Author: Kylie van Dam

TIE gr 6 Support by Kylie

TIE gr 6 Support by Kylie

Take it Easy Gr 6. Support Material by Kylie van Dam   Unit 1: To Describe       The Girl with the Curls Kylie van Dam 2021   When I was young there was a girl As beautiful as could be. Her curls were 

Some Interesting Reading.

Some Interesting Reading.

Here are some pages we will use in school, for reading out loud. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/horse.html https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/gaming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTuber And now some books and poems. The Ugliest Dog in the World. Bruce Whatley. Everybody sees my dog differently. My dad thinks she is the ugliest dog in the 

Tuning and Beats

Tuning and Beats

There are two really important things you need to get right when learning music: how to tune your instrument how to stay in time (on the beat)   Here are some links to help with that. If you’re not keen on these, go search for 

Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

       

The Aussie Bakfiets Mama with SBS Dutch.

The Aussie Bakfiets Mama with SBS Dutch.

Special Broadcasting Services, SBS,  is a federally funded editorially independent media outlet in Australia. Their ‘purpose is to inspire all Australians to explore, appreciate and celebrate our diverse world, and in doing so, contribute to a cohesive society.’ To state that their standard of quality 

Nederlands Reclames met Engels Slogans.

Nederlands Reclames met Engels Slogans.

Here’s your task: 7 English slogans you hear used in Dutch adverts. Write them in English, like I have below, then translate them, then write them three more times in English. Here are some I heard on the TV the other night.   Nissan Qashqai 

Playing the Cajon

Playing the Cajon

So…let’s get some rhythm going! Here are different teachers, in Dutch and English, giving lots of information about the Cajon and how to play it. If you don’t like their lessons, search and see who else you can find. It’s your music!!!!!!!       

One lesson, two lessons.

One lesson, two lessons.

One lesson, two lessons. One song, two songs. One teacher, two teachers. One website, two websites. In English, when we have two or more of something, it’s called ‘plural’. We usually show the plural just by adding a ‘s’ to the end of a word. One 

How to play the ukulele

How to play the ukulele

So…Here’s how you’re going to learn to play the ukulele: a little bit of help from me each week, but mostly from You Tube at home. Below are two sets of teachers, one in Dutch and one in English. You can learn a lot from 

Family Tree

Family Tree

Here’s a clapping song I wrote about the family tree. For Grandma and Grandpa clap up high, Mum/Dad, aunties/uncles clap in the middle and for all the brothers/sisters/cousins, clapped down low. All that activity plus singing makes it extra tricky, but I know you can