Music works a treat with RIDBC students

MURRAY Farm Public School String Ensemble cheered up the students at Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) Alice Betteridge School by providing them an unique musical learning experience.

Kiano Kao from Murray Farm Public School, with Sam Hayba from RIDBC Alice Betteridge School.

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MURRAY Farm Public School String Ensemble recently cheered up the students at Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) Alice Betteridge School by providing them an unique musical learning experience.

Members of the Murray Farm String Ensemble helped students from RIDBC explore the different instruments after the live musical performance at the North Rocks school.

“Many of our students demonstrate keen talents and interests in music,” RIDBC Alice Betteridge School curriculum co-ordinator Ivy Carrut said.

Year 3’s Sam Hayba from RIDBC Alice Betteridge School learning music from Murray Farm Public School’s Year 5 student Zoey Siu.

“It allows them another mode of communication and socialisation.”

“The hands-on component of this incursion is rich in experiential learning.

“By being able to interact directly with instruments they may never have been aware of, students realise the source of the sound, and the talent involved in making it.”

Murray Farm Public School principal Jo Wilcher said their students loved the experience too.

“The ensemble were thrilled with the opportunity to perform for the students and community at RIDBC,” she said.

“This was a wonderful way to empower and connect our students with an authentic audience beyond the school.

“It was also a chance for our students to support the engagement of students from RIDBC to the gift of music.

“ Our students came away feeling that they had contributed to others and they are keen to find other ways to build on this experience.