Diwali Orff Dance October 26, 2021 0 comments Sourced fromTeachingwithorff.com Written by Manju Durairaj Diwali for the year 2021 is celebrated/ observed on Thursday, November 4. Diwali is held on 15th day of the month of Kartika in the Hindu calendar and celebrates the festival of lights. Background For Hindus, Diwali is one of the most important festivals of the year BOOK WEEK COMPOSITIONS! August 23, 2021 0 comments HAPPY BOOK WEEK 2021! How do you celebrate book week in your music rooms? This year’s Book Week theme of “Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds” is perfect for exploring sound and making music. An easy and fun project for you and your students is to try the following: Choose a picture book (something The Ups and Downs of Music Advocacy July 26, 2021 0 comments The Melbourne Music Summit is the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s annual conference designed to support and inspire generalist and specialist music teachers. MSO’s Creative Chair for Learning and Engagement and neuro-musical educator, Dr Anita Collins explains why music learning is essential for every child, and how to advocate for it, in both schools and beyond. For Uke Can Orff PD Notes June 7, 2021 0 comments Our WAOSA Committee recently hosted our North Metro Network Meeting on the 12th May, kindly hosted by Laura Walker at Wembley Downs Primary School. Thank you to everyone who attended this fun afternoon of ukulele and song. Presented by Liz, Laura and Ash, this PD was a fun way to explore how we can include HARMONY DAY SONGS March 22, 2021 0 comments Happy Harmony Day to all of our WAOSA Members. We hope you are enjoying celebrating Harmony Day with some amazing music from all around the world. This year, I created the following tasks for my Year 2, 3 and 4 students aimed at composition, notation and performance to a piece of music from around the BACK TO SCHOOL 2021 February 8, 2021 0 comments On behalf of the WAOSA Committee, we would like to wish all of our music teachers a wonderful start to Term One, 2021. We know it’s been a tricky start so we hope you have lots of fun finally welcoming your students back into your music rooms. We would also like to acknowledge all teachers
