Music

Rock Stars

Our Rock Steady music provision continues to thrive. Those who were able to attend the concerts, had a fantastic time. The children were absolute rock stars quite literally! This is a fantastic programme and anybody that would like to get involved please contact school at your earliest convenience. A huge thank you to Aron for all of his hard work and of course congratulations to the Rock Stars themselves! They were sensational!

A Grimethorpe Adventure

Year 4 Pankhurst had an amazing day at the Barnsley Civic. They worked with members of Grimethorpe Colliery Band to perform a specially commissioned piece called ‘A Grimethorpe Adventure.’ The piece was a narration by ‘Kim the Canary’ which included spoken introduction and then a fascinating suite of 12 pieces of music to depict life down Grimethorpe Colliery. At night, we returned to the venue to perform with the full Grimethorpe Band. The sounds were amazing. Massive thanks to Barnsley Music Hub and Grimethorpe Band for this special opportunity. The children were superb on a day to remember! We must give an extra special thank you to Helen Varley who provided superb support in leading this amazing project.
 
 

Nativity

We loved performing our nativity ‘Whoops-a-Daisy Angel’ to our parents. We sang the songs beautifully and said our lines clearly for everyone to hear!

Sound is a type of energy…

Pankhurst class have been exploring that sound is a type of energy made by vibrations. We had some fabulous musicians explain to us how  guitar strings vibrate to create sound.
 

Rocksteady Rockers

What a performance! We saw lots of our Rocksteady Musicians wow a superb and very appreciative audience in school. Superb entertainment; many many thanks to Aaron for his expertise and an enormous well done to the rockers. Enjoy!

Christmas Lights 2023

Many thanks to Cudworth Ward Alliance. We joined Churchfield and Cherry Dale to celebrate the Christmas Lights switch on! Forming a choir, we entertained a very healthy audience. Thank you also to the Brass Quartet from Barnsley Met Band for their accompaniment. The choir enjoyed meeting Santa who presented them with a delicious treat! A lovely, community occasion.
 
 

‘A Grimethorpe Adventure’

Thank you to Helen from Grimethorpe Colliery Band for explaining to Pankhurst class all about ‘A Grimethorpe Adventure’ and its links to mining, we loved playing alongside you today.
 

Magic of Music

The Wollstonecrafts have enjoyed finding the pulse, responding to and interpreting music and following the notation to play together.

Mary Poppins 2023

Another fabulous end of year show. A massive well done to all KS2 children involved in this production – you were all amazing. We would like to thank Mr Wood, Mrs Rennison, Mrs Wilkie and Mrs Porter for making this possible.

Birkwood’s Got Talent 2023

Another fabulous night of song, dance, music and comedy! A MASSIVE well done to all of the children who took part – you were all amazing – and to all of our winners this year!

Thank you to our judges, the staff behind the scenes, and to Mrs Rennison and Mrs Porter for organising

Hallelujah

In our music lessons we have been learning a very patriotic song. We have done so in honour of King Charles’ Coronation!

Brass Superstar

This week’s music star from whole class brass. This young lady impressed Mr Smith with her understanding of pitch. She could name the notes he used in a new piece of music by using both the pitch and the valves used. Well done!

Learning a Song

After listening and responding to the track and expressing our opinion, we found the pulse and developed that with movement. To learn the words, we echo read, then choral read with expression. To help us to remember the words we created dance moves for each line of the first verse. Finally, we sang with the backing track to build our confidence. Do you like the song? Why or why not?

Thank you!

On March 30th, we had our final brass lesson with Mr Dodd. We spent time showing off all the skills we have learnt in the Autumn and Spring Terms and made sure we said a huge thank you to Mr Dodd for all his hard work. We will really miss working with him every week but wish him the best in his new role!

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