Our Longfleet guitar pupils have been invited to perform at a very exciting event. Soundstorm, our fabulous music hub, are staging a celebration involving schools from across the region at Upton Country Park. The concert is being linked in with the theme of the 50 year anniversary of the first moon landing and is called Transmission. The concert will be on July 3rd at 7pm and if you would like to book tickets please do so as soon as possible through the Soundstorm website. The children will have two rehearsals at school with inspirational guitarist and composer, Chris Woods. Have a look at his website to find out more about him https://chriswoodsgroove.co.uk/ All our guitar pupils have taken letters home giving more information. Please return the permission slip by Monday 3rd June if you want to take part.
Our school orchestra recently gained twenty-two new recorder players from Years 3 & 4 and three new violin players from Crocodile Class, taking our numbers up to sixty-five! To celebrate, we learnt a piece of music called ‘Superhero Blues’ and performed it to the parents after school on Wednesday.
Children representing each of our instruments also performed a piece of music. The recorders kicked off the concert with ‘Chilled’, followed by performances from the flutes and clarinets. Our cello pupils performed Frere Jacques in three parts and a Grade 2 piece called ‘Happy Places’. Jiya then gave us a lovely solo violin performance of a piece from ‘Carmen’. Our trombones, cornets and trumpets gave a lively rendition of ‘Strollin’ followed by impressive solos by Zoya on the piano and Josh on the drumkit. The concert ended with ‘Superhero Blues’ performed by the whole orchestra.
Well done to the orchestra (especially if that was your first ever performance) and thank you to all the parents, families, friends and teachers who came to listen.
Our Year 5 Lionesses produced some great displays to finish the tournament in 3rd place. The tournament was played on the Vitality Stadium pitch, and the girls were so excited to play on the same pitch as some of their heroes. In a small group of 3, each school played each other twice, resulting in four group matches overall.
Longfleet 7-0 Parkfield
Longfleet 0-1 St Katherine’s
Longfleet 8-0 Parkfield
Longfleet 3-0 St Katherine’s.
This put us into a semi-final with St James. A narrow 1-0 loss was an unlucky result with the chances Longfleet missed, but the girls had a fantastic time.
Daisy Preston scored 12 goals overall in the tournament, making her the tournament’s top scorer.
Year 5’s Trip to Winchester Science Centre
Year 5 went on a trip to Winchester Science Centre for their topic of EUREKA! First, we got on to the coaches and set off for a one-hour journey. When we got there, we split up into our groups and ventured to the ground or top floor.
Here are some explanations of the exhibits:
Mind Ball: The mind ball is an exhibit where you must relax to get the ball to your opponent’s end of the table.
The Vortex: The Vortex is an exhibit where you must turn around the handle to make a vortex.
The Colon Café: First, you had to get a ticket from a ticket machine and go in. Next, you scan your ticket. After that, you watch your digested food flow around your intestines. On your way out, it says: “WARNING, WARNING toxic gas is coming!
“I really liked the Colon Café!” Paige, Eagles.
“I liked the planetarium,” Liam W, Eagles.
“I really liked the mind ball,” Archie H, Kites.
THE WORKSHOP
In our workshop, we learnt about the states of matter: liquids, gases and solids.
First, we had to show what the states of matter were. Then we had to do some experimenting. Let’s see if you can guess what we made. So it is sticky, kids love it and it is stretchy. So have you guessed yet?.........You have? Good! It’s slime of course. Then we had to gather all our slime into one ginormous piece of it.
The Planetarium
Last of all, we went in to the planetarium. A planetarium is a big dome that has a projector showing the night sky. In addition, a remote controls the projector and makes the sky move.
Lyra and Haydn ☺