The Yewstock Dance Project by william

On the 23th of June we perfomed at the Sturminster Newton exchange along with 9 pupils from Yewstock! We performed a long dance routine to "Shout" by Dizzie Rascal and James Cordon. Our dance teacher the amazing Exlis choreographed our routine and all the amazing dance moves in it. We only had three dance sessions to put it together two whole morning ones at our school and on the day one sesion all the way up to the performance. Thier plaground was great. On the last day we practised in a giant gazebo which got extremly hot. We peformed in Sturminster Corn Exchange. The dance project was great.

By william

Yewstock Dance Project

Blandfors St Mary and Yewstock school both got together and created a dance! We worked on this for a week and a half, It was very hard but we all got there in the end. We all had fun and on wednesday we performed it too all of the headteachers across Dorset!!! (Well the people who turned up) Its still just as good. Many thanks too exlis who turnes up every friday too help out with the school, He teaches alot of types of dance mostly street! All the dances that he has done with us have been absaloutly amazing. Too think that he actully makes a move up without even thinking is just terrific!

Yewstock Dance!

In Year 6 we have just finished a fantastic dance project! Yes, that's right! We worked on it with Exlis from Pure Funk who comes in regularly on Fridays. We did this dance with Yewstock - it was a great experience, We only had three practises. We had to work really hard and concentrate. On the 23nd June 2010 we went to Yewstock all day! Then, in the afternoon, we went to The Exchange in Sturminster Newton to preform our amazing dance and show off our moves to the world! Or just a town...

We did the dance to "Shout" by Dizzee Rascal and James Corden, it was great because most of us liked that song and when it got to the chorus, some people went 'Smithy!'

One of the great parts was that it got recorded by a REAL CAMERA PERSON! It was amazing!

Hopefully, you got a good feel to the experience!

By Chloe and Alisha!                                                                        

                                                  See, it was FUN!

                                                  

New South Africa football shirts by y6

                                                                             This week year six have been learning about South Africa for the world cup. We have made South African masks, clay models and football shirts .

Every one has enjoyed the week. It was great, my favourite part was making the football shirts .

By Callum B

Making new football shirts for the South African football team

On Thursday18th June (Yesterday) we made football shirts. We had to design them first. All of the designs  looked really complicated and difficult to paint on fabric. We had to think of the national animals and symbols of South Africa. We were given different colour tee-shirts that we had to work on. At the end of it they looked amazing. Feel free to come and look at them in the hall after school time.

By Jamie  

Making South Africa Masks

On Monday and Tuesday 14th and 15th June,we made masks for international arts week.We started with an ordinary mask and then we soaked up mod rock then put it on and it dried over night and then the next day we started painting them.We all had design of what our masks would look like and then we painted them on and waited for them to dry.Then we finished and did other things.

National Anthem Verse Making

In International Arts Week we were composing a new verse of the South African National Anthem as you've probably guessed, it is our country.

We first kept listening to the National anthem to get the beat, tune and the syllables of each line which was 9 syllables in all of the first three lines and the last line was 14 syllables.

Once we had done that we had to come up with the lyrics- that was quite difficult! After that it got even more difficult when we had to compose the music for it by listening to the National anthem and copying the tune. A good thing was that the 1st and 3rd line was exactly the same. (Phew that makes it bit easier). Some of them are still not complete including mine but there getting there and the finished ones sound really good.

By Luke