Great show today at Whakamaru School. The Edgewater College Band, from Auckland, presented a wonderful musical show to our students this morning. What a talented group of young people and dedicated staff members who directed the choirs and  bands. They had our students enthralled and engaged for nearly an hour. It was wonderful to hear the children talking about the show for the rest of the day.
No matter how important it is to have literacy and numeracy curriculum covered every day, it also hits home to me about the importance of introducing our students to, and the  teaching  of the Arts curriculum. With the crowded curriculum we need to be 'creative' and integrate these areas into the Inquiry/Topic sessions in our week.

 “I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.”

― Plato