CU Graduations 2012 2013 2014

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London Mozart Players - Unknown Solider

It was really fun meeting new people at the different schools.  We worked with Domenic and the sessions were hard work but fun.

One the night we all sang World War Two songs in the foyer at Fairfield Halls. Then we went onto the stage to sing for Jonathan Dove and the London Mozart Players. It was a long day and we were all tired at the end.

For an unknown soldier - WW1 commemoration

A few months later the children from the London Schools went into a recording studio to record the songs for a CD. I am looking forward to getting a copy of it.

Recording Unknown Soldier for CD

Mythical maze reading challenge

Battle of Hastings

I visited Battle Abbey and Pevensey Castle which is part of English Heritage. I learnt about the Battle of Hastings.This map is showing the route that I took listening to the audio guide. it is where the Battle of Hastings took place in 1066.

I also went to the Tower of London to see the poppies that are being put there to remember all the people who died in WW1. I learned that the Tower of London was built by William the Conqueror  and was started in 1066. 

Guitar workshop - Croydon Music Association

I have been doing guitar and singing workshops at Croydon's music and arts workshop . I have  found it very fun and been in 2 concerts. Here is the programme.

Digital storytelling

These are some of the things  I made at digital kids club

Comic strip - Can I go to the concert? 

Comic strip - Cyberbullying

Animation - Bear 

Down House

 

 

Dover Castle World War II event

It was fun yesterday at Dover Castle as there was a WWII event all day. There were lots of things to see and do. I took all the photos I am not in.

The first thing I did was the obstacle course. I had to crawl under nets, jump over pretend barbed wire and climb under a parachute. All the time the Sargent Major was shouting things like "You orrible shower" at the end he told me my uniform was dirty. It was really funny when he was ordering me about.

Then me and my mum went to get our hair done in a Victory Roll which was a 1940s hairstyle. The hairdressers used lots of hairspray, back-combing and pins to keep the rolls in place. They also put on bright red lipstick as this is the colour women would have worn.

There was a spitfire aeroplane  that looked real, but it had been made my a group of people there.

There lots of people dressed up as German and British soldiers. They demonstrated all their weapons to show how loud they were. At the end they had a big battle between them. All of the uniforms and equipment they had were real so it was very interesting looking at it all and asking them questions.

I spoke to a German soldier dressed up as a military police officer. He gave be a pass that soldiers would get to show they can go on holiday and it was also used as a train ticket. He stamped it with a real WWII German military police stamp, in purple ink as this is the colour that Germany used.  He also gave me some replica money. He  showed me photos of his dad in WWII, his granddad in WWI and his mum as an evacuee in Germany.

A lady dressed as ATS showed us how to spot British and German planes in the sky. There were not enough uniforms at the start of the war for women, so they had to wear the men's uniforms. At the end of the war they had proper women's uniforms.

We bought tea from the NAAFI which was a van selling drinks.

Hampton Court - Henry's Palace

I love Hampton Court because there are  so many things to do. I like walking around listening to the audio guide. While you are there there you can follow around some amazing actors.  There are some very interesting children's activity booklets to do. They make you look around for things that you might have missed. My favourite time to visit is at Christmas when it is all decorated. The smell of all the natural decorations is lovely.