Welcome Message

Greetings from Naveen Cabral, the Primary music teacher for Grades 4 and 5. I have also been assigned the responsibility of a Performance Co-ordinator in the Primary, under which I do run the Primary Musical and the Festival of Choirs. I am very excited to be entering my 13th year in teaching, 11 of which have been with the best of PYP schools. I play the guitar, recorder, keyboard/piano, xylophones and a few other instruments but my forte lies in singing. In addition to my strong PYP experience, I recently completed my Grade 8 Vocals in Trinity - Rock and Pop. I have also completed various other music certifications through the Trinity College of Music. I have been trained by quite a few professionals in different instruments and musical technique. In addition to the Music Together certification that I have, I have attended quite a few IB workshops (PYP). I do perform as a musician in my spare time, as a vent to my outburst of passion and love for music.

I believe my education and degree in my career has mainly been my teaching experience, which has helped me acquire the best from my students as we worked together to create great music and events. My aim will always be to help the students acquire musical skills and knowledge that will help them improve as an overall personality towards a better future for our world.

Monday 24 November 2014

Costume Policy

As we are getting ready for our concerts, thought I could post the costume policy for our students. This policy has been sent out through the school bulletins and is to help reinforce what we need to bear in mind about our costumes.

Costumes for Concerts and Performances  (Grade 1-5)

Please find listed details about our 'Costumes' policy for our concerts and performances in the Primary. Costumes are an important part of performances as it immediately supports the characters and roles and helps add confidence and life to the whole setup. 
Costume differences by class/grade- Costumes are finalised by the individual classes or grades depending on the performances. In many cases, different classes will have different costume requirements. We usually try to keep costumes simple and limit them to easy to find items and clothing students might already have. We would like you to work out costumes from what you may currently have or from what you could borrow.

When classes want to make costumes more complex or get tailored clothing- In some cases parents have asked to get tailored costumes. In this case, costumes must still be approved by Mr. Cabral/Ms. Henderson and would need to be arranged by parents. Please bear in mind, that you are requested to keep the other parents informed about prices that would be incurred by the child for the costumes and only then, you may proceed with it after you receive a go ahead from that parent. Costs will need to be limited to a maximum of INR 1200 per child. The school will not be collecting any money nor will be taking up the role of providing costumes to the students. Guidance can be definitely taken from our music teachers and your homeroom teacher. If a tailor is coming in, it must be prearranged at the convenience of the homeroom teacher and the tailor must be accompanied by the arranging parent. 

Monday 10 November 2014

Surprise!!!

A 'little' surprise coming up on Children's Day here at OIS........


Monday 3 November 2014

Winter Concert

We take pleasure in letting you know about our schedules for the Winter Concerts in the Primary. The same is list below. Hoping to see you all watch and appreciate our students as they exhibit their skills from the music lessons at school.

*Winter Concerts:

10th December - N and JKG 8:30 - 9:45am
11th December - PS and SKG 8:30 - 9:45am
15th December - Grade 1 8:15 - 8:45am, Grade 3 9:15-9:45am
16th December - Grade 2 8:15-8:45am, Grade 4 9:15-9:45am
17th December - Grade 5 9:15-9:45am