School Events and Projects
THE GRANVILLE SUMMER CONCERT

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.
SPRING FESTIVAL - March 2008
The walls of the hall were adorned with giant spring pictures created by each class. The hall had been decorated by parents with Spring flowers and foliage. The girls wore chaplets of flowers in their hair and the boys wore buttonholes; the lingering fragrance of the flowers filled the room.
 
It was the Granville Spring Festival and the arrival of Spring was celebrated with songs of new life and those telling the story of the crucifixition and resurruction of Jesus Christ.  Parents, staff and guests listened to songs such as 'The King of Love my Shepherd is',  'The Easter Story, Full of Joy and Exultation,'  'In a Troubled World,' and 'Were you there when they Crucified my Lord'. 
 
The Spring Festival was a fitting way to end the term and to begin the Easter holiday.
 
 
STORYTELLER & WORLD BOOK DAY - February/March 2008
Are you sitting comfortably?  Then I'll tell you a story..........
 
That's what happended at The Granville on Tuesday 26th February as a precursor to World Book Day - the Storytellers arrived.
 
Tony Edwards and his troupe told stories of magic and wonder all day - starting with Nursery class and ending with Years 5 and 6.
 
Absolutely everyone who listened to the music, interwoven with the tales, was transfixed.
 
 
WORLD BOOK  DAY
 
World Book Day for the UK  was on Thursday 6th March but because of a clash of events, The Granville celebrated on Wednesday 5th March.
 
World Book Day is a worldwide celebration of books and reading.  The main aim of World Book Day is to promote books and reading and encourage children to explore the pleasures of books and reading by providing them with the opportunity to have fun.  We at The Granville had great fun and each child and member of staff selected their favourite book character and dressed up as that character.
 
Prizes of large Easter eggs were awarded to each class.  Judging was extremely difficult as there were so many superb costumes.  Congratulations to everyone for making such a tremendous effort. Some of our winners are pictured below.
 
 
 

Alice in Wonderland, The Dormouse (in the teapot!) & The White Rabbit

  

Jack Sparrow & Daphne from Scooby-Doo
 
 

Mary Poppins & The Inca Empress

  

St Trinians
 

Dr Who's Tardis & Milly Molly Mandy

  

Big Ears & The Spider from Charlotte's Web
BIRDS' FESTIVAL - February 2008

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'

    

 After the festival the Senior girls were invited to tour the junior classrooms and view their very artistic wall displays and creative bird designs.
 
   

 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'

    
 
 
GRANVILLE CHOIR VISITS SEVENOAKS SCHOOL February 08

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 were 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 rushed back and missed tea at Sevenoaks!

 
THE GRANVILLE BECOMES AN ECO SCHOOL !

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

Thanks go to the children, staff and parents for helping us to win this award.  We have been saving stamps, growing organically and generally saving energy in and around the school as well as recycling paper, cardboard and printer cartridges.

We are now working towards the silver award and if there are any parents who think they may have something to offer our new 'eco-warriors' in terms of ideas or practical help, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please speak to Mrs Cording.