Month: April 2019

Our time working with The Conservatoire came to an end last week as we put on a performance which included all of our learning.

We have loved working with the talented tutors from The Conservatoire and have learned lots from them.

The title of our performance  is,
”An exploration of Scotland’s landscapes and the journeys we take through them expressed using the Creative Arts.”

On Tuesday, we performed for different classes in the school and we used this as our rehearsals.  Performers always rehearse before their main show to make sure everything is perfect.

Rehearsals were fun and the technical group managed to set up all the lights, sound desks and mics while we were rehearsing.  This is hard work but we knew how to do it quickly and correctly thanks to Lou’s amazing teaching over the past 6 weeks.

Performing in front of other pupils in the school made us nervous but we enjoyed ourselves anyway.  It was good for other pupils to see our learning as they had maybe never seen a performance like this before.

Our parents had been invited in to see our performance and we were so excited to show off our learning.
The performance was performed in promenade which meant the audience had to follow the performers as they performed.

Our parents absolutely loved our performance and gave us a massive round of applause at the end.  They were very proud of us and it felt good to be able to show off our learning.

Our families coming in to support us is so important for our learning.  We really appreciate them taking the time to come and see us and for sharing our learning with us.

This project has been a fantastic experience for all of us and we have learned lots – singing, movement, setting up lights, setting up mics, setting up sound and so much more.  The most important thing we have learned is that there are so many opportunities for successful careers in the arts.

 

If you missed our performance yesterday, you can read our programme here.  How professional?

   

We had our final session with The tutors from The Conservatoire this week.

The music group were perfecting the timing and tuning of their performance.

The movement group added in some last minute moves.  They were working hard to make sure they were all moving at the same time and their performance was flowing.

The technicians were told what their role would be on the day and they moved to their positions.  Some of the group are in charge of the microphones which is very important for the music group and the rest of the group are in charge of the sound and the lights which is important for the entire performance and the movement group.  

Zain was very busy checking the floor plan and becoming familiar with it.  It is very important for technicians to know exactly what is happening and when as they control the sound and the lights for the entire performance.

We had some fun on the mics too.  Shouting on Mr Stewart, just to make sure the mics were working of course.

A massive thank you and well done to every pupil in Primary 6 for all of their hard work during term 3.  You each showed patience and maturity while we learned out in the corridor this term.  It was not easy but you all made it easier by being fun, polite and caring towards me and each other.  I’m so proud of you all and can’t wait to learn in our new classroom in term 4.

Enjoy the rest of your holiday and I will see you soon.

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Primary 6, 6/7 and 7 took part in the BBC’s 500 words competition a couple of months ago.  We each had to plan and write a story which was then submitted to the BBC competition.  Thousands of children across the UK enter the competition and the winner gets an amazing prize.

At St Albert’s, we decided to have our own 500 words competition.  Mrs Brightman kindly agreed to be the judge of our competition.  Mrs Brightman said all the stories were fantastic and she was very impressed by the writing produced.  

On the last day of term 3, Mrs Brightman came into school with her adorable daughter Audrey to announce the winners.  There were bronze, silver and gold winners.

Well done to Sarmud, Zain, Ahsan, Abeeha, Safa and Innaya for achieving a bronze award for their writing.  Their stories were fantastic.

Zoha from our class was awarded silver for her story which meant she got over 40 marks out of 50.  Pretty impressive!!!!

Massive well done to everybody for submitting a story, they were all excellent.  Remember, to become a better writer, you need to read lots of different books and let your imagination grow.