2025 Levels Reflections 4 November 2025 0 comments This year’s September school holidays provided more than a break from teaching; it provided the opportunity for many music educators to attend and complete an Orff Level! Levels 1 and 2 were held in Perth and we had some of our own educators travel to Sydney to complete Level 4 training. In this Blog post A Spoonful of Sound! 14 August 2025 0 comments Did you join us this year at the Pinnacle 2025 ANCOS Orff Schulwerk Conference and recently purchase a set of spoons? We invite you to join us in this collaborative sound project to explore, create and compose some spoon-a-riffic sounds! Read more here… Meaningful, Musical Assessment 9 June 2025 0 comments Assessment. It’s part of every learning and teaching experience, and as committee member Amy Hall writes, is often misunderstood as the final destination—a grade at the end of a term, a performance polished to perfection. However, for those of us teaching in Western Australian classrooms, particularly with an Orff Schulwerk approach, assessment is much more: To Recorder or Not Recorder?! 8 April 2025 0 comments Why should I bother to teach recorder in my class? It’s a waste of time! It relates to nothing….’ WAOSA LIfe member, and ANCOS Levels Presenter Jackie Ewers, considers the benefits of including recorder in the music classroom. Read on to explore the role of recorder in Orff Schulwerk and your music classroom. Jackie also Australian National Council of Orff-Schulwerk 22nd National Conference Perth, Western Australia 17 February 2025 0 comments It’s hard to believe it’s been over a month since we hosted Pinnacle! So much work went into this National Conference, which was enjoyed by over 150 participants in person and online. We invite you to join us as we take a trip down memory lane, and enjoy the highlights of this amazing week spent singing, JINGLE BELLS SAVE THE DAY! Christmas inspiration from WAOSA Life Member, Helen Wilson 26 November 2024 0 comments When you are in the last week of school and you have a music class with the Year 2 or 3 and in the last period of the day, its time to bring out that old chestnut….Jingle Bells! Process: Sing through the song Jingle Bells. The students find a partner. Have them standing in
