Music

Music highlights

Exciting news!

GSW Music Hub (the Music education hub for Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire) have presented us with the Music Mark of Recognition for Ambition & Quality, which celebrates the value that we place on Music in our school. Well done to everyone who worked hard to help our school achieve this!

Woodwind assembly

Our woodwind teacher, Kim Rance, demonstrated some woodwind instruments to Years 1-5. Lessons are available from September on flute, clarinet and saxophone, as well as toot, dood and J-sax.

Year 5 to Shrek the musical!

Year 5 went to see 'Shrek the musical' at Clarendon. The children really enjoyed it and loved seeing former pupils involved in the ensemble.

"It was really funny and I enjoyed it!" -Annabelle

"It was good." - Georgie

"It was inspiring." - Caleb N

"The Donkey was insane, in a good way." - Blake

"They had lots of good details from the film." - Teddy N

"It was really unique." - Travis

"I liked the character Shrek because he was funny." - Maxim

Orchestra performance

All children participated in an assembly featuring performances from members of the West of England Youth Orchestra. This included an introduction to the orchestra and the teaching of a brand-new song, which will feature in their concert, CONCERTO. World-famous pianist, Alexandra Dariescu, conductor Tim Redmond and the West of England Youth Orchestra will take the audience on a whistle-stop tour through three centuries of breath-taking virtuosity and jaw-dropping piano playing.

Arts week

We held an Arts Week in school. All classes spent each afternoon with different teachers doing arts-based activities that are not part of our usual curriculum. To practice their Music skills, the children all learned how to play the recorder! There has been a lovely atmosphere in school and the children have enjoyed participating in new experiences and learning new skills.

Singing at Romney House

Our fantastic choir walked to Romney House care home for their annual Christmas sing along. The residents loved the songs and enjoyed singing along and it even reduced a few to tears! Thank you to Mrs Rowe for supporting the Choir and teaching them all of the songs.

Christmas Performances

The whole school have worked really hard on their Christmas performances. The Reception children put on their very first nativity at school, The Year 1 and 2 children learned lots of songs to teach us all about Christmas traditions, and KS2 put on a fantastic performance in Holy Trinity Church. Well done to all the singers and instrumentalists that took part.

Voices for life

Our Year 5 children took part in the Voices for Life performances at the Wiltshire Music Centre, signing songs that they had been learning in school alongside representatives from other Wiltshire schools. They had a great time!

Music for Miniatures show

The children were treated to a performance of 'MUSICIAN!' from Music for Miniatures. They learned all about the rivalry between woodwind and brass instruments and stretched their musical knowledge from 16th century Baroque to modern jazz.