Melville Intermediate - Pakuranga College Perform

This the final highlights video from the performance by Pakuranga College at the end of last term on June 26th.   The students from Pakuranga did an amazing job and held our students spell bound for the duration of the performance.  Well done to Mr Bell from Melville Intermediate School for making it possible.

Melville Intermediate - Levi's Drumming Recount

For the past few weeks I have been taking time out of school to play Drums. The first day I was so excited to see who my teacher was. His name is Adam. The first thing we did was name the Drums and then hit them. The names of the drums are the bass drum,the snare drum,the little tom,the big tom,the floor tom,the crash cymbal and the ride cymbal. For the rest of the lesson Adam taught me a really cool beat. On the second week we read music. My teacher showed me how to read percussion music, the 3rd week I read music more and got a book and a DVD. In the book there are lessons, out of 12 I am up to lesson 5. Next week I am going to see what I am doing.

Melville Intermediate - Showcase at Assembly Part 2

Melville Intermediate Assembly on Friday was an opportunity for Room One to showcase some of their talent.  At a days rehearsal (yes, really) two students were able to show their musical talent, with the assistance of Mr Bell on the Electric Guitar and perform the song 'Wipeout'.  Filmed on Friday 10th February 2012.

Melville Intermediate - Drum Lessons

Students at Melville Intermediate School have the opportunity to learn a variety of instruments through the Music Tuition Program. This is a demonstration of students who are learning drums.

Drumming at MIS from myles webb on Vimeo.

Melville Intermediate - Pulse Battle of Bands 2010 Pt2

This is the highlights of our second school band performing at the 2010 Waikato Intermediate Battle of the Bands Competition (Pulse). It was filmed at the event by Mr Bell, Melville Intermediate Schools Music Teacher.

Melville Intermediate - Melvilles Got Talent

Melville Intermediate School had their 2009 Talent Quest with Melville's Got Talent which took place in the school hall on Wednesday 16th September 2009... there were Best Individual Act, Best Group Act and Best Class Act Awards... also the Teachers both Y7 and Y8 groups took to the stage to entertain the crowd... it was an amazing evening and Mr Bell the Music Teacher at School did a fantastic job! We'll be putting some of the highlights online for you to view over the next few days!

Melville Intermediate - Ukulele Demo

Today in class we were very lucky to have two students come and play the Ukulele for us, they were Jayda and Ashton from Whaea Halley Class. This is a short video of their wonderful performance. One of the great things about Melville Intermediate is the Music Options available to students, these two students are in Mr Bell Ukulele group and are receiving extra tuition. What's even more amazing is that Jayda is left handed and is actually playing upside down!

Melville Intermediate - International Music

Mr Lamshed's Boy Class at Hackam East School in Adelaide, Australia class continues to amaze me with the creative, innovative and superb teaching idea's that they come up with. In their sites latest post two of the students Sam and James have recorded a famous New Zealand song - Pokarekare Ana, they've recorded it using Garageband and place it on site for people to listen. It's a maverlous effort and the quality of the recording sounds fantastic!

While we're following a singing theme if you have visited the other side of the world today (well it is the other side of the world for New Zealand pretty much, another of the blogs that I alwas loved visiting it 'At the Firepalce' in Abanskaya, Russia. It's an innovative blog that really gives students in New Zealand an opportunity to explore schooling from another perspective. Yesterday they posted a 'Song of Cheburashka'. We were playing in class in Hamilton, New Zealand on Friday and students were singing along, and doing a form of dance in time to the music. Its one of those opportunities for everyone to make the world a smaller place and share the world with our students. Yes that is a picture from the School playground in Russia!

While were on the subject of music and international links its also another time to mention my all time favourite blog - Mr C's class from Noel Elementary School in the USA. There's always innovative approach to lessons and work. Recently they were cleaning a group of 45 records that one of the students Saul found. The whole process has been documented on the class blog. It is work that inspires me every time I visit and where I get a huge amount of ideas from. You can check out his wondeful site by clicking here.