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'AND ALL THAT JAZZ!' Jazz hands art with Q2., by Mrs Roberts

Date: 11th Jan 2017 @ 4:28pm

Class Q2 loved making our JAZZ HANDS with glittery and sparkly sequins. We are all ready to take them straight to our Broadway performance.

Dance, Drama & Singing - What a week so far., by Mr Gill

Date: 10th Jan 2017 @ 11:42pm

Although it is only Tuesday, P4 have taken part in some brilliant workshops ran by the Liverpool Empire theatre.

On Monday, we were very lucky to have the opportunity to work with Nat. She gave us a taster of what it’s like to be on stage (it’s quite scary when the spotlight is all on you). Nat explained to us that we can create a character using 3 very important things. Ask the children to find out what they are - I'm sure they would be delighted to demonstrate too!

We have also worked with Hayley who taught us a dance to the very well-known musical The Lion King. Mr Gill was very proud of what we produced. Our dance was performed to the soundtrack 'The Circle of Life' (One of Mr Gill's favourites).

The whole of Y4 came together to learn a song taught to us by Alan. This will be performed in assembly on Friday so watch this space!

It has been such a lovely week so far and we can't wait to see what the rest of it has in store for us.

Arts Celebration, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 10th Jan 2017 @ 5:20pm

P5 experienced two fantastic sessions with the professionals from the Empire. The children made realistic lion masks for props for the Lion King. As you can see from the images below, the children demonstrated great team work within their groups and were extremely helpful to other members of the class.

Hayley choreographed a dance for P5 relating to Hairspray, the musical. Six children were then lucky enough to be chosen for individual parts for the Friday finale.

Thank you to th Liverpool Empire for the creative ideas that our children have experienced today.  

Arts Celebration, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 10th Jan 2017 @ 5:18pm

Q5 were lucky enough to have two sessions with the professionals from the Empire. They made super masks for props for the Lion King, showing great team collaboration. 

With Hayley, they danced to Hairspray the musical, as a whole class. Six children were then lucky enough to be chosen for individual parts for the Friday finale.

Thank you to the Liverpool Empire for the creative ideas that our children have experienced today.

Year 5 singing with the Empire , by Miss Stubbs

Date: 9th Jan 2017 @ 4:01pm

Alan, from the Empire Theatre in Liverpool, came to teach the year 5 children today. He played the keyboard and taught them how to do vocal warm ups and breathing exercises. They learned that the sound they make comes from their diaphragm. The children were taught lyrics from a song and were guided when to join in. On Friday they will perform in a whole school end of Arts Celebration finale. 

Liverpool Empire Theatre - Singing Lesson in Year 6, by Miss Hughes

Date: 9th Jan 2017 @ 9:29am

Celebrating the Arts continues!! 

On Monday morning, Year 6 had a singing lesson with Alan from the Liverpool Empire Theatre. We enjoyed singing different verses at different times! Oh when the saints, stop the train, she'll be coming round the mountains & swing low . It sounded fantastic! 

Fantastic first week back! , by Mrs Kellett

Date: 8th Jan 2017 @ 4:54pm

We had a fantastic start to 2017. It was a real pleasure to walk around our school and see all the exciting things going on this week. We had samba, ukulele, songwriting linked to musicals and lots and lots of Art. The children have absolutely loved it. It ended on Friday with our own art exhibition in the hall. It was so well attended- thank you. I had lots of positive comments from parents. It was a great way to showcase the children's work. 

Twitter-tastic!, by Miss Hughes

Date: 7th Jan 2017 @ 11:35pm

Please follow @QueensCoEURC on Twitter for an instant feed of all the wonderful things that go on at Queen's Park each day. Our staff have their own class pages and regularly tweet about what's happening in their classrooms. For Q6's twitter feed follow @MissHughesQP. 

Something very special happened over Christmas... a million people have seen Charlotte Nicholson's writing - her take on the Mrs Claus Christmas advert. We received several retweets and Marks & Spencer's themselves commented that her work was "simply spellbinding" ... and we couldn't agree more. Charlotte's work is being appreciated by people all over the world! Well done Charlotte. 

