It has been a long-held ambition to form our own school band; now after some generous funding and hard work, we have officially founded to WRPS steel band! Our own set of pans have been ordered from Trinidad and should arrive in November 22. In the meantime, with the...
Performing Arts Blog
Dancers back to competing!
It was great to get back to showcasing our dance talents at the Primary Dance Festival at Durham's Gala Theatre in April 2022. A mixed-age group of 25 pupils performed a beautiful contemporary routine to 'Speechless' from Aladdin. Following that, our Y5/6 class...
Welcome the Year of the Dragon!
We were so pleased to have one of our favourite performances back this year, when the whole school performed a traditional dragon dance to welcome in the Lunar New Year. We had lots of parents and family members come to join us, and we were blessed with beautiful...
Gala Theatre Stage School
In autumn 2021, we were delighted to bring in our friends from the Gala Theatre, Durham to lead a ten-week after-school performing arts club for pupils in Y2-6 identified as having particular talents in this area. Musical theatre is something we are very passionate...
M&M productions return to school!
We were delighted to get live theatre back in school recently. It means a lot to us that our children get to visit theatres, and it is something we've really missed over the past two years. We kickstarted 2021 with a bang with M&M productions' performance of 'The...