We’re delighted to announce that all 18 of our clarinet and brass candidates passed their ABRSM Grade 1 and Grade 2 exams with flying colours! Jiya also passed her Grade 3 violin exam and we are waiting on results for our two Cello candidates. Well done children. You have demonstrated aspiration, resilience and kindness by aiming high, persevering and supporting each other along the way.

Our Longfleet guitarists gave a wonderful performance at Soundstorm's TRANSMISSION concert yesterday evening! The biennial music hub celebration pulls together performers from all over Hampshire and Dorset to showcase the musical talent of our local youngsters. We signed in at the Performers' Lounge at 2pm and then headed onto the stage for our soundcheck. Afterwards we had a rehearsal with Chris Woods followed by plenty of time to picnic and enjoy the beautiful grounds of Upton Country Park. As the concert got nearer there were some nervous butterflies in our tummies but we knew that we were just excited and couldn't wait to get on stage! The piece we performed was written for us by Chris Woods and was called "A New Sea". It went really well and we got a huge round of applause. Afterwards, some of us stayed to enjoy the second half of the concert featuring bands, orchestras, steel pans, choirs and solo artists. All in all, a great day and an inspiring evening!

Today, we entered a team of Year 5 and 6 children into the Dorset School Games Windsurfing competition at Portland OTC.

 

In the morning, the children practised their windsurfing skills ready for the competition in the afternoon! They were all confident travelling in a straight line and did a great job of developing their skills when turning. 

 

In the afternoon, they competed as a team in both windsurfing and paddle boarding races. We were incredibly proud when it was announced that we were the overall winners! In addition, Josh even competed in races with some experienced windsurfers and was brilliant at demonstrating our school values of aspiration and resilience!  

 

Well done to everyone for a fantastic day! 

 

 

The Harbourside Learning Partnership produced another sporting event to allow children to represent their school, this time a Year 3/4 Multiskills event, held at Oakdale Junior School. The Oakdale Year 6 Sports Leaders were delivering the events and did a marvellous job in energising the children and ensuring they improved their scores throughout. Thanks to Mrs Davies at Oakdale who trained the Leaders and produced the event. Longfleet loved the different activities on offer, their favourites being the “Adventure Trail” and the “reactor catches”, using equipment that apparently Mr Cole now “has to buy!”

Our Year 4 pupils are making fabulous progress on their brass instruments! Take a look at the videos and photographs on the music page of the school website to hear and see them playing. Don't forget there is a concert coming up on Monday 1st July at 2.30pm and we would love you to come and listen. We'll also be talking about opportunities to continue learning the trumpet, cornet or trombone in a smaller group next year. Thanks to all the lovely Year 4 parents who are doing a brilliant job helping their child to remember their instruments every Monday and encouraging them to practice at home! 

On the 11^th of June, some skilled members of the Year 4, 5 and 6 athletics team went to Ashdown for a Town Sports competition.

We did events including:

. 75 m                               . Long jump  

. 600m                              . Cricket ball throw     

. 150 m                             . High jump

. 60 m                                . Hurdles                           

Some people in our school got through to the County Finals which means they go up against people throughout the County. Unfortunately, it was raining very heavily and it was freezing but we were resilient and we carried on to try our best in everything we did. All the teachers got nice, warm drinks whilst we ran all of our events.

 

By Blossom and Eloise, Kites

On Tuesday 4th June, some Year 5s and 6s went to Broadstone Middle School to take part in the Quad Kids event. At the tournament, we all took part in 4 events: howler throw; standing long jump; 600m and 75m. Overall, our team came 7th. Mr Fehrenbach and Miss Helm were particularly impressed with everyone's resilience and endurance during the 600m! 

 

By Jamie, Eagles 

https://chriswoodsgroove.co.uk/longfleet-guitar-orchestra-a-new-sea/

Percussive guitarist and composer Chris Woods delivered a fantastic workshop to around 40 Longfleet guitar pupils last week. They are preparing a piece to perform at Soundstorm's "TRANSMISSION" concert which will take place at Upton Country Park on Wednesday 3rd July. If you would like to be in the audience make sure you book tickets through Soundstorm's website as it is sure to be a sell-out event! Guitar pupils, check out the amazing resources Chris has made for you by clicking on the link above. There are four different 'loops' to choose from according to how confident you feel and each one has a video and TAB to help you practise. Our second workshop with Chris is on Tuesday 25th June.