Bring on the Snow!

I know! I'm sorry, but that's the name of our holiday concert musical this year!! "Bring on the Snow" is well in the hearts and minds of our students right now and we will be ready to bring you an exciting concert on Tuesday Dec. 8 at 1:30 and 7:00 PM.(Monday Dec.7 Grandparents Dress Rehearsal 1:30). The singers, actors, tech team and teachers are all working very hard to make this a concert that will not be forgotten. Please make sure you read the note that has gone home around tickets for our concert this year and the reasons behind this. If there is anyone who would like to help find/make props, help with costumes please email me at the school soon. Thank You in advance! Enjoy the Show!

Garden of Remembrance

I would like to just say that I am so proud of how respectful and thoughtful our school was at our Remembrance Day Service on Tuesday. The beautiful flowers we made to honour the men and women who has served in the war was an amazing display today. The music, words and behavior at the assembly was exactly as it should be. Thank You to everyone who helped in making our service so beautiful. Here is a picture of our garden.

Mindset in the Music Classroom

This year our staff at Linden Meadows will be learning more about Mindset in the classroom. We believe that a growth mindset will lead to a desire to learn and work hard to achieve your goals. I am very much in agreement with this learning strategy and believe that having a positive attitude towards learning music goes a long way in our classroom. Music is not always an easy thing but everyone can sing and dance and everyone can learn to play an instrument. Practice will always be the key to our success in the music classroom. So when we start practicing for our holiday concert and begin our journey learning to play the recorder remember these words and don't give up!

Grade 3-5 Choir

The Grade 3-5 choir is busy getting ready to perform for the Remembrance Day Assembly in November. they are singing one of my favourite songs "Song of Peace" which is a partner song with Dona Nobis Pacem (Grant us Peace). The video below is for practicing at home as the voice on the recording is in a good range for us to practice at home.

Grade 1 and 2 Choir

I am so excited that we now have a choir for the Grade 1's and the Grade 2's. This is something that we have never had before at Linden Meadows School! The best part, is that it is during the school day and I get them for one extra class!! We have started out our choir rehearsals talking about singing posture. This is one very important aspect of singing! If we can get this right, everything else will fall into place quite smoothly. Our bulletin board reads "Don't have Despicable singing posture!" I usually don't like throwing negative statements around my classroom but this one is hilarious to the kids and they really get what I mean when I say it! I never thought it would be such a popular saying! I borrowed the picture below but this is what ours "sort of"

looks like with Mrs. Dueck's drawing of a minion!!

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back Linden Meadows! I am so happy to be back and have a lot of new ideas and lessons to share with you this year. Make sure you check back on the blog for any information you might need about the music room and upcoming performances. Get ready for singing, recorders, musicals, drumming, and dancing!!

Gold Winning Choir!

So excited to tell everyone that the Grade 3-5 choir received a gold rating at the Winnipeg Music Festival yesterday! Congratulations to each and every student who attended rehearsals, practiced along with the videos and worked at home to memorize the words to the songs. All our hard work and attention to details paid off in the end. A big thank you to Mrs. Cannons and all of the extra time she has given us to practice and attend rehearsals with us. Enjoy and let's get back at it with some new songs next week!