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Let's Dance Rehearsal / Band Auditions

28/2/2018

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Year 6 - click on the video below to watch your rehearsal video. Please practice at home. Thank you. Ms Williams & Mrs Parker.

Battle of the Bands - Possible Snow Day Changes

In the event of a snow day tomorrow, the band auditions will be postponed until Friday (see time slots below). 

In the event of a double Snow Day - all remaining auditions will be postponed until next week. 

Please check the Battle of the Bands 2018 page for updates.

Here are the Snow Day audition slots for Friday:
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Greatest Showman Fan Video!

26/2/2018

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This is the official fan video compilation for the song This Is Me from the film, The Greatest Showman. If you skip to 2 minutes 16 seconds, you'll see Downs Junior School in action!
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February 23rd, 2018

23/2/2018

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The children received a treat today - BIMM Academy came to perform, and invited children on stage to form bands and experience playing bass, guitar, drums and sing using the microphone. The assemblies were a huge success and the children impressed the BIMM tutors with their talent and confidence and ability to learn quickly. 
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BIMM Academy is a fun series of Saturday workshops for kids, held at award-winning Electric Studios. The workshops culminate with a huge concert, showcasing what the children have learned. BIMM Academy are enrolling now for the Spring Term.

​For more information, visit their website or email: hello@bimmacademy.co.uk or call 01273 840 349
Want to watch video clips of today's workshop performances?
Click on the YouTube icon:
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Mega Choir Rehearsal

20/2/2018

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​Mega Choir for Spring Term 2 re-commences tomorrow
​(Wednesday 21st February 2018). See you there!
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Battle of the Bands - AUDITIONS

20/2/2018

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This year, SIXTY ONE bands have entered the Battle. Your audition slots are listed below. You can also find the audition slots displayed on the Battle of the Bands 2018 page. This list will also be clearly displayed in your classrooms. Good luck to all of you and remember, don't be late!
BOTB Audition List 2018
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AMAZING performances 5T

9/2/2018

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Huge congratulations to 5T and Miss Trevatt - your class assemblies today were so professional - you all performed with confidence and skill and talent. Your transitions were slick, your characters were meaningful, your silent movie scenes were hilarious and your singing was wonderful. Thank you. DON'T STOP BELIEVING and keep singing kids!
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Orchestra - Composing Ideas

9/2/2018

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This term, orchestra are exploring composition and improvisation. Here's the first stage of our own exploration of the chorus from the song This Is Me from the film The Greatest Showman:
The chord pattern is currently D, Bm, G, A into Em then C.
Orchestra - please continue exploring your own ideas over the half term holiday.
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Random Song Improvisation with 4C!

7/2/2018

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During our Soundmakers session with Sarah, we were learning about improvisation (using our voices and our instruments). When Miss Rusbatch noticed that William had disappeared (he had Sarah's permission to go to the toilet) we decided to improvise a song about it!!! With William's permission and insistence, we have uploaded and shared the song for you all to hear!
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