This year’s IRC Remembrance Day Assembly included a tableau presentation by the Grade 6s about The Law of Great Peace, an IRC parent speaking about her appreciation for Canada, traditional trumpet music, and the Primary Choir singing “Thanks a lot.” Sitting in a circle together was my favourite part. 

Our Junior (Grades 3-6) choir just recorded Ruth B’s “Lost Boy” for the CBC Canadian Music Class Challenge. IRC Dad, Rob, brought in a recording team and the students, Ms Greenwood, and I dug deep as we recorded multiple takes. I’m so proud of our hard work! A big thanks to Ms Hagen for taking on this challenge with me!

…as we gear up for composing. 

Guitar Club’s performance of “We Can Work It Out” sounded even better than in rehearsals – love it when that happens!! The entire school sang along with us.

In Drama we’ve started the year with tableaux. The lyrics of Ruth B’s ” Lost Boy” inspired these silent, focused, and still pictures. 

IRC students are writing notes and soon those notes will become songs! We’ve also been playing “treble clef hopscotch” which is my favourite way yet of teaching the names of the staff’s lines and spaces!

This year all of my Gr2-6 students worked on developing an original character. We then wrote scripts using these new voices, and later we developed class plays. Grades 2 and 3s had time to create settings and costumes for their plays and we presented them to Kindergarten classes on the IRC stage. Much fun, excitement, and learning!!

The students and I wrote a Sesquicentennial song and we recorded it all together. Each class arranged and recorded a different Canadian Folk Song. Classroom teachers gathered videos of their students celebrating Canada. We compiled the footage and made a 50 min movie. We watched it at a school movie night. One day we’re going to be famous:)

Grades 3-6 compete for the most defined terms. Winner gets ice cream. Miya won!!

Ms. Smith’s Grade 4s made us so proud last Thursday night at TDSB’s 131st Spring Concert. They got me onto Massey Hall Stage – every musician’s dream! Thank you to Ms. Greenwood, Kaleb, and Mr. Hanley for all of their help. Incredible.