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With bright sunshine overhead, pupils from Pre-School Hazel and Pre-School Laurel came into the Pre-Prep Hall for an afternoon of singing in their weekly Music session this week. The Hall was filled with renditions of glorious songs including, ‘I am the Music Man’, ‘The Wise Man Built His House’ and ‘Peel the Banana’, with pupils…

The glorious sounds of our Prep musicians were heard on Tuesday afternoon at the Pittville Pump Room, as pupils from Years 3 – 6 took part in a Spring Music Concert. The event was an overwhelming success which saw Year 5 play the Djembe, Year 3 perform two songs on the Ukulele, and several of…

Talented musicians from across the Senior and Sixth Form took part in this year’s Spring Concert at Pittville Pump Room on Wednesday evening. The high vaulted ceilings provided an outstanding musical experience for our students who relished the opportunity to perform in a beautiful setting to a live audience. The event began with members of…

Following on from our highly successful Art Scholars’ Textiles Workshop last week, the Expressive Arts Faculty hosted a Flamenco Guitar Workshop for our Music Scholars and guitarists on Thursday. In the Performance Hall, our talented musicians gathered around, eager to learn a new style of guitar playing from local guitarist, Mr Daniel Lewis. We were…

Children in Nursery Maple are reading ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?’ by Bill Martin Jr this week. A beautifully illustrated, rhythmic story, which explores different animals and colours. To link with the book, the children enjoyed their first music and movement session with Miss Maggie, incorporating the rhymes from the story. The…

Children in Years 1 and 2 have been learning how to play the Glockenspiel in their recent Music lessons. Today, the pupils were very lucky to meet Darcy, current “Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year”. She is a phenomenal Marimba Glockenspiel and vibraphone player. The pupils were excited to show Darcy what they had been…

Our fabulous Pre-Prep Department and Pre-School have been working very hard on a beautiful Christmas Production over the last few weeks. Their hard work came to fruition as our eager young performers took to the stage for the first time on Thursday afternoon. Over two days the children delighted their watching parents as they impressed…

For their first foray into whole-class instrument lessons, Year 1 have got to grips with the ancient wind instrument, the Ocarina. Learning to play an instrument can offer huge benefit to children, helping to develop many characteristics associated with High Performance Learning, including perseverance, patience, resilience and creativity. Each year group at St Edward’s take…

In their recent Music lessons, Year 6 have been looking at ways in which they can use their bodies to create percussive compositions. The class watched video examples of music created using only body percussion and were introduced to the various patterns and movements that could be used. The group practised several of these methods…

Year 5 have got stuck into their new, whole-class African Drumming lessons this week. The instrument celebrates cultural diversity in music in which the children are actively involved. It also requires the pupils to work together to produce a cohesive sound, is an excellent way to improve rhythmic accuracy and can even improve upper body…