Ms. Laffin Music

Elementary Music Educator in the AVRCE -
DAHS, TMPDS, WFDS

[TMPDS @TMPDS1]

On-line learning has begun!!! Our P/1 Laffin/Kerr and 1/2 Brown students are very excited to be sharing lots of good news stories and happy to see each other again! @AVRCE_NS @nseducation #AtHomeLearningNS

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

Today the @WindsorForks GSA club finished our pride flag to hang in the gym!! #gsa #proudstudents #diyprojects #studentmade @AVRCE_NS

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

Today our @WindsorForks GSA club started sewing our own pride flag to display at our school. We're also making posters to let our school know what each colour represents #GSAclub @AVRCE_NS

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

The grade 1/2 class @WindsorForks drew some pictures that matched our Largo and Presto tempos we have been learning about over the last few weeks #tempo #makingconnections #musicclassrocks @AVRCE_NS

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

What was even better was how strongly we felt against the things that ended up in "girl" and "boy" categories #GSA #GenderIdentity #inclusive #allthingsforeveryone @AVRCE_NS

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

To introduce our GSA club, students in gr 3-5 @WindsorForks helped sort these words into categories (either they thought of boy, girl or neutral based on their initial reaction). Some great discussions about things considered "girl/boy" & how strongly we feel about gender neutral

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

@TMPDS1 had PJ day and hot chocolate thanks to the grade 5 happiness group!! #hotchocolate #pjday #schoolspirit

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

Students in grade 3/4 @DAHS_avrce have now earned 3 recorder karate belts! #waytogo #whitebelt #yellowbelt #orangebelt #recorderkarate

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

One of my students @DAHS_avrce handed me this on the way to the bus today. I love student artwork 😍 #musicis #mycupoverflows @AVRCE_NS

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

This week the grade 3 students @WindsorForks, @TMPDS1 and @DAHS_avrce earned their first recorder karate belt! We are all armed with our white belt and working towards earning the next one! #recorderkarate #whitebeltmasters #hotcrossbuns #musicclassrocks @AVRCE_NS

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

What a great PD day @WindsorForks!! The staff started the day off drumming with Dr. Henry Bishop. We then spend the afternoon with Holly Meuse and her native student advisors learning about saging, making sweet grass braids and everyone made their own talking stick! @AVRCE_NS

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

The grade 1/2s @WindsorForks added instruments to the story "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" and were very excited to present their story to the pre-primaries and our principal, Mrs. Dunn, today in music!! #soproud #literacyinmusic #practicemakesperfect #musicclassrocks @AVRCE_NS

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

I love when my students challenge themselves to learn even more! Way to go!!!

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

What do music teachers do on a Tuesday night for fun? 😂 #sanitize #thatmusicteacherlife #almostrecordertime @WindsorForks @TMPDS1 @DAHS_avrce @AVRCE_NS

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

The grade 3-5 students @WindsorForks , @TMPDS1 and #dahs have challenged each other to see how many words they can make using the letters of the staff #whichschoolwillwin #friendlycompetition #musicclassrocks @AVRCE_NS

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

The grade 1/2s @WindsorForks practiced alternating mallets as we went up the xylophone while playing our January song "Snowman Joe" #musicclassrocks #joyoflearningwfds @AVRCE_NS

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

The grade 3-5s @WindsorForks had a very exciting game of BUSTED! to help learn the lines and spaces of the music staff #learningisfun #handsonlearning #learningthroughplay #musicclassrocks @AVRCE_NS

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

Today we learned the letter names of the spaces of the music staff. It's important to match your clothes to your lesson plan #musicteacherwin #musicclassrocks @AVRCE_NS (for those of you wondering the notes are F-A-C-E)

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

The grade 3-5s @TMPDS1 played a game of Busted! to help them learn about the lines and spaces of the music staff #almostrecordertime #learningthroughgames #musicclassrocks @AVRCE_NS

[Ms. Laffin Music @LaffinMs]

@WindsorForks started our assembly with a presentation from our native student advisor and we learned about smudging and we ended it with a holiday sing along dance party! We sure know how to spread some holiday cheer! #dancetrain #schoolcommunity #HolidayCheer #holidayspirit