This year's Junior concert was filled with Christmas songs from Nursery, Transition, Reception, Years 1 and 2.

First to take the stage was Transition, looking so very endearing in their costumes. There was Father Christmas and his elf helpers and a horse to pull his sleigh! 

After Transition had sang their Christmas songs, Nursery sang five Christmas songs of their own.  Transition and Nursery then joined together to sing When Santa got stuck up the Chimney!; Away in a Manager and We Wish you a Merry Christmas.

Reception performed a Nativity play with Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus.  There were kings, shepherds, angels and camels (including the very amusing 'Humph' the camel - an extremely grumpy camel who grunted 'humph' throughout the play until he eventually met with the baby Jesus and became a very happy camel no more to utter 'humph' again.

Years 1 and 2 sang a variety of songs from different countries which included: Spain - 'Life in Spain';  China - 'Chinese Springtime';  Austria - 'The Yodeller's Carol';  Greece - 'Tha Paro Mia Psarovarka';  Norway - 'There is a Light Shining';  Mexico - 'La Caravacha' and South Africa - 'E-Lah'.

This was followed by 'Happy Birthday Jesus' and 'Blow the Candles Out' with audience participation.

Bright sunshine low in the sky, leaves changing colour and falling to the ground and reduced daylight hours - all signs that autumn has arrived.  The Granville celebrate the arrival of autumn with a festival of poems and songs. The whole school take part.  Nursery and Transition were first on stage and it really was a first for some of them as they made their debut on stage.  Nursery sang two songs: 'Picking Apples' and Autumn Time is Here Again' and  Transition recited a poem 'The Leaves are Green' and sang about 'Mr Scarecrow'.  Reception recited a very amusing poem about Whiskey-Friskey the squirrel and showed off their squirrel tails made with autumn leaves!  They sang a song about 'Spiky, Spiny Hedgehog'.   Class 1 sang 'The Fruit Song' and recited 'Leaves of Autumn.  The Seniors followed  Class 1 and sang a very meaningful song called 'Share it Around'; reminding us that some people do not have so much and we sometimes take for granted what we have . Harvest is a time for sharing.  Next Class 2 took the stage and sang 'Thank you for our Food' and recited 'Wind Ways'.

Everyone sang together 'Cauliflowers Fluffy' and 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' and Mrs Scott closed with a prayer of thanks.

The Summer Concert was indeed a celebration of the talents and skills of our young performers.  The programme was wide and varied   The orchestra played a German waltz, a Polka, 'Can you Feel the Love Tonight' from The Lion King, Purcell's 'Rigadoon' and 'Sazzaroorah'.  There were piano, flute and cello duets, violin solos and recorder groups playing a variety of jazz, blues and traditional pieces by different composers.  The choir excelled  singing a variety of songs including 'Yellow Submarine', 'Colours of the Wind',  'I have Music',  'A Tall Story' and 'Mi Caballo Blanco'.

Everyone performed to a very high standard to an extremely appreciative audience.  Our thanks go to Mrs Holt our Music Teacher for all her hard work in arranging such a splendid concert.

Birds' Festival was inspired by our founder, Miss Makin, and her love of nature.  Every year, close to St Valentine's Day, we celebrate with a festival by the Juniors of poems and songs all about birds.

The Juniors entertained the staff and the Senior School.  

Nursery sang 'Little Yellow Duck & recited 'Five Little Birds'		Transition sang 'Three Little Ducks on the Telephone' & recited 'Little Bird'

Reception sang 'Six Little Ducks' & recited ' 'Five Little Chickens'		Class 1 sang 'The Little Bird' & recited 'The Owl in the Tree & 'The Wise Owl'

Class 2 sang 'The Osprey' and recited 'The Robin'

Nursery Wall Display 'Animals'		Transition Wall Display 'Twit Twoo'		Reception Wall Display 'Egg-cellent at adding'

Class 1 Wall Display 'Owls in a Tree'		Class 2 Wall Display 'St Francis of Assisi'

We are always glad to receive our invitation to the Sevenoaks School Concert for Prep and Primary schools and this year was no exception!

The choir, made up of girls from Years 5 and 6, set off on the coach  and arrived at the Aisher Hall to find a buzz of excitement.  There were eight schools attending and we quickly realised that our audience was several hundred strong!

The programmes were distributed and we discovered that we were billed to sing first.  Initially this seemed rather daunting, but in fact it turned out to be very pleasant as we were able to get the nervous part over quickly and relax and enjoy the rest of the afternoon.

I am of course biased (!), but I thought our choir was brilliant and they really looked as though they were enjoying themselves.  They sang a beautiful Spanish folk song called 'Mi Caballo Blanco'.  Our second song was a fun one with a twist at the end, called 'A Tall Story'.

The other schools treated us to orchestral items, recorder ensembles and large and small choral groups sang to us.  Sevenoaks Junior Singers concluded the programme with some songs from their recent production of 'Joseph' and it was super to see some ex-Granville girls enjoying their music-making. 

We returned to school in time for orchestra rehearsal.  Well done to our hard-working girls for not complaining that we had to rush back and therefore miss tea at Sevenoaks!

Our school has been given a Bronze award to recognise achievement in working towards a sustainable lifestyle.