This week, we've even had a retweet from David Walliams - who seems very pleased that Keira Hockenhull is enjoying his latest book The Midnight Gang. 

What should the king do? Conscience Alley in Q6!, by Miss Hughes

Date: 7th Jan 2017 @ 11:20pm

We LOVE reading in Q6, we love books and we especially love learning through a quality text. We are currently reading The Princess' Blankets by Carol Ann Duffy: a beautiful story with equally beautiful paintings made into illustrations. We are up to the part where the stony-eyed stranger has arrived at the king's door. He wants to help the princess become warm again. Should the king let him in? Or should the king turn him away? 

We thought of arguments for or against and made our very own king walk down conscience alley and make a decision! We are now working towards some persuasive writing aimed at the king. Some fantastic ideas and brilliant arguments... we have definitely realised there are two sides to every story! 

Art exhibition - Year 6, by Miss Hughes

Date: 7th Jan 2017 @ 11:01pm

Year 6 had a fantastic time on Friday afternoon, showcasing their wonderful artwork. 

We are celebrating west end musicals as part of our arts fortnight. Year 6 have been looking at Matilda the Musical. We listened to the song "When I Grow Up" and it got us thinking about our aspirations... and what we want to be when we're older.  We used our sewing skills to create cushions with a design representing our aspirations. 

The visitors at our art exhibition were able to guess straight away what our cushions represented! Which tells me that Year 6 did as smashing job in their textile designs. 

Well done year 6! 

Celebrating the Arts, by Mr Gill

Date: 6th Jan 2017 @ 4:29pm

Thank you to all our parents who came to see all the fantastic artwork produced by the classes of Queen's Park this afternoon. What an event it was. I'm sure you will have been impressed with all the work that the children have done this week. 

P4 have been working really hard this week ensuring that our class mosaic of the car from 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' was complete. We have also designed, created and evaluated our very own 'Toot Sweets'. They looked fantastic. 

We can't wait for next week already as we will working with staff from the Liverpool Empire Theatre. 

Textile Art, by Miss Glover

Date: 6th Jan 2017 @ 3:17pm

We have been learning about the West End Muscial Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Charlie's Grandad Joe wrote to us asking if we would make him and the other grandparents a brand new bed cover. We decided to base the design on sweets from the story. We designed it by drawing it, working with a partner and then finally selecting suitable materials to add to our very own patch. Check out our final product! 

Grandad Joe loved it! 

Scrumdiddlyumptious , by Miss Fisher

Date: 6th Jan 2017 @ 3:12pm

We received a Golden Ticket from Willy Wonker

asking us to be taste testers for his

Chocolate Factory!

There were lots of different sweets for us to taste test and we came up with exciting

adjectives to describe the flavour, aroma, texture and appearance of them.

Who has the King?, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 6th Jan 2017 @ 3:09pm

Y3 celebrated Epiphany in French style as we played the traditional family game of 'find la feve.'  The youngest child went under the table and chose family members (in French of course) to pick a coloured slice of 'la galette'. Whoever had the charm of a king hidden in the slice got to wear 'la couronne'. 

SAMBA SAMBA SAMBA, by Miss Glover

Date: 6th Jan 2017 @ 2:47pm

What a week we have had! 

At Queen's Park it is currently Art's fortnight. To kick star our week we have had a visit from a special Samba instructor. He taught us how to play a range of percussion instruments. We have had so much fun. We have learnt that listening to music and playing music is a type of Art and we have loved it! 

Art exhibition in the school hall, by Mrs Platt

Date: 6th Jan 2017 @ 1:49pm

Look at the amazing art work our classes have produced as part of our 'Arts Fortnight' celebrations. 

Arts Fortnight, by Mrs Potter

Date: 6th Jan 2017 @ 12:16pm

Happy New Year everyone!

Our first week back has been an arty affair! We have painted pieces of cloth in lots of different colours and they have been pieced together thanks to Mrs Hart to make Josephs multicoloured coat.

Also this week, we have been tought all about Samba music. We had the opportunity to play some Samba which turned out to be really fun!

