Music in the Early Years

Music at Mary Bailey House (Curricular)

In the next few weeks at Mary Bailey House, we will be working on incorporating familiar Indigenous songs into our repertoire. Indigenous songs help the children to have an understanding of First Nations perspectives and to build our own connection to Country. We use modern takes on traditional instruments, such as claves, to work out the difference between ‘keeping the beat’ and ‘showing the rhythm.  

Music at Del Monte (Curricular)

Singing for the Del Monte Fathers’ Day Mass has been a work in progress this term in our music classes. We learnt all the songs – from memory – and were ably accompanied by the ‘Del Monte Band’ consisting of drums, strings and piano. Everyone sang 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) with such joy! We are looking forward to keeping up the good work of engaging with liturgical music and further sharing God’s gift of music with our community.

Year 3 space composers!

Using a variety of resources, the students in Year 3 have continued their space adventure. They have composed their own space rhythm using objects they might find in space as inspiration (asteroids, constellations, planets etc). The students have many questions about space and are incorporating these ideas into their compositions.

Prep Music Classes

Streamers are helping us to use our left and right hands separately. We have favourite songs which we frequently request to sing, and enjoy dancing and moving to the beat.

(Instrumental) Music Learning Walks

Wildly successful, we loved welcoming our parents and carers to our lessons on Monday, and placing some of our Music learning in context! Thank you to family and friends who came along to watch our learning in action.  

Private tuition

Over 30 world-class music tutors grace the tuition rooms at Santa Sabina, when in between their own music-making pursuits, they are keen to invest in the next generation of musicians. There are places available in a wide range of instrument studios. If you would like to learn more, email music@ssc.nsw.edu.au or speak to your Music Teacher who will point you in the right direction.

Phillipa Knight – Music Teacher
Coordinator of Music P-4

More Music…

There are so many exciting music happenings across our great school each week! Be sure to click the links below to be kept in the know, and to find out more about the extracurricular and co-curricular opportunities available to our students across P-12! Private lessons, ensembles – there is something for every student at Santa.