Music therapy gig a crowd favourite

Sherryn Groch

By Sherryn Groch
Published June 27, 2016

The students were just warming up into their first waltz of the afternoon when she got to her feet. A resident at the nursing home in which the Wenona School students were performing, she began dancing around the room, in time to the girls’ music.

Wenona School Year 9/10 students perform for residents in a nursing home.

Both staff and students watched on amazed, but teacher Dr Dianne Langan knew what to do. She hastily encouraged her ...

This story appeared in the July 2016 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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