Music: That's My Team

Stage 2 will be singing 'That's My Team' by the Hoodoo Gurus for the official opening of our school's new COLA!
We have not finalised the music arrangement as yet but some information is below.



Lyrics:

And another thing
I'm discovering lately
I'm a bit crazy
For my Rugby League team
Now the stage is set
For the best season yet
You'll see
And you will hear me
Every week when I scream

(Chorus)
That's my team
That's my team
That's my team
I'm yellin' that's my team

Like a talent scout
I've been checking out new blood
And they'll do good
They'll add a lot to our game
I'm a footy fan
Our game demands pure skill
And my team will
Beat anyone that you name

(Chorus)
That's my team
That's my team
That's my team
And I'm lettin' everyone know
That's my that's my that's my that's my team
That's my that's my that's my that's my team

They say, well they say
They're gonna try and make us pay
They say, but I say
We're ready and we're on our way
To Grand Final Day
And another thing
I've been wondering thing lately
Am i crazy
To believe in my team?
No! I'm a footy fan
So you understand my scene
Is seeing my team
Fulfill a premiership dream
That's my team
That's my team
That's my team
I want you to know
That's my that's my that's my that's my team
That's my that's my that's my that's my team
Letting you know
(That's my that's my that's my that's my team)
A Grand Final win well that's my dream
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
That's my team
That's my team

2013 Anzac Day Song

At our ANZAC Day Assembly this year we will be singing together.
Here are the lyrics to the song we have to learn:

Although you're getting on in years,
and memories seem to disappear
Some things will never fade away
Some memories will always stay
there's one day in each year you will not forget
If this year's your last year we will not forget

One more parade, One less digger by your side.
One year you're marching, the next year you ride.
Hold your head up high, hold your head up high.
Lest we forget, lest we forget.

It seems a long long time ago.
A young man far away from home.
Friends made and lost along the way.
Some memories will always stay.
Those who died those who live you will not forget.
If this year's your last year we will not forget.

One more parade, one less digger by your side
One year you're marching, the next year you ride.
Hold your head up high, hold your head up high.
Lest we forget, Lest we forget

Bridge:
The sound of cannon roaring by,
the smoke and fire covered sky,
the nights of terror as you pray.
Some memories will always stay.

At the closing of the day,
a grateful nation rised to pray.
Some things will never fade away,
some memories will always stay.
Not for one day but always,
we will not forget.
Your memory forever we will not forget.

One more parade one less digger by your side.
One year you're marching,
the next year you ride.
Hold your head up high, hold your head up high
Lest we forget lest we forget.

This is my Great Grandfather George David Richards. He was a Company Sargeant Major in World War I and World War II. He trained horses for both wars.

This is another of my great Grandfathers, Ernest Edwin Hughes. He served in WWI. It is believed this photo was taken when he was 16.5 years old.

This is my grandfather Charles Keith Colgate, he served in WWII. He married my grandmother Jessie Neilson in 1944.

Harmony Day 2013: We've Got The Whole World In Our Hands

As a whole school we will sing an alternative version of 'We've Got the Whole World In Our Hands' for Harmony Day!


More resources for Harmony Day can be found here.

Lyrics:

We’ve Got The Whole World in Our Hands

We’ve got the whole world, in our hands
We’ve got the whole world, in our hands
We’ve got the whole world in our hands
We’ve got the whole world in our hands

We should recycle now - all that we can
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - all that we can
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - all that we can
We’ve got the whole world in our hands

Be kind to the plants and animals - in our land
Be kind to the plants and animals - in our land
Be kind to the plants and animals - in our land
We’ve got the whole world in our hands

We’ve got the whole world, in our hands
We’ve got the whole world, in our hands
We’ve got the whole world, in our hands
We’ve got the whole world in our hands

Shake hands with sisters and brothers - throughout the land
Join hands with sisters and brothers - throughout the land
Join hands with sisters and brothers - throughout the land
We’ve got the whole world in our hands

