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Aideen Hughes replied to Anna Gower's discussion Wish Lists"Don't suppose you are allowed to say a subteacher for a week to give a poor over worked teacher a wee break??"
Anna Gower posted a discussionWish Lists
If you had £1000 to spend on kitting out your department for MF what would you prioritise? Hypothetical by the way. Sadly I haven't got £1000.See More
Anna Gower joined Abigail D'Amore's group
Musical Futures: Scotland
This group, while remaining part of the overall MF community, is specifically for music teachers and practitioners in Scotland, UK who are piloting MF during the academic year 2011-2012.
Ben Smith posted a discussionMusical Futures Australia
We are looking for new and beginning Musical Futures schools, or, people/schools interested in taking on Musical Futures for an upcoming PD opportunity to be hosted at Trafalgar Primary School. Aimed mainly at new/beginning or schools interested in getting started, not necessarily existing schools. Please pass this on to local Gippsland/Eastern Suburbs (Melbourne) teachers and get them to call or email me at school to provide an expression of interest.Also, check out…See More
Michael Griffin posted a status"I've been checking out some New Horizons adult music ed programs in USA and Canada. Absolutely terrific."
Helen Bub-Connor joined Ben Smith's group
Musical Futures Australia
This group, whilst remaining part of the whole Musical Futures worldwide team, is a specific group relating to Musical Futures in Australia.
Ben Smith left a comment for Helen Bub-Connor"Welcome to the Music Teachers' Network Helen! I hope that this will become a great professional resource and teacher network for you. Please make sure to join the Musical Futures Australia group on the "Groups" page, it will be great…"
Ben Smith commented on Sarah Murphy's blog post Band Carousel in One Classroom"I have run the band carosel in a large spae using all sorts of instruments and the noise level was not too excessive, that said, I also now have 5 JamHubs set up and a bunch of instruments attached to them all and this in a perfect world is ideal…"
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Band Carousel in One Classroom
Posted by Sarah Murphy on April 16, 2012 at 2:41 5 Comments 0 Likes
I am interested in hearing from anyone who is using band carousel in one classroom space.
This is for a school new to Musical Futures who have a fairly large classroom but no breakout rooms available. They are equiped with Lots of guitars, keyboards, hand percussion and a drum kit, and the teachers involved keen.
The noise level and the practical workings of this approach would be very interesting to them as they get started.
Would be delighted to hear from anyone who…
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Redesigning my KS3 SoW - design tenets
Posted by John Kelleher on April 7, 2012 at 4:05 0 Comments 1 Like
I've been redesigning my KS3 SoW and I wanted to share the principles behind the redesign. Read about them here.
note charts for bass guitar, guitar and ukulele
Posted by Peter Crowe on March 31, 2012 at 23:30 0 Comments 0 Likes
Case Study of Launching Musical Futures with Years 5 and 6 in 2011 at Timbarra Primary School Melbourne Australia.doc
Posted by Peter Crowe on March 24, 2012 at 19:00 0 Comments 1 Like
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Wish Lists
Started by Anna Gower. Last reply by Anna Gower yesterday. 2 Replies 1 Like
If you had £1000 to spend on kitting out your department for MF what would you prioritise? Hypothetical by the way. Sadly I haven't got £1000.Continue
Musical Futures Australia
Started by Ben Smith May 16. 0 Replies 0 Likes
We are looking for new and beginning Musical Futures schools, or, people/schools interested in taking on Musical Futures for an upcoming PD opportunity to be hosted at Trafalgar Primary School. Aimed…Continue
The dreaded word .......... Assessment
Started by Andrew Arney May 8. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hi guys - am looking for how people are going about formal assessment. The MF site has some rubrics etc from the UK but would love to hear what Australian schools (particularly in secondary) are…Continue
Songs for kids in Musical Futures
Started by Ben Smith. Last reply by Andrew Arney May 7. 19 Replies 0 Likes
I have several groups running in every class and many of them are choosing to do their own versions of pop songs as well as some older songs so I thought I would share them on here. Maybe if we all…Continue
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