Huge congratulations to the Year 6 Super Choir. They sang their hearts out at the Brighton Centre on Monday night, alongside 1,300 other children from schools in Brighton & Hove. Well done also to Lydia (Year 6) for her performance with the Orchestra 360.
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Christmas Karaoke at the Winterland Fair - Sunday 10th December
13:00 – 13:45 – Select your favourite Christmas song or carol and sing your festive heart out, using the microphone. You can sing a solo, duet, or with your friends in a small group. Year 6 at the Brighton Centre - Monday 11th December - (details on the Christmas 2017 page and the Super Choir page) Concert to Ex Pupils – 11:00 – 12:15 - Tuesday 12th December Who: Mega Choir, Super Choir, Orchestra Tickets: Audience by invitation only. Wear: Any combination of red, green, silver, gold, black or white. Tinsel, face paint, makeup and festive headgear (Santa hats, elf ears, reindeer antlers etc.) are allowed. Christmas jumpers and onesies are permitted but can often cause the children to overheat. All children must also bring a scarf (to be used as a prop for one of the songs). The children may wear their concert clothes all day. The B I G Christmas Concert - Wednesday 13th December Who: Mega Choir, Super Choir, Orchestra Where: St. Martin’s Church on Lewes Road (close to the bottom of Elm Grove) When: Arrive 17:30 – 17:50. Concert 18:00 – 19:30. Tickets: Tickets not required. Unreserved seating and standing for audience. Instead of charging for tickets, we will be asking for voluntary donations. Half of the money raised will be donated to Refugee Support Europe, in connection with the Year 6 refugee song-writing topic. Wear: Any combination of red, green, silver, gold, black or white. Tinsel, face paint, makeup and festive headgear (Santa hats, elf ears, reindeer antlers etc.) are allowed. Christmas jumpers or onesies are permitted but can often cause the children to overheat. All children must also bring a scarf (to be used as a prop for one of the songs). During the concert, please look after your child’s coat. VIP: Howard Blake (OBE) will be in attendance. Media: If you’re able to photograph or film our concert for us, please contact Miss Rusbatch. Also – if you have any local news contacts, feel free to inform them about our concert. There are lyric sheets and audio tracks available on the Christmas 2017 page. If possible, please allow and encourage your child to practice the songs. Your child may request that you don’t listen or help, so that the songs in the concert are a pleasant and wonderful surprise! The final Mega Choir rehearsal of the term will occur on Wednesday 13th December 08:00. Miss Rusbatch would appreciate Super Choir attending this rehearsal too.
Well done to the Year 4, 5 and 6 guitarists today. You performed brilliantly (on guitar, and kazoo) and listened well to the other guitarists in your group. Huge thanks to our guitar teacher Tom. For more information about guitar lessons with Tom, visit the GUITAR page.
To watch a playlist of the 5 songs from today's concerts, click here.
Friday 8th December - 10:00 – 10:30 and 10:45 – 11:15 and 11:30 – 12:15 to parents
Guitar Concerts – Tom Butterworth’s guitar students performing. Parents of performers are welcome to attend the 11:30 – 12:15 concert. No tickets required. Sunday 10th December – 13:00 – 13:45 Christmas Sing-a-long at the FODJ Christmas Winterland Event. Open to all singers! Monday 11th December – 11:00 – 14:45 and 18:30 – 20:20 Year 6 Super Choir rehearsing / performing at The Brighton Centre. The rehearsal is in the afternoon. The evening concert will start at 19:00. Please ensure the children arrive between 18:15 and 18:35 and meet Miss Rusbatch in the foyer. Tickets available from the Brighton Centre Box Office or online. Tuesday 12th December – 11:00 – 12:15 School Christmas Concert to an audience of ex-pupils of Downs Junior School (1930s – 1960s). Audience by invitation only. Mega Choir, Super Choir and Orchestra performing. Wednesday 13th December – 18:00 – 19:30 MAIN SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CONCERT at St. Martin’s Church on Lewes Road (close to the bottom of Elm Grove). Mega Choir, Super Choir and Orchestra will be performing. No tickets required. Open to all audiences. Children must arrive between 17:45 and 17:55 to ensure a prompt start. All children must be collected from the church at 19:30. We will be asking for monetary donations* on the evening. The children can wear anything ‘Christmassy’, including tinsel, face paint and head gear (antlers, elf ears or Santa hats). They may wear any combination of the following colours: black, white, red, green, silver or gold. CANCELLED - Friday 15th December – CANCELELD Violin Concerts – POSTPONED UNTIL THE SPRING TERM. Monday 18th December – 09:30 – 10:15 and 14:15 – 15:00 Year 3 Christmas Concerts to parents. All Year 3 children will be performing. Online booking is required. Booking website and code available from the school office. Tuesday 19th December – Timings TBC (during the school day) Year 3 Concerts to the school & the Year 2 children & staff from Downs Infant School Unfortunately, due to recently scheduled surgery, Lisa de Simone has cancelled this year's Christmas Violin concert. However, the violin students will have the opportunity to perform in January or February 2018 instead: Date and time to be confirmed.
