dance and music skills in our lead up to the music festival. Our Inquiry is about "Sound".

Wednesday 22 June 2016

Tai Chi

Today we did some Tai Chi to wake our brains up. We are experimenting with different types of music and movement.


Thursday 12 May 2016

Worser Bay Running Man Challenge

We have taken up the challenge. Worser Bay school presents...

THE RUNNING MAN CHALLENGE!


Now we challenge you. Schools of New Zealand...

#nzschoolrunningmanchallenge

Our Year 3 and 4 students took the challenge. What a lot of fun! 



Friday 30 October 2015

Capoeira



Today we did Capoeira. It was cool because you got to do side kicks and cartwheels. It was very fun!

By Jupiter and Angus


Thursday 25 June 2015

Stepping it up dance troop...

On Wednesday afternoon, we had two expert dancers come into school and teach us some cool dance moves...check out Gillian, Scott, Hayley & Ruth!



Stepping up - Dance from Matariki on Vimeo.

Wednesday 17 December 2014

WBS Has Got Talent!


Talent from Matariki on Vimeo.

Today the student council ran a talent show. It was fun and awesome. There were musical instruments, singers, dancers and more. The judges rated the talented children and added the ratings up to see who would make it into the finals. The prize was a chocolate fish. By Louie




Monday 25 August 2014

Arts Celebration poster

The Arts celebration is here…get your tickets from the office now

Rehearsal

We are preparing for the Arts Celebration. We had a run-through this afternoon!

Message from the office: We are very happy for you to order your tickets for the Arts Celebration by email and pay for themon line.  You will still need to collect your tickets from us at the office but it will save you waiting in a queue!!

If you decide to use this option, please email:


Don't forget the ticket payments go into the general school account:

ASB 123478 0039493 00

Friday 22 August 2014

Art Celebration

Trying on costumes for the art celebration that's coming up. And face painting.



Sunday 29 June 2014

Practising Our Dance Skills


We were  dancing to the rhythm of the music. The music was slow so we had to place ourselves in different positions.

We were learning to move in different ways. You don’t have to move your whole body at once.