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Bringing Stories
We Sing To The Classroom
Music Lead Teacher, Ms Lim Hwee Sian of Cedar Girls’
Secondary School was a member of the networked
learning community who contributed some lesson ideas
to Stories We Sing . She also taught two of the songs to
her students as part of the lesson trials for the project.
She spoke of how her students responded in the most
enthusiastic way to the captivating approaches used to
teach the songs.
As an active proponent of using music to impart
values, Hwee Sian is greatly excited about the immense
potential of the Stories We Sing resource to resonate with
students, and to engage them in thinking more deeply
about important issues such as identity, values and
community. The key lies in using appropriate teaching
strategies that capitalise on these songs to develop
students to be more confident, creative, collaborative
and culturally aware. And in the process, be emboldened
to tell their own stories through song.
Click to view Music Lead Teacher Lim Hwee Sian describe her
experience in designing lesson ideas for Stories We Sing and
teaching the songs to students in lesson trials
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