Music at Gioia House

Curriculum Music in Years 5 and 6

Curriculum Music Class

Over the past few weeks, Years 5 and 6 Music classes have been learning the traditional Maori stick song E Papa Waiari, which is a cultural stick song sung by the Maori people of New Zealand. We have learned how to perform a stick game in pairs that requires coordination, focus and precision. The students have composed their own ostinati (repeated patterns) to go along with the song. It has been a lot of fun!

Score reading is an integral part of our music-making in Years 5 and 6 at Santa Sabina. In Choir and Instrumental lessons, we look and sing/play music of quite a high level that requires understanding and comprehension of how to read music. In class, we have been looking closely at scores (written music) to see if we are able to decipher the signs and symbols of written music and locate various common musical features within the score. 

Cecilia Pensini | Music Teacher Years 5-6