It’s our Christmas concert this week.  My class wanted to contribute but they fall to pieces when they have to perform.  We also lack any kind of musical talent and usually end up doing some kind of acrostic or other verse.

I asked them this year if they would like to record a Christmas tune on Wii music (I was given this for my birthday earlier in the year).  The pupils jumped at the chance and between them chose the people who were going to play.

It took an afternoon of serious playing before they were able to play a tune that was recognisable.  It was also a lot of fun (you could argue that they were also developing their hand/eye coordination skills).  We saved the video in game and captured it later (we used a camcorder since it was quicker than recording to DVD and ripping off the video).

I had recorded footage of the pupils playing Wii music, and selected pupils recorded an introduction to the video.  30 minutes of transfer and editing saw the video completed ready to be played back in church.

Unfortunately this video is a special edit for YouTube with footage of the pupils removed.