Sound Roots Music Club
We are currently offering Keyboard, Recorder and P-Buzz Clubs at Balfour Infant School! For more information and to apply please visit the BIS page.
Category Balfour Infant School
21-22 Keyboard Club Members!
Meet some of our 21-22 Keyboard Club Members:
Name: Tom
Year: Reception
Favourite Song: “The wheels on the bus”
Favourite Colour: “blue”
Why did you want to join Keyboard Club? “Because I love learning the notes with the keyboard”
Name: Beau
Year: One
Favourite Song: “Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (I call it Mamamia)”
Favourite Colour: “blue”
Why did you want to join Keyboard Club? “Because I want to learn about the keyboard”
Name: Lucy
Year: One
Favourite Song: “‘Barking at the Moon’ from the Bolt movie”
Favourite Colour: “yellow”
Why did you want to join Keyboard Club? “Because I like playing the keyboard”
Clubs Resuming in September 2021
Keyboard Club and Recorder Club are set to resume at Balfour Infant School from W/C 20th September 2021 and we are now accepting applications.
Keyboard Club Session Dates Term 1 – Wednesdays from 15:15-16:00
| Session 1: | 22.09.2021 |
| Session 2: | 29.09.2021 |
| Session 3: | 06.10.2021 |
Recorder Club Session Dates Term 1 – Fridays from 15:15-16:00
| Session 1: | 24.09.2021 |
| Session 2: | 01.10.2021 |
| Session 3: | 08.10.2021 |
| Session 4: | 15.10.2021 |
We are looking forward to seeing my existing pupils and meeting any newcomers who join these clubs!
Music Clubs Temporarily Suspended at Balfour Infant School
Due to the ongoing restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently unable to run Music Clubs at Balfour Infant School. We are keeping in regular contact with Ms Atkinson, the Headteacher, who will give us the go-ahead to run clubs in school as soon as it is safe to do so.
Until then, if anybody wishes to start or continue learning an instrument and is happy to do so via Lessons on Skype please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Online Summer Concert 2020
During the lockdown and ongoing school closures of Spring and Summer 2020 some of my pupils from the Music Clubs we run at Balfour Infant School continued their instrumental learning with Kate online, via Skype.
Usually the children would perform a Summer Concert in the school hall – an event which showcases to their families how much they have learned during the course of the year.
This year, since the school was closed, we put together an online concert; we hope you enjoy it!
Keyboard Club Performance Filmed due to COVID-19
On Friday 13th March the Balfour Infants Keyboard Club were due to perform “The Paratrooper” – a piece they had been working hard on all term. This was to be their first performance in a school Celebration Assembly too, so we were all very excited!
Unfortunately due to the ‘social distancing’ required by the COVID-19 pandemic the assembly was cancelled, and the school was closed at the end of that day until further notice.
Fortunately however, we filmed the performance that the Keyboard Club were going to make at our club session the day before – we were a few members down due to the pandemic, but here are Ethan, Amreen, Mariam, Poppy and Leo performing “The Paratrooper”.
Term 4 Timetable
Welcome back after what we hope was a pleasant half term break! Here are the timetables for Term 4 at Balfour Infant School – music clubs resume this week and there will be 6 sessions for each club this term:
| Lunchtime (12:30-13:00) | After School (15:20-15:50) | |
| Tuesday | – | Recorder Club |
| Wednesday | – | Balfour Buzzers |
| Thursday | – | Keyboard Club |
Timetabled Dates:
Recorder Club Session Dates
| Session 1: | 25.02.2020 |
| Session 2: | 03.03.2020 |
| Session 3: | 10.03.2020 |
| Session 4: | 17.03.2020 |
| Session 5: | 24.03.2020 |
| Session 6: | 31.03.2020 |
Balfour Buzzers Club Session Dates
| Session 1: | 26.02.2020 |
| Session 2: | 04.03.2020 |
| Session 3: | 11.03.2020 |
| Session 4: | 18.03.2020 |
| Session 5: | 25.03.2020 |
| Session 6: | 01.04.2020 |
Keyboard Club Session Dates
| Session 1: | 27.02.2020 |
| Session 2: | 05.03.2020 |
| Session 3: | 12.03.2020 |
| Session 4: | 19.03.2020 |
| Session 5: | 26.03.2020 |
| Session 6: | 02.04.2020 |
All clubs will run in the library this term so please collect your children from the school office after the club’s finish time.
End of Term Celebration Assembly
Both the Recorder Club and Balfour Buzzers performed at today’s Celebration Assembly to share with the other children and staff the pieces we have been working on this term. Bravo to all our performers – for Austin this was his very first performance, well done Austin, and well done everyone!!
Piece Performed: Little Bo Peep
Piece Performed: Incy Wincy Spider
Keyboard Club Change of Date
The keyboard club session on Thursday 16th January will now run on Monday 20th January instead, at the usual time of 3:20pm. The session will run in the library rather than the school hall, so children will need to be collected from the office door just after the session finishes at 3:50pm.
Keyboard Club – Session Dates: Term 3
| Session 1: | 09.01.2020 |
| Session 2: | 20.01.2020 (Monday after school) |
| Session 3: | 23.01.2020 |
| Session 4: | 30.01.2020 |
| Session 5: | 06.02.2020 |
| Session 6: | 13.02.2020 |
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to all – We hope you enjoyed the festivities!
Music Clubs resume at Balfour Infant School in the week commencing 6th January 2020 and there will be 6 sessions in this term.
The timetable for Music Clubs at Balfour Infant School this term is as follows:
| Lunchtime (12:30-13:00) | After School (15:20-15:50) | |
| Tuesday | – | Recorder (A) |
| Wednesday | – | Balfour Buzzers |
| Thursday | – | Keyboard (A) |
Children attending an after school club will be brought to Oak classroom (Recorder and Balfour Buzzers) or the school hall (Keyboard) at the end of the school day, and you can collect them from the school office / hall doors at 15:50.
Timetabled Dates:
Recorder (A) Session Dates
| Session 1: | 07.01.2020 |
| Session 2: | 14.01.2020 |
| Session 3: | 21.01.2020 |
| Session 4: | 28.01.2020 |
| Session 5: | 04.02.2020 |
| Session 6: | 11.02.2020 |
Balfour Buzzers Session Dates
| Session 1: | 08.01.2020 |
| Session 2: | 15.01.2020 |
| Session 3: | 22.01.2020 |
| Session 4: | 29.01.2020 |
| Session 5: | 05.02.2020 |
| Session 6: | 12.02.2020 |
Keyboard (A) Session Dates
| Session 1: | 09.01.2020 |
| Session 2: | 16.01.2020 |
| Session 3: | 23.01.2020 |
| Session 4: | 30.01.2020 |
| Session 5: | 06.02.2020 |
| Session 6; | 13:02.2020 |
Invoices will be emailed to you for the term’s fees.