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• Year 6 visit the Wales Millennium Centre

  Fri 27 Nov 2015 Steve Davies

  Our Year 6 pupils were among 200 children who were given the red carpet treatment when they visited Wales Millennium Centre to see the première of their very own film.
  
  Created with the help of Gritty Films, WNO worked with school children to create the film, based on themes found in Sweeney Todd. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. A Musical Thriller. Our Year 6 pupils earlier this term worked with a WNO composer, instrumentalist and an animator on the project. Together they learnt about the staging of Sweeney Todd, created their own stories of music and madness using digital animations, shadow cinema, musical composition and voice.
  
  There was also a musical workshop run our Youth Opera team, and a chance to hear members of the Sweeney Todd cast perform. The day ended with prizes, and a tour of Wales Millennium Centre.
  
  Congratulations to Callum Bates for his 'Oscar award' for having the best technical understanding of the process involved. Well done to Mason Gristock-Collier who also had an 'Oscar' for the best musical compilation to accompany the animation!
  Members of the public will be able to see the film, which is being shown in the foyer of the Centre over the weekend while Sweeney Todd is being performed in the main theatre.

  -See more at:
  http://www.wno.org.uk/news/sweeney-teach-project#sthash.Giocwcyf.dpuf
  
  https://vimeo.com/147043364

  

• Miss Davies' visit to our Bordeaux link school!

  Mon 16 Nov 2015 Steve Davies
  In October, Miss Davies visited a primary school in Bordeaux, France to see first-hand how the education system works and create a link between our school and a French village primary school called Romagne.
  Miss Davies was made to feel extremely welcome by all the French teachers and pupils at the school. She discovered how different the French education system is...no whiteboards, computers, iPads, a two hour lunch and no school on a Wednesday afternoon!
  She experienced Literacy, Maths and Geography lessons taught through French and even had the opportunity to teach the pupils English and some Welsh. The children’s Welsh was very good being as it was their first time hearing and speaking the language. Miss Davies gave them a Welsh flag and Welsh dragon for their classroom and taught them all about our country Wales and our capital city of Cardiff.
  She also spoke about our school system and how we have to wear uniform to school. The French children were very surprised to hear about this as they don’t wear uniform in France. One child asked if we wear uniform at home and on the weekend!
  Miss Davies visited a wine factory on a school trip. Children learn in Geography about where wine comes from and how it is made; this is especially important as Bordeaux is a huge wine-making region. We are very much looking forward to returning the favour and welcoming a French teacher, from the school, in April. I am sure we can make her feel at home and give her a wonderful Welsh experience at Willowbrook!