We are very excited to announce that we are now offering instrumental lessons at Balfour Junior School! For more information please visit the BJS page. We are expecting demand to be high so don’t forget to submit your application form to secure a place for your child.
Keyboard Club A is now full, so we cannot accept any more applications for that session (which runs on Wednesdays after school).
There are still some spaces for Keyboard Club B which runs on Friday after school (15:15-16:00) – please apply via the online form if you would like to reserve a place for your child.
Due to a high demand for Keyboard Club there will now be two sessions on offer, on Wednesdays (for more experienced players) and Fridays (for beginners), both after school (15:15-16:00). Recorder Club has now moved to the new time of Friday morning before school (08:00-08:45).
There are still places available for both Keyboard Club and Recorder club so please do submit an online application for your child should they wish to join in the fun.
Keyboard Club A Session DatesTerm 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 DatesTerm 1 – Fridays from 08:00-08:45
Session 1:
01.10.2021
Session 2:
08.10.2021
Session 3:
15.10.2021
Keyboard Club B Session DatesTerm 1 – Fridays from 15:15-16:00
We are very happy to announce that we are able to resume Keyboard Club at Balfour Infant School next term, after the Easter break. Sessions will be available to pupils in Years 1 and 2, and will run after school on Wednesdays from 3:15-4pm. Spaces will be limited to apply now to secure a place for your child. Unfortunately due to the way the Year Group departures are staggered at the end of the school day we are not able to welcome pupils from Year R at this time, but we are keen to run a session for Year R children as soon as we are able to. We are also waiting for other opportunities at the school to be able to offer both the Recorder Club and Balfour Buzzers.
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.
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!
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”.
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.
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!!