Starting point "Peter Grimes"

Back from walk around the block.
Peter Grimes, by Benjamin Britten, on stereo.
Samson the cat miaows up at me - his voice is high-pitched and plaintive.
A hot humid day today.
Not ideal weather for teaching 9J in the afternoon.
Trying to guide them in notating pitch.
Difficult when most have no exercise books, and none have manuscript paper (both items are on the stationery list).
Still, a sense of achievement from identifying accurately a sequence of 2 pitches - A and G.
It is possible for kids, even "slow" ones, to notate music and therefore turn out compositions.
I remember some Professional Development I attended recently, where someone outlined some teaching strategies, and thinking, "Where is the MAGIC in that lesson?"
No magic, no memorable lesson.