Hello everyone! 

I hope you are all doing great and that you are all healthy. 

 It is almost the end of the year, I can't believe that we are almost done with our second year too. 

This week has been good for me, and I am doing great. I am actually feeling like I am catching up with my assignments and tests. 

This week I learned a lot from study unit 5. I enjoyed it so much to learn a bit more about lesson planning because it is something we will use everyday in our classroom one day.

It helps a lot to learn more and more about how to correctly plan a lesson, I am not always sure if I am on the right track when it comes to lesson planning. Using the knowledge of study unit 5 will definitely help me to plan better lessons and also how to plan lessons using music activities.  I always enjoy to learn about how music can be used in the classroom. 

Learning about the different methods of assessment was really interesting. This will help a lot when choosing the correct assessment method for the type of lesson being done. After learning this study unit, I feel a lot more comfortable to do a lesson plan. This study unit is really useful and would definitely use this information when I have to do a lesson plan. 

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What could the possible reasons be that assessment is neglected in Performing Arts and Music in the Foundation Phase?

There could be many reasons why.. but I will name a few reasons here:

1. The curriculum is too full.
2. Performing arts takes up a lot of teaching time. 
3. The school day is too full. 
4. There is too many work in the other subjects and then music and art might get neglected.

Please explain how you would advocate for and heighten awareness about the importance of assessment when speaking with your HOD about your concerns in this regard.

I will use my knowledge from what I learnt in the module LSKM about music and performance arts and I will then ask the HOD to do more research with me on this. This will help me and the HOD to see how important it really is to use music and arts in the foundation phase class. 

I would also make a suggestion to integrate music and arts in the foundation phase. 

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I really enjoyed learning more about lesson planning and how to use music and arts in lesson plans. I hope that this study unit was useful for everyone else as well. 

Have a lovely week everyone and good luck with the last few assignments and tests!

Stay safe and stay positive, we are almost done...

Goodbye everyone.