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A Reflective Lens: Music Pedagogical Research to Transform Practice ○ Teacher’s instructions not clear • The other parts of the game was more manageable for the pupils Teacher’s Reflection: Lesson 4 • Pupils enjoyed a new warm up and then able to move to a warm up that they know and are familiar with (Roll your shoulders) • Pupils learnt the rest concept well in Teddy Bear and thus able to transfer their learning to the new song, Peas Pudding Hot • Pupils are able to correctly indicate where the bar lines should be, but still had problems with the tas and ti tis. • Pupils are able to find the solfège of the song with teacher’s help • Pupils very quickly learnt 1 new song, Ickle Ockle, and find similarities ○ Rest and the s-m-d tone set at the end of both songs • Lesson might be heavy going on the tone set and the accuracy of it ○ Pupils are very patient and persistent through the exercises • Pupils able to sight read and teach themselves a new song from the tone set s-m-d though the jump is much bigger from so to do ○ Needed some help from teacher but managed to get it • Pupils all were very engaged when they were able to play the chasing game (Duck, duck, goose) for Mouse, Mousie song ○ Able to walk/tap on pulse ○ Singing with enthusiasm, with correct pitching ○ Cheered for one another Teacher’s Reflection: Lesson 5 • Pupils are more familiar with the new warm-ups and they really enjoy doing it ○ Big smiles and giggles while doing it • Teacher gives opportunity for Solo singing as an FA to check pupils’ understanding of pitches and sense of pulse ○ Accuracy is there for pitching and ○ Confidence of pupils for Solo singing • Recap / Review of previously learnt songs to reinforce the concept of rest and the notation value ○ Hello, How Are You? ○ Peas Pudding Hot (Jump = Rest) ○ Ickle, Ockle ○ Mouse, Mousie (Pupils forgot as it is the newest song learnt) • Teacher revisited Mouse, Mousie through rhythm (ta and ti ti) and solfège • Teacher taught new song Apple Tree by note and got pupils to pass a red ball on the pulse. 104