Dear Marymount girls,

Is everyone having a wonderful time this holiday season? The Esplanade has got a whole line-up of programmes prepared for you as we draw near Christmas. Click on the link below to find out more!

Esplanade presents - Celebrate December! 20-31 Dec 2013

Some highlights:
 ♪ Embark on a journey with sand artist Lawrence Koh as he crafts out incredible landscapes and stories with sand, music, light, and amazingly deft fingers.

♫ Make a quirky little cute greeting card for your loved ones! Join this handicraft workshop and let your creative juices flow.

 ♪ Deaf artistes from EO Horizons will be performing song-signing and percussion to your favourite songs. Catch them on 20 Dec at the Concourse.

Above all, have a merry Christmas season! ☃

"There Is No movement Without Rhythm"

Dear girls,

This term, we would be exploring African music during our early bird programme. You could watch the video again if you click on the image below:

Thomas Roebers’ Rhythm “FOLI” There Is No movement Without Rhythm.

A brief introduction from the linked webpage:
“Foli” is the word used for rhythm by the Malinke tribe in West Africa. But Foli is not only found in Malinke music, but in all parts of their daily lives. Directed by Thomas Roebers, this short film portrays the people of Baro, a small town in eastern-central Guinea, and gives you a glimpse inside their culture of rhythm. As the Malinke man says, “Tous les choses, c’est du rythme.” (“Everything is rhythm.”) What makes this film even more beautiful is the fact that it was edited so as to reflect Malinke rhythms.

Enjoy! (:
Ms Lin

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Dear 1Z girls,

Here are some YouTube clips to get you started on your performance item!

Please click on the links below to access the videos.

1. Happy Hippo sings "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

2. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", with lyrics

3H Music Homework - The Orchestra

Dear girls,
Please familiarise yourselves with the families (and instruments) commonly found in the orchestra!

*1) Watch the YouTube clip here: (Very Important Must Watch)

Instrument Families Of The Orchestra: String, Woodwind, Brass & Percussion

2) Explore the different instruments here:

The San Francisco Symphony

Click on "Instruments of the Orchestra" on the left panel.

Click on a family (e.g. Woodwinds), click on any of the instruments shown (e.g. Bassoon)

Make sure to click on the little triangle besides "Hear It Play" to hear the instruments!

3) If you have some extra time, please visit 

Classics for Kids

Click on a family, and remember to click on the little triangle at the bottom of the screen to hear each family.

4) If you would like to watch the cartoon we did in class, please visit

Peter and the Wolf (Disney version)

Do enjoy exploring the different instruments and get ready for your music listening and recorder tests! :D

Songs for Children's Day

Happy Children's Day in advance, dearest students!

This year, as always, we'd be celebrating children's day with these songs:

1) Semoga Bahagia 
2) Top of the World

Please do learn the songs and practise often!

Lyrics for Semoga Bahagia (not included in YouTube clip):

Semoga Bahagia 

Sama-sama maju ke hadapan

Pandai cari pelajaran

Jaga diri dalam kesihatan

Serta sopan-santun dengan kawan-kawan

Dengan hati bersih serta suci

Sama-sama hormat dan berbudi

Jaga tingkah pemuda-pemudi

Adat dan budaya junjung tinggi

Capailah lekas cita-cita pemudi-pemuda

Supaya kita ada harga di mata dunia

Kalau kita lengah serta lupa

Hidup kita sia-sia

Jiwa besar sihat serta segar

Rajin dengan sabar tentu bahagia

Lemah lembut perangai pemudi

Cergas tangkas wataknya pemuda

Suka rela selalu berbakti

Sikap yang pembela dan berjasa

Capailah nama yang mulia pemudi-pemuda

Rajinlah supaya berjaya semoga bahagia

May You Achieve Happiness (Translated)

Together we progress

Clever at seeking knowledge

Take care of your health

And be courteous to your friends

With a clean and pure heart

We respect and do good to each other

Watch your behaviour, oh youths

Respect and honour your customs and traditions

Quickly reach your goals/dreams, oh youths

So that we'll have our worth, in this world

If we are lazy and forgetful

Our lives are worthless

A big heart and a fresh mind

Hardworking and patience definitely brings success/happiness

Soft-spoken is the lady

Energetic and tenacious is the man

Charitable, always contributing

Having a righteous spirit and doing good

Attain a respectable position, oh youths

Be hardworking so that you will succeed, may you achieve happiness

Have fun singing!

