Music... from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.

As one aspect of our inquiry into  the meaning of 'culture', the children listened to a piece of music from Arnhem land that was recorded live in 1953.   We also looked at a map of Australia which showed the HUGE number of different language groups of Aboriginal and Torres Strait people spread across Australia.  We are going to explore the music from a number of different areas and groups of people, and consider what is similar and what is different about the music they create. We are beginning to ask questions about the music. This is the link to the music we listened to on Friday 4th February...
Djedbang-ari
The children thought about the sounds within the music, and I asked them to try and connect a colour, a symbol and an image to the sounds they could hear.  This is a great routine for capturing responses to literature, music, dance and artwork. 
The map of Australia's indigenous language groups can be found at this site.  Some children were keen to actually count the language groups... How many can you find?

I am really excited to be back with these wonderful children again!  I am going to be in the year 2 Neighbourhood on Mondays and Fridays.
Have a lovely weekend!
Janette Allen