Latest News from Edmund Waller
Strings, the last Year 6 Opera project, is now available to rent or by on Amazon.
Those under 7 years old might find some parts scary.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B09XTSC4GS
Our current Year 6 project will be screened at Genesis Cinema on Wednesday 20th July.
Tickets are not yet available, but we will let you know when they are.
Whole class violin lessons are returning next week.
Our Lewisham Music tutor, Mrs Plummer, will be in on Wednesday afternoon to teach the bubbles and the best news – children at home won’t miss out!
Year 3 children who are at home can join in online. Access details will be sent the day before the session.
If you need a violin to use at home, you may borrow one free of charge. Simply add your details to this quick form: https://forms.gle/6VoosbSi4HJzUTpL9
Violins will be available to collect between 2:00pm and 3:30pm on Monday 18th January. Please come to the main entrance to collect between those times.
Songs for children to listen to in preparation for next week’s virtual concert
Reception – Whole school songs at the bottom of the page
Year 1 – Little Drummer Boy
Year 2 – The Bare Necessities
Year 3 – You’ve Got to Pick a Stocking or Two
Year 4 -Traditional Medley
Year 5 – Jingle Bell Rock
Year 6 – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
Whole School Songs
Join this year’s events from the comfort of your own home (or office)!
Forest and Woodland classes will perform their show live at 10:30am on Thursday 17th December. We plan to put a large screen in the hall to allow the children to see the audience and hear your applause at the end. Zoom meeting details will be sent directly Reception parents. Please put your cameras on so they can see you waving!
Each year group bubble is preparing a song for you to enjoy. The show will be streamed at 7pm on Friday 18th December. Zoom meeting details for the ‘watch party’ will be sent to all parents by email and the YouTube link will be posted on the school website (see below) on the day of the show.
Our Year 6 choir members represented the school brilliantly in support of the World Child Cancer Charity’s annual Spirit of Christmas fundraising event, which was streamed live on 1st December.
They sang “Do You Hear What I Hear” and presented part of a poem too.
Year 5 singers were unfortunately unable to take part due to being isolated the day before the recording was made. We did miss them. Thanks to Taiga and Tundra classes for stepping-in at the last minute.
What a way to end the term. If you want to relive the End of Year Concert, do so using the links below.
If you’d like to see the faces of other audience members, then feel free to also join the Zoom meeting, details of which were circulated by email on Friday. Whether you choose to Zoom or not, you will need to watch via the YouTube video.
We look forward to enjoying the night with you.
As you will know by now, our usual Summer Celebration will be replaced by an online event – a way of connecting at the end of the year and wishing each other a healthy, happy summer.
The Idea
Amongst some other items, we are aiming to create something like this for each year group:
Your child’s year group will have a song and hopefully, they will have learned it at home and during Zoom rehearsals.
We hope that lots of you will take part. Below you can view, play and download the lyrics and guide tracks for your child’s year group. At the bottom of the table, you can find the whole school songs.
| Year Group | Lyrics | Guide Track |
| Rec | Space Oddity Lyrics | Space Oddity (guide) |
| Year 1 | Dinosaur Song Lyrics | Dinosaur Song (guide) |
| Year 2 | Fire! Songs Lyrics | Fire! Songs (guide) |
| Year 3 | In the Mood Lyrics | In the Mood (guide) |
| Year 4 | Let Me Take You To Rio Lyrics Samba Players’ Information | Let Me Take You To Rio (guide) |
| Year 5 | Hail Caesar! Lyrics (children sing the whole thing) | Hail Caesar! (guide) (children sing the whole thing) |
| Year 6 | Walk Like an Egyptian Lyrics | Walk Like an Egyptian (guide) |
| ALL Classes | I’m Coming Out Lyrics Dance your socks off – you and your children! Space Oddity Lyrics | I’m Coming Out (guide) Dance your socks off – you and your children! Space Oddity (guide) |
For this to work, we need you to capture your child’s performance at home, and then send it to us. We will then combine the recordings from each year group.
Performance
We encourage children to have as much fun as possible creating the videos, dressing up, singing, dancing. Make it enjoyable. There is no pressure to sound perfect. Teachers will have given guidance in home learning.
Playing and Recording
The resulting video should not include the backing music.
Tip: Record close to your child to avoid having too much echo in the room. This tends to improve the overall sound.
If your child’s performance includes dance, it may be best to record an audio/sound file (voice note) separately. Please send both files in the same way.
Naming Videos (very important)
Please rename your files before sending (ChildName_class_song). It will really help the editing process.
Example:
Eden_6W_ImComingOut.mp4
Eden_6W_SpaceOddity.mp3
Sending
Due to the large size of video files, you may need to use a service such as WeTransfer, Gdrive, OneDrive or Dropbox. If you have problems with sending your video, it would be very helpful to us if you would ask friends for support, only contacting the school as a last resort.
If you are able to choose the subject line of the email you send, please include the same information as the file name.
Please send files by Sunday 28th June to:
music@edmundwaller.lewisham.sch.uk
The above email address is a shared mailbox which will be monitored for submissions only.
The Event – 7pm, Monday 20th July
The event will be a live, free, publicly viewable stream on the internet. Feel free to invite family and friends to watch. The link to the stream will be shared nearer the time and will be posted on the school website.
NB: We will treat your sending of video and audio files as consent to use your child’s image and performance in this way. For this reason, we ask that you send the file from your own email account, and not that of your child.
These are NOT the backing tracks to use for your recordings. These are to help with learning the songs. The tracks for recording will be posted by Wednesday evening and you’ll get an email. It is important that everyone uses the correct track for the recording, or we’ll all be singing out of time!
Whole School – Space Oddity
Whole School – I’m Coming Out
Year 1 – Dinosaur Song
Year 2 – Fire Songs
Year 3 – “In the Mood” (from 1:20)
Year 4 – “Let Me Take You To Rio” (learn Chorus only)
Year 5 – “Hail Caesar” (chorus only)
Year 6 – “Walk Like an Egyptian”
We will resume Monday morning singing on Monday 15th June using the existing invitations sent earlier in the term. We hope you can join us. For those who have not taken part before, details are below.
Key Stage 1 (Rec, 1 & 2): 9:40am – 9:55am
Key Stage 2 (years 3, 4,5 & 6): 10:30am – 10:45am
We will be using an online meeting platform called Zoom. If you want to join in, but have never used Zoom before, we suggest you download it in advance by clicking on the invitations when they arrive.
Meeting invitations will be resent to parents by email. If you have not been receiving the weekly newsletter by email, you may need to update your contact details with the office.
Notes for those participating:
Looking forward to seeing you!
The few KS2 children who have still been in school sang this favourite for you to enjoy.
Special thanks to our dancer!