4C - Ukulele Score for Chan Mali Chan

Dear 4C Girls, 

Pls remember to practise these chords for Chan Mali Chan.

Just a reminder that we would be playing this song in G.

The chords go somewhat like this...

Verse x 2

G / / / | G / / / | C / / / | G / / / |

D / / / | D / / / | G / / / | G / / / |

Chorus x 2

C / / / | C / / / | G / / / | G / / / |

D / / / | D / / / | G / / / | G / / / |

Thanks Olivia, for agreeing to becoming our little ukulele teacher! :D

Hopefully by next Mon, we can have a few more ukulele players!

Most importantly.. keep playing and have fun while at it! 

4C - Song for visit to old folks' home

Chan Mali Chan 

*Click here for translation of the lyrics*

Click here to listen to Chan Mali Chan!

Di mana dia anak kambing saya?

Anak kambing saya yang makan daun talas

Di mana dia buah hati saya?

Buah hati saya bagai telur dikupas

Chan mali chan, chan mali chan

Chan mali chan, ketipung payung

Di mana dia, anak kambing saya?

Anak kambing saya main di tepi sawah

Di mana dia, cinta hati saya?

Cinta hati saya yang pakai baju merah

Chan mali chan, chan mali chan

Chan mali chan, ketipung payung

Di mana dia anak kambing tuan?

Anak kambing tuan di atas jambatan

Yang mana dia si bunga pujaan?

Si bunga tanjung dihujung dahan

Kalau nak tahu anak kambing saya

Anak kambing saya di dalam bilik

Kalau nak tahu intan payung saya

Intan payung saya yang kecil lah molek

Di mana dia anak kambing tuan?

Anak kambing tuan yang bulunya kuning

Yang mana dia buah hati tuan?

Buah hati tuan yang putih lah kuning.    

Chords to practise on ukulele:

C   F   G

                      

National Day Songs 2013

Click here for this year's theme song - One Singapore 

We Will Get There

My People My Home

Reach Out for the Skies

Love at First Light

Music Mixer

Recently I discovered this wonderful Music Mixer from browsing the communities at Edmodo. This page is loaded with fun! Experiment with music making in different genres (such as Samba, Funk, Reggae) by controlling what each band members play. You can even record the band's performance and send it to your friends!

Click on this picture for some serious music making!

Our Mother Tongue Language, Use it, aaaaaaaaaaaaaannndd Love it! :D

Dear MCS girls,

I hope everyone's enjoying the mother tongue fortnight events as much as us mother tongue (MT) teachers have enjoyed preparing them for you! Really, in addition to your own MT language, I think it would be even more wonderful and exciting to learn one another's MT languages!

Here are the lyrics for the song "The More We Get Together" in three different languages to get everyone started. If anyone can contribute the Hindi version, please let me know!
(You can email me at lin_yingying@moe.edu.sg OR put a handwritten note in my locker, no.85)

2H girls giving their thumbs up!

Tamil:

Naam Ondru Koodi Yerunthaal
Koodi Yerunthaal, Koodi Yerunthaal

Naam Ondru Koodi Yerunthaal
Magilchi Adaivoom

Yen Nanban Unn Nanban
Unn Nanban Yen Nanban

Naam Ondru Koodi Yerunthaal
Magilchi Adaivoom

Malay: 

Bila kita berkumpul, berkumpul, berkumpul
Bila kita berkumpul, bersuka ria

Kawanmu, kawanku, kawanku, kawanmu
Bila kita berkumpul, bersuka ria

Chinese:

dang wo men tong zai yi qi, zai yi qi ， zai yi qi
dang wo men tong zai yi qi, qi kuai le wu bi

ni dui zhe wo xiao xi xi, wo dui ni xiao haha
dang wo men tong zai yi qi, qi kuai le wu bi

The links to the videos can be found here:
http://emedia.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?ptid=566&c=/emedia/evideo&func=qsearch&needle=Values
(You may want to ask your teachers to play the videos for you in class because they would have the passwords!)

