Highnam Church Of England Primary Academy

Inspiring Everyone to Shine

Wetherleigh Drive, Highnam, Gloucester, GL2 8LW

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The Jungle Book

On Friday 10th June the whole of Highnam Academy joined together for a special performance of the Jungle Book.  All week the pupils had been preparing for this one off performance at Ribston Hall.

All this week we had been working with Mandy Godding, Michael Clifton and Izzy Eames to learn songs, actions and to rehearse lines for the performance. Following a dress rehearsal at Ribston and a quick water break the pupils were excitedly hiding behind the curtain ready for the show to begin. Megan (Bagheera) and Charlie E (Baloo) got the show off to a great start - when the curtains were first drawn back the audience was amazed by the bright and colourful stage (adorned by the pupils work from the week). All the pupils in their brightly coloured T-shirts sang the catchy songs and the pupils from Years 5 and 6 acted superbly to bring the wonderful book by Rudyard Kipling to life.

Thank you to all involved in the show: prop creators, set designers, technicians, choreographers... a great team effort.

Finally a big thank you to all the pupils for putting so much into this wonderful show.

"My children thoroughly enjoyed the performance. To see my child who has struggled enormously with his own self confidence, smiling and participating really portrays a much bigger picture and we are very grateful." 

Parental email received after the show

Thank you for the emails and cards from parents saying how much they and their children enjoyed the show - they mean a lot.