Keep your eye on the Violin page for updates. Well done to all of our talented, brave voice students. You all performed with confidence and skill. Thank you for entertaining us today. Thanks also to our voice teacher, Bella Spinks. For more information about voice lessons in school, visit the VOICE page.
Huge congratulations to the 6J Team for their wonderful assembly today. You should be very proud of your performances.
Today, Year 5 experienced opera!
We went to the stunning Glyndebourne Opera House near Glynde to watch the world premiere performance of Belongings, by Lewis Murphy and Laura Attridge. For more information about the opera and our experience, visit the BELONGINGS web page. For all upcoming concert dates, times and details, download the document below:
Friday 24th November – 10:00 – 10:30 and 10:45 – 11:15
Voice Concerts – Bella Spinks’ voice students performing. Parents of performers are welcome to attend either concert. No tickets required. Friday 8th December - 10:00 – 10:30 and 10:45 – 11:15 and 11:30 – 12:15 to parents Guitar Concerts – Tom Butterworth’s guitar students performing. Parents of performers are welcome to attend the 11:30 – 12:15 concert. No tickets required. Sunday 10th December – time TBC Christmas Sing-a-long at the FODJ Christmas Winterland Event. Time slot to be confirmed. Monday 11th December – 18:30 – 20:20 Year 6 Super Choir performing at The Brighton Centre. The concert will start at 19:00. Please ensure the children arrive between 18:30 and 18:40 and meet Miss Rusbatch in the foyer. Tickets available from the Brighton Centre Box Office or online. Tuesday 12th December – 11:00 – 12:15 School Christmas Concert to an audience of ex-pupils of Downs Junior School (1930s – 1960s). Audience by invitation only. Mega Choir, Super Choir and Orchestra performing. Wednesday 13th December – 18:00 – 19:30 MAIN SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CONCERT at St. Martin’s Church on Lewes Road (close to the bottom of Elm Grove). Mega Choir, Super Choir and Orchestra will be performing. No tickets required. Open to all audiences. Children must arrive between 17:45 and 17:55 to ensure a prompt start. All children must be collected from the church at 19:30. We will be asking for monetary donations* on the evening. The children can wear anything ‘Christmassy’, including tinsel, face paint and head gear (antlers, elf ears or Santa hats). They may wear any combination of the following colours: black, white, red, green, silver or gold. Friday 15th December – 14:00 – 15:00 Violin Concerts – Lisa De Simone’s violin students performing to parents. No tickets required. Saturday 16th December – 15:00 – 17:00 and 19:00 – 21:00 Miss Rusbatch performing with the Brighton Goes Gospel choir. Tickets required. Monday 18th December – 09:30 – 10:15 and 14:15 – 15:00 Year 3 Christmas Concerts to parents. All Year 3 children will be performing. Online booking is required. Details to follow. Please note, there will be no Mega Choir rehearsal on Wednesday 20th December. *We will be asking for monetary donations at this year’s Christmas concerts. Donations will be split between the school’s music department, and the charity, Refugee Support Europe. Please donate generously if you can. Enjoy the concerts and have a happy holiday. Download this year's Christmas Song Booklet below:
Year 6 have been busy improvising and composing on a variety of instruments for their Refugee songs today. They're starting to take shape and establish structure. We'll start uploading some audio examples soon. Well done Year 6.
Thank you to 4K for entertaining and educating us with their Ancient Egyptian production. Well done to Stanley on tech duties and to Ms Kay and her team for pulling together a wonderful assembly with limited hall time.
A few orchestra rehearsal videos to practise with at home...
Today, the children in Year 4 demonstrated great ensemble skills, whilst reading notation on the board. Miss Rusbatch was really impressed with the children's focus and listening.
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