Patience and perseverance.

You had a wonderful lesson today Malachy- you and mum have been so patient with developing your technique and ability to focus, and it's really showing. Here is your bow hold looking soft and relaxed- well done. Lots of twinkles to allow your muscles to practise this please ;) !!

Hector- amazing work in the holidays

Fantastic work Hector - you have been revising all your pieces and the results are wonderful. Congratulations! You were playing beautifully today ;)

Liam learning a beautiful violin hold

Awesome work in your lesson today Liam! We counted to 103 with this great violin hold :)

Rehearsing for Webo

Great work preparing for Webo coming up this Sunday- rehearsing "Yellow Submarine" ;)

First orchestra rehearsal for Leon, Efe and David

Leon, Efe and David are excited to be joining orchestra for a special combined Wellington schools project. On June 19 the Wellesley orchestra will join with other schools in a workshop bringing various school orchestras together. It was a very warm welcome for them and they are doing a great job learning their parts- very exciting!

Orchestra workshop at Tawa Intermediate

David, Efe and Leon working hard at the orchestra festival today, joining a room full of string players from Wellington schools - great work guys!

Roshan- "ski slope"

Roshan is working on his left hand technique- keeping a straight 'ski slope' wrist! 

Great work today Lachie

Well done Lachie- it was great to see you working so well in your lesson today ;) Here you are making a beautiful soft bow hold.

Developing focus and "violin muscles" :)

Great lessons today Hector and Malachy- you are able to play 4 twinkles without ystopping, keeping your violins up and not needing a rest, and keeping your feet so still- really excellent work!

 

Joey- working hard on twinkles

Great practising Joey! 

Great persevering Mason

4 "I'm a little monkey"s in a row- this is great progress Mason! Excellent work in your lesson today. Use your blue book at home to help you do lots of repetitions at home :)

Efe- prize winning bow hold!

Efe you have learnt so many new songs this term- your progress and determination are phenomenal. Here you are focussing on your bow hold so that you can make a beautiful tone when you play. Keep up the great work Efe :)

Great work Harry

Harry is working on his left hand shape or 'ski slope'. Here he is showing mum how it's done :)

Great practice Malachy!!

You have been doing great work at home Malachy and Lightly Row is really sounding great- well done!

Violin Club at lunchtime

The boys are showing super dedication and enthusiasm at lunchtime on Thursdays. They are having lunch together then having a group class, working on playing beautifully together- developing "ensemble skills". We play a game or two (hide the bow is a favourite) then it's off to run around for the rest of lunch. Here is a photo from today:

Roshan- focussing on technique

Roshan is able to play his whole Twinkle A (busy busy stop stop) with a beautiful sound. Today we worked in keeping focus on technique- here he is keeping things balanced in his feet! Great work today Roshan :)

Hector- wonderful work on"Lightly Row"! Lots of repetitions of small sections, and you know the whole song now. Well done! We are working on "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" now in the same way :)

Harry- excellent practising! You have been doing Twinkle 'bread' over and over in your practise with mum. In your lesson today you were able to play the whole Twinkle- well done :)