Songs for CNY 2013

 春天来了

chun tian lai le

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b7bZHNV13Y

春天又来咯    嘿呦

chun tian you lai lo  hei you

大家呀快来齐歌唱        嘿

da jia ya kuai lai qi ge chang  hei

春天呀带来新气象        嘿

chun tian ya dai lai xin qi xiang  hei

小鸟呀快乐把歌唱        嘿

xiao niao ya kuai le ba ge chang  hei

春花呀开放多芬芳        嘿

chun hua ya kai fang duo fen fang  hei

快来穿起那个新衣裳

kuai lai chuan qi na ge xin yi shang

快来那个拍手掌 (clap clap clap)

kuai lai na ge pai shou zhang

男女老少那个乐陶陶

nan nü lao shao na ge le tao tao

一起那个笑哈哈

yi qi na ge xiao ha ha

春天带来那个新希望

chun tian dai lai na ge xin xi wang

快把烦恼全忘掉 (clap clap clap)

kuai ba fan nao quan wang diào

乘着那个春风要努力

cheng zhe na ge chun feng yao nü li

美好前程等着你

mei hao qian cheng deng zhe ni

贺新年

he xin nian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ3pcjtXKgo

贺新年，祝新年，

hS xFn niBn zhX xFn niBn

新年啊，年连年。

xFn niBn a niBn liBn niBn

爆竹声声催人想幼年。

bDo zhV shPng shPng cuF rQn xiCng yNu niBn

贺新年，祝新年，

hS xFn niBn zhX xFn niBn

新年啊，年连年。

xFn niBn a niBn liBn niBn

岁月悠悠光阴如箭。

suI yuS yKu yKu guAng yFn rV jiDn

回首往事如烟痛苦辛酸，

huG shMu wCng shI rV yAn tNng kW xFn suAn

期望从今万事如愿。

qF wDng cLng jFn wDn shI rV yuDn

贺新年，祝新年，

hS xFn niBn zhX xFn niBn

新年啊，年连年。

xFn niBn a niBn liBn niBn

愿大家都过个太平年

yuDn dD jiA dKu guK gS tDi pGng niBn

 

恭喜恭喜 Gong Xi Gong Xi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFqlnHaz_Co&feature=related

Lyrics (in hanyu pinyin and Chinese characters) are included in this video clip.

迎春花

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgkn6wsi9Ps

(The above is a link to the medley Ying Chun Hua + Wan Shi Ru Yi)

正月里来迎春花儿开

zheng yue li lai ying chun hua er kai
迎春花开人人爱

ying chun hua kai ren ren ai

                 

迎春花呀处处开呀

ying chun hua ya chu chu kai ya

幸呀幸福来
xing ya xing fu lai

幸福来呀 幸福来呀

xing fu lai ya xing fu lai ya,

大地放光彩

dadi fang guangcai

迎春花咱们大伙儿栽

yingchunhua zan men da huor zai

 嘿嘿哪呼呀呼嘿

hei hei na hu ya hu hei

合力培养勤灌溉
he li pei yang qin guan gai

*人人都把迎春花儿爱

*ren ren dou ba ying chun hua er ai

无忧无虑乐自在

wu you wu lv le zi zai

年华似水容易过呀

nian hua si shui rong yi guo ya

切莫再延挨

qie mo zai yan ai

莫延挨呀 莫延挨呀 时光不等待

mo yan ai ya mo yan ya, shi guang bu deng dai

迎春花咱们大伙儿栽

ying chun hua zan men da huo’r zai

嘿嘿哪呼呀呼嘿

hei hei na hu ya hu hei

春花永远为我们开

chun hua yong yuan wei wo men kai

(Repeat from *)

万事如意

恭喜你恭喜你恭喜你

gong xi ni, gong xi ni, gong xi ni

恭喜大家万事如意

gong xi da jia wan shi ru yi

多少人盼望春的消息

duo shao ren pan wang chun de xiao xi

那是因为春天太美丽

na shi yin wei chun tian tai mei li

恭喜你恭喜你恭喜你

gong xi ni, gong xi ni, gong xi ni

恭喜大家新年顺利

gong xi da jia xin nian shun li

多少人盼望春的消息

duo shao ren pan wang chun de xiao xi

乘着新年大家再努力

cheng zhe xin nian da jia zai nu li

恭喜你恭喜你恭喜你

gong xi ni, gong xi ni, gong xi ni

嘻嘻哈哈多么欢喜

xi xi haha duo me huan xi

愿新的一年带来新希望

yuan xin de yi nian dai lai xin xi wang

年年丰收乐安康

nian nian feng shou le an kang