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“Music gives a heartbeat to life at St Peter’s School.”
(Jeremy Walker)
aged 5-18, and children continued to compose, with schemes adapted to ensure that they were accessible to all; Year 7, for instance, composed using brooms and Year 5 responded to music about the sea with compositions using water.
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Pupils and staff remained virtually connected through music during lockdown as part of a wider virtual cultural programme, which included drama performances, literature festivals, creative writing, art exhibitions and much more.
At St Peter’s 8-13, a Virtualosity concert series was launched, with 14 live Zoom concerts hosted during lockdown. All children were encouraged to take part, and children who had not performed in a school concert before participated enthusiastically. The concerts featured 97 different performers (whilst 10 members of staff gave the 10th concert) and 164 live performances in total, including family ensembles which crossed between 8-13 and 13-18. The concerts have continued weekly during term time and the school has now hosted 30 Virtualosity concerts.
Almost 200 pupils continued to practise their music skills at home, with over 1,900 music lessons delivered online over the summer term. The school hosted 21 virtual concerts, involving over 160 performers
Pupils at St Peter’s 13-18 participated in three virtual 6-2-7 concerts during the summer term, which were broadcast on YouTube on Tuesday evenings. The 6-2-7 concerts featured 50 pupils aged 13-18, with
usic is an important part of life at St Peter’s School and lockdown highlighted the extraordinary power of music and its ability to connect people, inspire emotion and bring joy into our lives.
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The youngest pupils, aged 2-8, enjoyed regular Zoom singalongs to their favourite songs, with one per week for Nursery and Reception, another for Years 2 and 3 and a singalong for all year groups every Friday. In addition to music lessons, pupils participated in Young Voices at Home and 30 children aged 5-8 performed in three live Zoom concerts, with many children performing for the first time. Pupils from 8-13 also held a guitar masterclass for pupils aged 2-8, teaching them new skills and playing together virtually.
