Chilcote Cello concert

On Friday 6th March, Chilcote cellists held a concert for their families, playing pieces they have been learning over the past few months. They all played extremely well in their groups and some of our  players played solos confidently. It was great to see the progress they have all made this year- from our beginner groups who have only been playing since September, to our more experienced players in Year 6. We are very proud of your progress, well done.

Thank you very much to Mrs Mulenga for her support  and hard work with all the pupils and to our appreciative audience for attending the concert and for supporting the children at home with their practice.

Chilcote Brass concert

On Wednesday 4th March, Chilcote Brass players performed at a super concert for parents. We were very proud of them all as they played beautifully. We heard some super solos and group pieces and it was lovely to hear our beginner groups play at their first concert. The brass band finished the performance, playing in different parts successfully.

Many thanks to Mr Fisher for all his hard work and support and well done to all our players. 

Y3/4 and Y5/6 Tennis Competition

On Tuesday 25th February twenty four children from Chilcote represented the school in both a Year 3 and 4 tennis competition and a Year 5 and 6 tennis competition. The competition was held at Billesley tennis centre.

The format for the competition was teams of four children, two boys and two girls. They were ranked 1 and 2. Each Chilcote team played other schools and matched up with their corresponding ranked pupil from the other school. Each game counted towards the teams score in the overall match.

In the Year 3 and 4 competition, Chilcote A played five fixtures and won them all and finished in first place overall! Chilcote B also won the B/C competition winning all of their matches too. Chilcote C finished a very respectable 4th place in this competition too!

In the Year 5 and 6 competition, Chilcote A repeated the feat of their younger counterparts and won all of their matches to come away with the gold medal too! Chilcote B finished in second place in the B/C competition and Chilcote C finished in first place!

The children represented the school amazingly well and did Chilcote proud. Well done to all involved!

PARTNERSHIP DANCE COMPETITION (KS 1 and KS 2)

Wednesday 5^th February was the day that both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Dance squads had been waiting for…..The Kings Heath Partnership inter-school dance competition.

After many hours of practice, the children presented their dances to a panel of judges and dance squads from other partnership schools, from whom they also learned a great deal about showmanship and technique. If the girls were at all nervous, it didn’t show. What was clear was their enthusiasm and their commitment to do the school proud and themselves proud. They achieved both!

Thank you all, including the Year 5&6 coaches for the KS1 team, for your commitment. We look forward to doing it all again next year.

Competition results:

KS1: awarded 1^st place

KS2: awarded joint 3^rd place

Chilcote Violin and Viola concert

On Tuesday, over 40 Chilcote violin and viola players performed in a concert for their families, playing pieces they have learned over the last term at school. They all played extremely well in their groups and some pupils also played solos confidently.

It was lovely to see the good progress made by the pupils since the beginning of the year and to witness the teamwork in all of the group performances.
Well done to you all and to Miss Hobbs who has taught and supported you so positively all year.

Thank you very much to all of our families too for the support you give at home-and to Miss Hobbs for all her hard work this academic year.

Unfortunately, not all groups are pictured here as the ipad failed to record the last few performances correctly. Watch this space for  a further blog to show their work too.

Junior Choir at Young Voices

On Friday 17th January, Junior choir performed at the Resorts World Arena at the NEC as part of a choir of nearly 6,000 children.
We were very proud of all the choir as they behaved beautifully, had super audience manners when listening to the other performers and sang and performed dance moves very well.
We have been learning the songs since the beginning of September, so it was very exciting to be finally taking part in the concert.
It was a very long day with a full morning at school, an afternoon rehearsal lasting 2 and 1/2 hours and then a concert lasting 1 and 3/4 hours.
We thoroughly enjoyed performing alongside Ruti- from The Voice, The Shires and Tony Hadley.
Thank you very much to Mrs Drew, Mrs Smith, Mrs Eames and Mrs Bundy- our fabulous parent helper- we really appreciate your constant support and enthusiasm and for giving up your evening to accompany us.

We arrived back at school at 10pm, very tired but full of fantastic memories of a great experience.

Photos and video clips from St Peter`s church service on Friday 20th December 2019

As promised, here are the photos and videos clips from our Christmas service for you to enjoy.