Story: Samsul Kahar,Ammal Mohamed and Sana Khan.
During the Autumn Term, the Y6 children at Byron Wood Primary School were busy learning about the 1960s, which included a visit to the ‘Beatles Story’ in Liverpool, not to mention preparing for our Strictly Come Singing competition.
On Friday 6 January 2013, a 1960s band came to our school and played a variety of songs, for example: ‘Love Me Do’, ‘Twist And Shout’ and ‘Let It Be’. They ended with ‘Born To Be Wild’ which had everyone up singing and dancing.
There were three members of ‘The Band With No Name’. One played the drums, another played bass and the third played the electric guitar as well as bottleneck guitar. In between playing songs, the band spoke to us about their experiences during the 1960s and answered our questions about music.
Towards the end of our 1960s topic the whole school including the staff all sang a Christmas song in their classes. Some classes changed the lyrics to well known songs and others had amazing props. It was difficult for the judges to choose a winner but eventually the winners were announced. In 3rd place were Y6DW singing ‘Rocky Robin’. In 2nd place were Y5RM singing ‘Calypso Carol’ and Y6SO came 1st singing their own version of ‘Octopus’s Garden’ by the Beatles – ‘Under the Tree’, which was influenced by our 1960s topic.