Primary Students Connecting and Sharing
Traditional Song
A Song from Canada
Dec 1st
The Grade 2/3s have really enjoyed everyone’s songs this week and wanted to share a traditional Canadian song with you.
Our song is a combination of My Paddle’s Keen and Bright and Land of the Silver Birch. They are traditional Canadian folk songs that were often sung while paddling in a canoe. The paddlers would use the beat of the song to help them paddle in unison. The two songs are partner songs (Two songs that can be sung together at the same time).
Have you ever paddled in a canoe before?
Can you think of any other times that songs are used to keep the beat?
Traditional American Song: “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”
Nov 30th
Connecticut, USA
We love listening to Mrs. Yollis’ class sing This Land is Your Land, 2KM & 2KJ singing G’Day, G’Day and B4 singing Haere Mai. It is so fun to hear different songs from around the world!
We are going to share a short song that has been sung at American baseball games for over 70 years. If you’ve ever been to a baseball game in the U.S.A. you’ve probably heard this song before! We hope you enjoy it:
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We sing this song a lot at our school assemblies, and the line, “Root, root, root for the home team“ always gets a little bit loud! When you sing this song, you typically say the name of your favorite team in place of the words “home team”.
So at our assemblies some of us sing “root, root, root for the Red Sox!” while others sing “root, root, root for the Yankees!” because these are the two most popular baseball teams where we live.
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What are the popular home sports teams where you live?
What is your favorite professional sport to cheer for?
What did you think of the song? Do you have any questions about it?
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Traditional Song: New Zealand
Nov 30th
Haere Mai
B4′s song is a song of welcome.
We sing it each week at assembly, and to welcome special visitors to our school.
What do you think ‘Haere Mai’ means?
Can you find the words for ‘boy’ and ‘girl’?
Traditional Song: Australia
Nov 29th
2KM and 2KJ loved hearing a traditional American song and we’d like to share an Australian song.
G’day G’day
Slim Dusty (David Gordon Kirkpatrick 1927 – 2003) made this song famous and many incorrectly believe he wrote it. G’day G’day was actually written by Rob Fairbairn. It is a fun song that people have been singing for decades.
Here is 2KM and 2KJ performing the song for you.
Here are the lyrics so you can sing along.
Do you know what these words/phrases mean?
G’day
Strike a light
Bloke
Havin’ a yarn
Dinky-di
Didgeridoo
Are there any other words/terms that you need us to define for you?
What do you think of our Aussie song?
Traditional America Song: This Land is Your Land
Nov 27th
California, USA
This week, the focus will be traditional songs.
Mrs. Yollis’ class will kick off the week with a famous American folksong,
This Land is Your Land
by Woody Guthrie.
The words are below if you’d like to sing along!
Chorus:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
What do you think of when you listen or sing this song?
We sang the song a cappella (ah ku pel uh) which means it was sung without a musical accompaniment.
Do you play an instrument that could have accompanied our song?
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