2016 Term 1, Weeks 2: Welcome Back

 A joke for the February heat - and because there is such a shortage of fans in NZ at the moment. . .


Songs we are singing this week: 

- Imaginary bubble gum for warm ups
- rounds for warm ups (E memerie, John Kanakanaka, Sarasponda, Mrs O'Leary's Cow)
- My Roadside Goat 

I knew you were treble (parody of Taylor Swift  song) 

Count on Me (Bruno Mars) 

There's a hole in my bucket  
(Boys sing Henry's lines and girls sing Liza's lines - with appropriate expression)
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,
There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole.
 
Then mend it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Then mend it, dear Henry, dear Henry, mend it. 
 
With what shall I mend it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I mend it, dear Liza, with what? 
 
With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With a straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, with  a straw. 
 
The straw is too long, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The straw is too long, dear Liza, too long, 
 
Then cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Then cut it, dear Henry, dear Henry, cut it. 
 
With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I cut it, dear Liza, with what? 
 
With a knife, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With a knife, dear Henry, dear Henry, a knife. 
 
The knife is too dull, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The knife is too dull, dear Liza, too dull. 
 
Then sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Then sharpen it, dear Henry, dear Henry, sharpen it. 
 
On what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
On what shall I sharpen it, dear Liza, on what? 
 
On a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With a stone, dear Henry, dear Henry, a stone. 
 
The stone is too dry, dear Liza, dear Liza,
The stone is too dry, dear Liza, too dry. 
 
Well wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
Well wet it, dear Henry, dear Henry, wet it. 
 
With what shall I wet it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
With what shall I wet, dear Liza, with what? 
 
With some water, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With some water, dear Henry, dear Henry, water. 
 
In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, dear Liza?
In what shall I fetch it, dear Liza, in what? 
 
With a bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,
With a bucket, dear Henry, dear Henry, bucket. 
 
There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,
There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, a hole. 

There's a hole in my bucket. Click here for interactive options

Two Times Tables Round 
Two zeros are zero   2x 0 = 0  
two ones are two  2x1 =2 
two twos are four 2x2 = 4  
two threes are six 2x3 = 6
two fours are eight 2x4 = 8  
two fives are ten 2x5 = 10  
two sixes must be twelve 2x6 = 12
 
Two sevens are fourteen  2x7 = 14  
and two eights are sixteen 2 x8 = 16
and two nines are eighteen ­­­­­­ 2x9 = 18  
and two tens are twenty  2x10 = 20 

Two elevens are twenty two,   
twenty two, twenty two  2x11=22
two twelves are  twenty four  2x12=24  
Can you test me, what’s my score?  



I've Been Working On The Railroad
Follow this link for keyboard music score 

I've been working on the railroad all the livelong day.
I've been working on the railroad just to pass the time away.
Can't you hear the whistle blowing,
Rise up so early in the morn
Can't you hear the captain shouting
Dinah, blow your horn.

Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow your horn?
Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow your horn?

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah, 
Someone's in the kitchen I know.
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah 
Strumming on the old banjo.

Fee fie fiddle eeii o, 
Fee fie fiddle eeii o, 
Fee fie fiddle eeii o,
Strumming on the old banjo.

Click on this link to learn about a school where children from very poor families in Paraguay have created musical instruments from the rubbish dump and have formed an
orchestra.