Details of Junior School Events at Queen Anne’s School are tabled below To book online for any of these events please visit www.qas.org.uk/bookonline U9 - U11 Music Festival Wed 01 October 2014 13.00 - 17.00 U9 - U12 French Speaking Competition Wed 5 November 2014 13.00 - 15.30 U11 Netball Tournament Sat 8 November 2014 09.40 - 13.30 U9 - U12 English Spelling Bee Competition Wed 12 November 2014 13.00 - 15.30 U10 Netball Tournament Sat 24 January 2015 09.40 - 13.30 U10 - U12 Biathlon Challenge Sat 07 February 2015 09.45 - 14.00 U9 - U11 Junior Science Festival Mon 16 March 2015 09.00 - 15.30 U10 Rounders Tournament Wed 06 May 2015 12.15 - 16.15 U10 - U12 Indoor Rowing Competition Wed 13 May 2015 13.30 - 16.00 U9 - U12 Maths Challenge Wed 3 June 2015 13.00 - 15.30 U9 - U11 Lacrosse Coaching Camp Sat 6 June 2015 09.30 - 12.30 Open Morning Friday 21 November 2014 9.30am Open Morning Friday 27 February 2015 9.30am Queen Anne’s School 6 Henley Road Caversham, Reading Berkshire RG4 6DX Tel: 0118 918 7300 Fax: 0118 918 7310 [email protected] 4 www.qas.org.uk Junior Music Festival Wednesday 1 October 2014 1.00pm Queen Anne’s MUSIC FESTIVAL with Apollo 5 Years 4 to 6 Wednesday 1 October 2014 Timings for the day: 13.00 13.30 16.00 16.30 17.00 Registration Festival workshop begins Festival concert – parents are invited to attend Tea Depart What will you be doing? Learn how your voice works by taking part in a vocal workshop with one of the country’s leading a cappella groups. Enjoy learning a selection of choral pieces. This fun afternoon will include warm up games, technique exercises and improvisation techniques before taking part in an up-beat performance – guaranteed fun for the afternoon! Schools are welcome to prepare a piece in advance and bring it to the workshop to work on with Apollo 5. This will then be incorporated into the end of day concert. Please email John Padley if you would like to do this - [email protected] Apollo 5 are a British a cappella ensemble formed in 2010 who have been praised for eye-catching performances. The group performs a wide-ranging repertoire of retro jazz, pop, classical and Christmas a cappella. The five young professional singers give engaging and entertaining performances for audiences at festivals, private parties, corporate events and on the concert platform. Apollo 5 is ‘Ensemble in Residence’ with Surrey Arts and was honoured to headline the sold out celebration concert at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2012. http://www.apollo5.moonfruit.com Who should join the day? Pupils, choirs and classes with an interest in music and singing. No preparation is required. You don’t need to be the next Leona Lewis but just be willing to learn more, and have fun at the same time! A bit about the hosts The music festival will be led by the Queen Anne’s music department and international award-winning Apollo 5. Queen Anne’s music scholars will also be on hand to join in. 2 3