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 18 August 2014

Current and first unit in the music class for this academic year

We have begun with our first unit which is Melody and Vocal Exploration. Our voices are one of the biggest gifts that we have and how we could use them to express ourselves is something that is explored in this unit.

The first step is a pre assessment where the students are given an assignment to record themselves singing a solo for a minimum of 30 seconds to a maximum of 2 minutes. They will also need to reply to a few questions to gain an understanding of the topic.

The song used for the pre assessment across grades 3, 4 and 5 is the OIS school song. This song is also chosen as it has a powerful message which could be well adhered to by students as we progress with the school year.


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