As we draw our current “How we express ourselves” unit to a close, I would like to offer the students in year 2 an opportunity to share a musical example of their cultural identity. This is optional and should not create any extra work in any way. Examples can be shared over the course of the next 2 or 3 music lessons, as part of our ‘Music and Me’ time and we will continue to study musical examples from Thailand, Kenya and other parts of the world.
Examples might be: a significant musical instrument (or a photo or video of one if it is difficult to bring to school), a dance move or a song. The most important thing is that there is some brief thought or discussion as to how the artefact is connected to your child’s culture. It could be an example from a home country, a country lived in for a while or even a country visited on holiday that has significance.
I have shared my East African drums and instruments from Kenya and Tanzania with the students as they embody a very important part of my musical life, when I lived in Africa for 3 years.

East African drums are an important part of my cultural identity.