Music Hall Stories

 

Coral Class are working with Skidaddle Animation to write and make their own animated film! They are using objects that could have come from an old Victorian music hall to inspire their own stories. Follow the progress of the project on their special blog. Links below and in the panel to the right.

http://musichallanimation.blogspot.co.uk/

Pandora's Box

As part of their Literacy topic about understanding myths and legends, Year 3 have  each made their own Pandora's Box.

They thought about what it would be like to open the box and in groups made tableaux of Pandora opening the box.

Recorder Big Band at The Barbican



Recorder Big Band have been invited to play at the Music Education Expo that is being held at The Barbican Centre on Wednesday 20th March.
It is a great honour to be invited to play. They are the only primary-aged ensemble playing.

The Hiqhwayman by Year 6

The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees,
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,
And the highwayman came riding—
   Riding—riding—
The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.

He'd a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a bunch of lace at his chin,
A coat of the claret velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin;
They fitted with never a wrinkle: his boots were up to the thigh.
And he rode with a jeweled twinkle,
   His pistol butts a-twinkle,
His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jeweled sky.

Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark inn-yard,
He tapped with his whip on the shutters, but all was locked and barred;
He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter,
   Bess, the landlord's daughter,
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair.

 

And dark in the dark old inn-yard a stable-wicket creaked
Where Tim the ostler listened; his face was white and peaked;
His eyes were hollows of madness, his hair like moldy hay,
But he loved the landlord's daughter,
   The landlord's red-lipped daughter,
Dumb as a dog he listened, and he heard the robber say—

"One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize tonight,
But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;
Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,
Then look for me by moonlight,
   Watch for me by moonlight,
I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way."

But Tim the ostler was listening to the highway man. What should he do? Year 6 have been thinking about what they'd do. They whispered to Tim in "conscience alley".

The Lift

Jonathan Edwards wasn’t the only special guest at Columbia yesterday. Sonia came to visit us for the first time since she left school after her illness. She was able to come up to the middle floor because of our brand new lift! Jonathan and Sonia declared the new lift open by cutting and pulling a giant ribbon. The lift will finally make our school fully accessible at last!

 

 



Jonathan Edwards!

The Olympic and Paralympic flame is still burning at Columbia!
Emerald class were asked to provide a backdrop for some filming by Jonathan Edwards, World Record Holder for Triple Jump. They played basketball with Russell, Philippa and Julie, whilst Jonathan filmed to camera. Jonathan stayed at school and came to a special assembly with all of KS2.

 

Some children from Pearl Class showed him their triple jump; Jonathan thought he should show us all how to do it correctly. He showed us how to do a ‘hop, step and jump’.

 

We all stood up and had a go all together!

 

Jonathan showed us just how long his World Record jump of 18.29 metres actually was; he walked the length of the hall and then had to go out of the door and up the stairs too! Wow! Jonathan told us he didn’t dream of being a triple jumper when he was younger. He told us to do the sports we enjoyed and to always try our best.



Torch Parade

The last day the summer term didn't go out with a whimper; it went out in a blaze of light as both the Year 2 classes paraded into the school assembly with their special Olympic Torches.
The torches were made of cardboard but held a special secret. Inside they had their own electric circuit that the children had made! With the lights dimmed in the hall, the children turned on the paperclip switches and marched through, opening the last assembly of the year.