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Choir

We welcome everyone at West Denton Primary to join the school choir, we even have some of our staff that take part. We enjoy celebrating our love and passion for singing on a weekly basis throughout the whole school year. The choir is a great place to build a sense of belonging and community.

Grainger Market

The children in the choir had a fabulous time performing their favourite Christmas songs for customers of the Grainger Market in Newcastle. From 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' to Wham's 'Last Christmas' our audience was very impressed. 

The Wizard of Oz

This year we followed the yellow brick road to the Emerald City with Dorothy. Along the way we made friends with the Scarecrow, Tin man and the Lion. The choir worked so hard this year learning their lines and remembering the staging that had been set. The costumes looked fabulous in the stage lighting and the script had everyone laughing all the way through. This years script was provided by Tom Whalley. We were joined by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle and the Newcastle West MP Chi Onwurah who both thoroughly enjoyed the show and said that they're looking forward to their next invite. 

Hold The Drama

Hold the Drama uses music as a way to start conversations about emotions and feelings.

Audiences can both articulate the plots of the shows and then unpick their own emotional responses with inspiring clarity. This approach can unlock powerful discussions, in which audience members use what they’ve seen to reflect on their personal experiences.

Rock Steady

Rock Steady offer our children fantastic opportunities to learn an instrument. The children then perform for family and their friends in school every term as part of a rock band. Please contact the school for more information if your child is interested in taking part.  

Autumn Term Gig

Spring Term Gig 

RockSteady Open Day 

RockSteady came into our assembly to form some bands using some cool and amazing instruments. It didn't take long until our bands were performing together. 

Christmas Nativity

It's the most wonderful time of the year. The children and staff dedicate a lot of time and hard work into putting together some wonderful Christmas productions for families and friends to enjoy. It certainly helps us get into the festive spirit. The children develop many skills taking part in our school Nativity's such as listening, building confidence and working as an ensemble whilst having great fun.

          Music Story Makers Phase 1

First week in Phase 1

 Whole School Pudding Chare Performance

The children were treated to a performance by The Pudding Chare Music Group. It was a great opportunity for the children to hear the sound that some unfamiliar instruments make. The children had time to listen and appraise each composition.   

Festival of Languages

The children in Year 5 worked together with Seniora Perez to learn 'What a Wonderful World' by 'Louis Armstrong' in Spanish. They sounded amazing singing this unfamiliar song for the Newcastle Festival of Languages. The video was amalgamated along with lots of other schools to create an amazing united video celebrating many languages. 

During Samba drum lessons the children develop their understanding and skills of how to keep a beat, changing the dynamics of music and copying rhythms using call and response. The children are given opportunities to compose, improvise and perform their own musical compositions as an ensemble or in a solo context. At the end of the workshop, the children performed their Samba performance to their parents and their peers.

EYFS - First Thing Music

 The children in Reception take part in weekly First Thing Music sessions that use the Kodály-based principles and engages both young people and staff in school. Using Kodály-based music activities in school nurtures students' musical skills, enhances their cognitive development, and fosters a lifelong love for music.

Reception Easter Performance

Reception really enjoyed performing their Easter songs for their loved ones.

The children put a lot of hard work into learning the words and actions to the songs.

They even made their own spring crowns to wear for the performance.

Piccolo Music Workshop

The children learn key musical concepts such as pitch, dynamics, rhythm and pulse laying the foundations for the children to develop music making in a non-threatening, interactive and creative way. Sing with Piccolo’s workshops also focus on supporting children’s general development and well-being whilst developing ongoing musical progression.

Year 6 Leavers Assembly 

This year the Year 6 class focused their leavers assembly around the sounds of the 80s. The parents loved hearing and singing along to some of the iconic hits that they grew up listening to. 

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               Royal Opera House - The Magic Flute - Year 5

                          Keyboard Tuition 

This year we have began to offer children weekly keyboard tuition. The children have so much fun playing and hearing new sounds that they can make with the keyboard. During the lessons the children also have some time to compose their own tunes. If your child is interested in learning the keyboard please contact the school. 

"  "  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Early Years - First Thing Music 

 Virtual Christmas 

 Christmas Nativity

  Choir 

We welcome everyone at West Denton Primary to join the school choir. We enjoy celebrating our love and passion for singing on a weekly basis throughout the whole school year.  

 Christmas Carols 

It was lovely to see all the children perform together for the first time as 'The West Denton Choir'. The choir has only been practicing for 3 weeks and they were fab-u-lous! 

 ABBA "  "

SHOW TIME 

The choir perform an annual show in the Summer term. 

The children this year had an amazing time performing 'Cinderella'. The script was wrote by Stephen Stokoe and had the audience laughing throughout. Well done to everyone involved!   

 Rocksteady 

 Ukulele Phase 2

The year 4 children rehearsed very hard to learn the summer songs to perform at the Vertu Motors Arena. All the children had great fun playing along with other instruments in the ensemble in front of an audience.  

 Djembe Drums - Phase 1 

The children in Phase 1 used the Djembe Drums to retell a story of a big elephant who was scared of a little mouse. The children used their drumming talents to make different noises with the drums to symbolise the animals footsteps.  

Djembe Drums - Phase 3 

Listening to their peers, Phase 3 repeated and created their own rhythms using all the parts of the drum to create different sounds.

 Nursery Rhyme Week

Singing in our Early Years is very prominent. It plays an important part in developing speech and language through keeping steady beats and learning well known rhymes.

West Denton's Got Talent Show