Good Evening everybody,

This week has been quite a week. We have been very busy at work this week, and we had quite a dramatic situation outside of our school on Tuesday. Now that things have finally calmed down, I can go back to focusing on my university work.

I learned some new things about the characteristics of a well-planned music lesson. The one thing I learned that I found quite interesting was that music lessons should go from lower to higher order levels of thinking. It seems like a very obvious thing to do when planning a lesson, but I hadn't really thought about that.

Many people believe that music is a useless subject and should only be done for fun which is why they often neglect to actually assess music. But music is actually a very good way to assess different subjects, such as maths or language. You can always enhance your lessons with music. 

I will say that music is very important in teaching topics such as the seasons, or counting in twos, or even things such as sequencing. If music is not assessed, children could miss out on important skills such as rhythm, rhyme, and counting beats. If children miss out on these skills, this will effect them later on in life when they are needing these skills in High School. 

I hope everyone has a good week and enjoys their weekend!