February 3rd - 7th

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This week was our last week of African drumming.  The students had the chance to piece together their drumming song which consisted of 3 to 5 different rhythm patterns.

The Grade 1 students also fine tweaked their songs for their Celebration of Learning and did an amazing job show casing their work.





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