Franklin music teachers honoured for decades of service
Three teachers at the New Zealand Modern School of Music Counties-Coromandel have been honoured for their decades of service to music students across Franklin.
Jane Jeffs started teaching piano, keyboard and music theory in 1982, the same year she got married. 40 years later, she is still hooked on the joy teaching music brings her students, she said.
She has taught at nine schools all over the region, and even taught multiple generations of the same families during the last four decades.
Lisa Adams has been teaching piano, keyboard and guitar for 35 years, and Jayne Woodham, has taught guitar for 25 years. Some of her students have gone on to become guitar teachers themselves.
The music school held a special concert in their honour at the Franklin Arts Centre on Saturday May 21, where the teachers also performed outside the gallery.
“I have always thought of Music Teaching as a job you should leave if you no longer enjoy anymore, as it is portrayed in your teaching,” Adams said.
“It has not always been plain sailing, but the positives have outweighed the negatives and after 35 years I can still say I enjoy teaching my pupils each week.”
Time to Tickle Your Thinker 🧠
If a zookeeper had 100 pairs of animals in her zoo, and two pairs of babies are born for each one of the original animals, then (sadly) 23 animals don’t survive, how many animals do you have left in total?
Do you think you know the answer? Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm on the day!
Want to stop seeing these in your newsfeed? No worries! Simply head here and click once on the Following button.
Bloom Pukekohe Op Shop
CLOSED WAITANGI DAY 📜 FRIDAY 6th FEBRUARY!
Just a reminder that Friday 6th February is Waitangi Day and we will therefore be closed, as we join the rest of the country in marking the anniversary of the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
We shop will be open as usual on Saturday and Sunday 9:30am - 2:30pm.
Poll: As a customer, what do you think about automation?
The Press investigates the growing reliance on your unpaid labour.
Automation (or the “unpaid shift”) is often described as efficient ... but it tends to benefit employers more than consumers.
We want to know: What do you think about automation?
Are you for, or against?
-
9.5% For. Self-service is less frustrating and convenient.
-
43.4% I want to be able to choose.
-
47.1% Against. I want to deal with people.
Loading…
