Welcome to the Sports and Music Blog for 2025 - 26 

This morning saw the last of our end-of-term music assemblies, as some of Mr Nicola's guitar pupils entertained the school and watching family members. Six guitarists performed classical acoustic pieces with beautiful tone, sensitivity and impressive use of dynamics. They all played with good confidence and should be very proud of themselves. Thank you to Mr Nicola for teaching them so well. 

Guitarists who performed today: Arthur, Jessica, Liam, Max, Ruby, Sebastian

Years 1-6 (and their teachers!) had a fabulous end to the week this afternoon with a drums assembly performed by pupils of Mr Liverpool. Ten drummers treated us to a range of exam pieces, favourite songs and crowd-pleasers by artists such as Ed Sheeran, Eminem and Olivia Rodrigo! All of them played with excellent confidence and timing and brought a smile to everyone's faces. Thank you to Mr Liverpool for putting together such a great assembly. Mrs Carson has been exceptionally proud of all of our talented musicians this week and is looking forward to our final music assembly of the term next week. 

Drummers who performed today: Christian, Dylan, Espen, Estelle, Franklin, Harry, Leo, Mary, Max, Ryan

This morning, our other five iRock bands performed for their family members and Mrs Davies. First to perform were Seven Capybara Army, with 'Seven Nation Army'. Also playing were: Surfin' Dolphins with 'Stargazing'; Bye Bye Bye with 'Bye, Bye, Bye', Fortnite Battle Pass playing 'Steve's Lava Chicken' and McDonald's with 'Dance Monkey'. The audience, once again, was very impressed with the quality and confidence of the bands!

Friday iRockers: Amelia, Antonio, Bowie, Cristiano, Dylan, Eren, Eva, Frankie, Freddie, Freya, Harley, Hendrix, Henry, Isabella B, Isabella K, Ivy, Leonardo, Meadow, Minerva, Savannah, Sebastian, Sonny, Wilbur

This afternoon saw three of our iRock bands perform for their adults, Mrs Davies and Mrs Carson. First up were Chicken Jockey, who entertained us with an awesome mash-up of 'Eye of the Tiger' vs 'Roar'. Second to take to the stage were Team KFC, who shone in their of 'Azizam', followed by FBI Open Up! with their rendition of 'Titanium'. Each of the bands played with great showmanship and confidence, and left the audience cheering! Well done to all of them; Mrs Davies and Mrs Carson greatly enjoyed watching you today. 

iRockers who performed today: Albert, Alfie, Archie, Betsy, Jai, James, Jude, Luke, Margot, Matthew, Poppy, Rohan, Sebastian, Simon, Sunny

This morning, Years 1 - 6 were treated to a violin assembly with nine of Mrs Hogarth's violin pupils. Despite two only just having started lessons this term(!), all of them played magnificently today. We heard a range of pieces that were all performed with confidence and accurate tuning, and particularly enjoyed the classics of Pachelbel's 'Canon' and the Christmas hymns. For the third time in as many days this week, Mrs Carson was so impressed with everyone who played for us. Thank you to Mrs Hogarth for teaching her pupils to such a high standard. 

Violinists who performed today: Bethany, Betsy, Clara, Elizabeth, Evan, Georgie, Henry, Inara, Rose

This afternoon, we gathered in the hall to listen to twelve exceptionally brave and confident pianists perform. Ranging in experience from having learnt for just one term to over three years, each of them played brilliantly and were a joy to listen to. Whilst some performed Christmas classics, others treated us to Fur Elise, Harry Potter and graded exam pieces. 

Mrs Carson is, once again, very proud of everyone who played for the school and their adults today. Thank you to Mrs Kropman for teaching her pupils so well.  

Pianists who performed today: Ayla, Chikamji, Constantine, Hugo, Isabella, Lara, Lena, Liam, Meadow, Mila-Rae, Myra, Rose

This morning, the whole school enjoyed the first of our end-of-term music assemblies as the orchestra took to the stage, followed by individual flute and cello performances. Mrs Carson and Ms Carter's orchestra meet before school on Tuesday mornings, and have been working exceptionally hard this term to perfect 'The Bare Necessities' and 'Jingle Bell Rock'. They performed both of these with great confidence and musicality this morning, and had plenty of the live audience singing along on their way out of the hall at the end of the assembly! 

Five of Ms Carter's flute pupils then played individual pieces. Well done to Ariana, Florence, Simmi, Elsie and Ella for fantastic performances! To end the show, sisters Myra and Ayla played a beautiful duet of 'Silent Night' on their cellos, before Ayla wowed us all with her super rendition of 'Walking in the Air'. 

Mrs Carson is very proud of everyone who played for the school and their adults today, and is looking forward to hearing more performances over the next few weeks! Thank you to Ms Carter and Mrs Lines for teaching their pupils so well. If anyone has been inspired to learn an instrument in school, please speak to Mrs Carson. Orchestra will also welcome any new members who have been learning their instrument for a minimum of two terms. 

Orchestra members: Anabella, Ayla, Bethany, Betsy, Darcy, Diya, Elizabeth, Ella, Elsie, Espen, Hugo, Georgie, Oliver, Olivia, Myra