James Bay

ØHe was born in Hitchin, England on September 4 1990.

ØWhen he was 18, he moved to Brighton to study music at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute.

ØHe learnt to play guitar himself at only aged 11. He found an old rusty guitar in his house with 5 strings and taught himself the art.

ØHe signed his record deal a week after a fan uploaded a video of one of his gigs on YouTube.

ØHe originally wanted to be a painter, but found that learning to play the guitar took over his life!  

§ Dohny Jep

TThey formed in 2019 in their home studio.

§ Their cousin teaches at our school (Mrs Herron).

§  They met at university.

§ They offer a fresh approach to heavy, melodic rock with catchy sing along and head banging vibes!

Lone Pinon is a New Mexican string band, or “orquesta típica”, whose music celebrates the integrity and diversity of their region's cultural roots. With fiddles, upright bass, guitars, accordions, vihuela, and bilingual vocals, they play a wide spectrum of the traditional music that is at home in New Mexico.

Science: Electricity and Circuits

PE: Swimming and Gymnastics

Geography: Natural Disasters

Computing: Programming – Variables in Games

RE: Christianity – Symbols and Actions

D&T: Seismometer and Textiles

Music: Jazz – Listening and Applying Knowledge & Understanding

French: Basic French Grammar

RSHE: Watford – Positive Minds & Celebrating Differences (Jigsaw)

Maths –   Multiplication, division and fractions

English – Imagery poetry, Explanation text

Science –   Forces

History – Studying WW1 and WW2

Computing – Creating media – Video production

PE –   Stevenage football and Fitness

RE – Is the Christmas story true?

Art – Silhouette art

Music – Classroom Jazz

Modern Languages – What is the date?

Jigsaw – Celebrating differences

Maths –  Calculation skills and problem solving

English – Text appreciation, Playscripts, poetry

Science –   Solids, liquids and gases

Computing – Photo editing; Google Classroom

PE –   Dance and fundamental skills

RE – Christianity – symbols and the significance of the Nativity

Art – Line sketches, water colours and collage

French – Basic conversation and questions

Music – Singing, rhythms and violin

Science – Materials

Art – Printing

D & T – Investigating materials

New Technologies – Getting Creative

Maths –  Mastering and solving problems using numbers to 10/20, odd and even numbers, doubling and halving, 2D and 3D shapes

English – Poetry and introducing time adverbials

Science –   Seasonal changes

Computing – Computer science – grouping data

PE –   Athletics – throwing, running, jumping, balance, co-ordination, changing direction and speed

D&T – Developing, planning and communicating ideas

Art – Printing – Using the natural environment to make marks, roll print and making rubbings to collect textures and patterns from our environment

Jigsaw – Celebrating Difference

Phonics - Introducing phase 2 phonemes (s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, l) and teacher led blending to read consonants (CVC) words

Maths - Number songs and counting

P.E. - Introduction to P.E.

Understanding the World - Being Me in My World

Expressive Arts and Design - drawing simple shapes, to represent a face and begin to add details and engage in pretend play, recreating our own experiences.