Doing ÉRB proud!

Throughout the month of May, students had the opportunity to audition for two special divisional groups.

First up "The Divisional Children's Choir" that is composed of Grade 5 students from across the division. Next year, I am proud to say that 8 of our Grade 5 students will be participating in this choir. Congratulations to Sameer, Emily, Paityn, Paige, Mackenzie, Robyn, Tyah and Maia.

Students were also given the chance to audition for a part in "The Divisional Musical Theatre" production of Peter Pan. This group is composed of Grade 4-8 students from across the entire division. 

I am thrilled to announce that École Robert Browning will be represented by 5 current students along with a few former students as well. Congratulations to Mackenzie, Chloe, Katie, Bailee and Kiana, along with Abby, Kieran and Hanna. Good luck!!!

EMS Week Kick Off Event

EMS week is a celebration dedicated to all the men and women who deliver life saving skills to everyone in need. We at École Robert Browning, were very fortunate to host to "Official Kick Off" to this special week. Students and staff had the opportunity to tour an ambulance, fire truck, MIRV and police car. We practiced our bike & road safety with PACERS, we created our own first aid kits and we learned when to call 9-1-1 and how our calls are handled. A big thank you to all EMS staff for coming out today. 

For more information on the EMS week, you can visit their website at www.winnipegemsweek.ca

Pirates!

Congratulations to all students who participated 
in the Spring Musical "Pirates!" 

The show was a complete success and 
enjoyed by all who attended. 

A big thank you to the fabulous team of teachers 
who helped me every step of the way! 

École Robert Browning Presents....Pirates!

ARRRRRR you ready for Pirates?

Students from Grades 4 and 5 would like to invite you to attend their Spring Musical:

Wednesday, May 14th

École Robert Browning Gym

 1:30pm and 7pm

(Students must arrive by 6:30pm)

Silver collection at the door.

                                                             

 Hope to see you there :)

Eggs! Eggs! Eggs!

Students had fun this week playing 2 different Easter Egg Hunt type games.

The Easter Bunny made a special trip to the Music Room and delivered 

many colourful eggs containing hidden musical messages. 

For the first game, students were asked to search around the room for 20 hidden Easter eggs. Each egg either contained a musical message or it was empty. If they found a musical message, they had to answer the question on their scoresheet before moving on to another egg. 

For the second game, the Easter Bunny left a bunch of eggs all over the floor. Mme Richard clapped a rhythm and students raced to find the egg with the matching rhythm hidden inside. 

A new musical form called... RONDO!

The Grade 3 students having been busy working on a musical form called RONDO!

Rondo is when a piece of music follows a specific form (ABACADAE....) where a main theme is repeated. 

We first learned a song called "Écoute" and explored the Rondo form using the Xylophones, Boomwhackers, African Drums and Maracas.

Next we learned a piece called "Allons'y" where we performed a circle dance in the form of a Rondo. 

We then listened to a piece of music called "Viennese Musical Clock". This is a classical piece that follows the Rondo form. The students were then divided into groups to create movement that would go along with the piece. 

Finally, the students will have the chance to create their own Rondos in class using any musical instrument. These Rondos will then be performed to the rest of the class. 

BOOMWHACKERS!!

This week, students had the opportunity to use Boomwhackers!!! We learned that the longer tubes make low sounds and the shorter tubes make high sounds. We also discovered that the largest tube "C" made the lowest sound, while the shortest tube, also a "C", made the highest sound. 

Students were given the chance to perform different rhythms on the Boomwhackers by hitting them on the ground or with a partner. We explored what happens when you hit 2 different Boomwhackers together... it creates an interval!

Finally, the students were given the Boomwhackers they needed to perform a familiar song "Twinkle Twinkle" and were asked to try and figure out in which order the Boomwhackers needed to be played. 

We finished the class by performing the song "Twinkle Twinkle" as a whole class.