Ripples in the Rock Pools


Senior Groups.

St Brigid and the Harps; a little story about St Brigid while La le Bríde is still in mind.
 https://www.libraryireland.com/LegendaryFictionsIrishCelts/V-13-1.php


Listening and Responding The story of Gruanuaile inspired a piece by Shaun Davey. Ripples in the Rockpools. We had a closer listen to one of the sections today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDttxfLI6dU








Click here for the worksheet and notes  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x1h-luAluhEDAqfT-9_SXqxKQCvKXr8G-bxnE3VrQNo/edit

 Uilleann Pipes: Here is David Power from Co Waterford playing a little Greek tune on the pipes in a pub in Dungarvan.

Performing 
Warm Up Steady Beat Rap 
Composing Students to make up their own rap
Rounds Singing in canon.  Two groups; Row Row Your Boat
We worked on  a sea shanty The Drunken Sailor. We learned some riffs to make it more interesting. Listen to the riffs here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8tZsiLja6jUaHZfSDFCOUx1OWM/view?usp=sharing



Major and Minor Chords.  Tonality We looked at the difference in sound between major and minor chords.Two different colours
We sang Hot Cross in major and minor keys.

We looked at the Major Scale Ladder.  

 Half steps (semitones) 

Doh
Ti

La

Soh

Fa
Mi 

Re

Doh


Junior Group

Elements
Circle Dance
Here We Go Looby Loo Action Song Circle Dance with actions.
New Train Song Adding a Toot Toot on recorder.
New: Counting Song as gaeilge  Aon Dó  singing to solfa soh mi ; following the road map (staff notation)
Three Little Pigs Songs; Have You Any Straw For Sale Trotting Down The Road.
  Adding Percussion Three sounds straw, sticks , bricks shakers, sticks and drum.



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