Take a look at our photos!

Les Rois et les Reines, by Mrs Taylor

Date: 6th Jan 2017 @ 10:00am

Y1 had fun learning about how Epiphany is celebrated in France. We learned about how French families play a game where the youngest family member goes under the table and chooses who can take a slice of 'la galette'. Whoever finds a charm hidden in their slice becomes 'le Roi' or 'la Reine' and wears a crown. We practised learning our colour words by wearing different coloured crowns and the children on the carpet had to guess which coloured crown was missing from our line up of kings and queens. When they worked out who it was the hidden child popped up and said 'bonjour!'

Another fantastic day at QP, by Mrs Kellett

Date: 5th Jan 2017 @ 11:04pm

I went for a little wander today and was totally overwhelmed by the wonderful things happening across the school.  Y2 were completely engaged and enthralled in learning to play the samba (Mrs Hart secretly enjoyed it too), year six were making cushions from a theme in Matilda - all will be revealed tomorrow.  The year five corridor was a hub of activity. Both class were experimenting with paint and printing on material.  What a wonderful day!

Chitty Chitty Teaser, by Mr Houltram

Date: 5th Jan 2017 @ 3:22pm

The children have been busy all week putting together their very own work of art for our Arts Exhibition this Friday. We don't want to give too much away but here are a few pictures to get those Chitty Chitty tastebuds going. Don't forget to pop in tomorrow (Friday 7th January) to check out the children's work. You won't be disappointed!

Truly Scrumptious!, by Mr Houltram

Date: 5th Jan 2017 @ 3:16pm

Q4 have been inspired by the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang this week. We have loved the soundtrack, so much so that we decided to make some truly scrumptious sweets! I have to say that the children's imaginations and creativity were artumptuous! I think you'll agree. 

Anyone for ukulele?, by Mr Houltram

Date: 5th Jan 2017 @ 3:10pm

Q4 kicked off Arts Fortnight in style. They were treated to a ukulele workshop and they loved it! 

Ukelele! , by Mr Gill

Date: 4th Jan 2017 @ 5:37pm

Today, P4 had the opportunity to play the Ukelele. For most of us, this was the first time playing (including me). We were introduced to all the different parts of the Ukelele before the children had a go at playing a couple of tunes. We Will Rock You by Queen was a personal favourite.

What a great way to start our Arts Fortnight! 

Arts Fortnight Day 1, by Mrs Atherton

Date: 4th Jan 2017 @ 4:56pm

As an introduction to our Arts Fortnight Year 5 began by learning to play the ukulele. 

Mr Garner from the School's Music Service came into Year 5 to teach the children how to play the ukulele. They were taught about the parts of the  instrument and where their play and eat positions were. First, they were shown how to strum and then how to read musical notation. The classes played to Pagoda and then my Dog has Fleas.  Eventually the children progressed to playing chords and playing to a backing track. They were taught how to play chords and that the strings were C,G,E and A.

Year 5 have had a great time appreciating the musical aspects of our Arts Fortnight and playing the ukulele.  

As part of the Arts Fortnight, the children are looking at musicals. Year 5 have loved the musical elements of Annie and have spent the afternoon singing in groups and performing scenes from this musical. 

Arts Fortnight Day 1, by Miss Stubbs

Date: 4th Jan 2017 @ 4:56pm

As an introduction to our Arts Fortnight Year 5 began by learning to play the ukulele. 

Mr Garner from the School's Music Service came into Year 5 to teach the children how to play the ukulele. They were taught about the parts of the  instrument and where their play and eat positions were. First, they were shown how to strum and then how to read musical notation. The classes played to Pagoda and then my Dog has Fleas.  Eventually the children progressed to playing chords and playing to a backing track. They were taught how to play chords and that the strings were C,G,E and A.

Year 5 have had a great time appreciating the musical aspects of our Arts Fortnight and playing the ukulele.  

As part of the Arts Fortnight, the children are looking at musicals. Year 5 have loved the musical elements of Annie and have spent the afternoon singing in groups and performing scenes from this musical.