Dream your bright dream - then do all that you can
Dream your bright dream - then do all that you can
Dream your bright dream - then do all that you can
We’ve got the whole world in our hands

We’ve got the whole world, in our hands
We’ve got the whole world, in our hands
We’ve got the whole world, in our hands
We’ve got the whole world in our hands

School Performance: Hansel and Gretel

The Nibbling Witch

The Nibbling Witch will get you
The Nibbling Witch is there
She grabs you in her butterfly net and drags you by the hair.
Into her kitchen she takes you
And puts you under her spell
She mixes you up with flour and spice
And adds some honey as well.
Then it’s “Snap” into the oven and “Crunch” a biscuit are you
And nibble and nibble and nibble she goes
And where you’ve gone to nobody knows
Beware -of the Nibbling Witch!



I'M HUNGRY!

I’m hungry, so hungry, so very very hungry
I’m hungry, so hungry, so very very hungry
I need something for my lunch,
Something I can munch,
Something I can crunch,
I’m hungry, so hungry

Music: Write your own sheet music!

HOLIDAYS: ACDC!

Two of my students seem to love the music of AC/DC. this story is for them. Happy Holidays!

Music: Sing a song

This year for Harmony Day our whole school will be singing 'Sing a Song' by The Carpenters. It's a special day at our school where we come together to celebrate diversity and acceptance.

Sing, sing a song
Sing out loud
Sing out strong
Sing of good things not bad
Sing of happy not sad.

Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last
Your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not
Good enough for anyone
Else to hear
Just sing, sing a song.

Sing, sing a song
Let the world sing along
Sing of love there could be
Sing for you and for me.

Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last
Your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not
Good enough for anyone
Else to hear
Just sing, sing a song.

Music: How to read music

This term I am taking a recorder group and I will be teaching my students how to read music! Here is a fun video explaining the staff and where the notes sit:



An interactive fingering chart is located here.

This interactive website may also assist students to learn their notes and advance in recorder!


Metronome by BestMetronome.com

Other online metronomes are available here and here.

Music: Helplessness Blues

I love 'Helplessness Blues' by Fleet Foxes.
It's a performance year so I guess I'm trying to stockpile some music I'm interested in sharing with my class in case I have an opportunity to contribute to the performance.

HELPLESSNESS BLUES - LYRICS
I was raised up believing I was somehow unique
Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes, unique in each way you can see
And now after some thinking, I'd say I'd rather be
A functioning cog in some great machinery serving something beyond me

But I don't, I don't know what that will be
I'll get back to you someday soon you will see

What's my name, what's my station, oh, just tell me what I should do
I don't need to be kind to the armies of night that would do such injustice to you
Or bow down and be grateful and say "sure, take all that you see"
To the men who move only in dimly-lit halls and determine my future for me

And I don't, I don't know who to believe
I'll get back to you someday soon you will see

If I know only one thing, it's that everything that I see
Of the world outside is so inconceivable often I barely can speak
Yeah I'm tongue-tied and dizzy and I can't keep it to myself
What good is it to sing helplessness blues, why should I wait for anyone else?

And I know, I know you will keep me on the shelf
I'll come back to you someday soon myself

If I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm raw
If I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm sore
And you would wait tables and soon run the store

Gold hair in the sunlight, my light in the dawn
If I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm sore
If I had an orchard, I'd work till I'm sore
Someday I'll be like the man on the screen

Music: The Colour of the Earth

I know it's early days but here is a song I really would like to teach my class for an assembly item - especially in time for ANZAC DAY.

You know, we might just have enough time to learn it!



Lyrics:

Louis was my dearest friend
Fighting in the ANZAC trench
Louis ran forward from the line
I never saw him again
Later in the dark
I thought I heard Louis' voice
Calling for his mother, then me
But I couldn't get to him
He's still up on that hill
20 years on that hill
Nothing more than a pile of bones
But I think of him still
If I was asked I'd tell
The colour of the earth that day
It was dull and browny red
The colour of blood, I'd say