Trafalgar Primary School played host to a different kind of music festival last week as they showed off their extensive performing arts talent.
Known as 'Festival on the Lawn,' the event saw the school head outdoors to show off their students' proficiency in music, drama and art while delivering a fun night for everyone who attended. Though Festival on the Lawn had been a yearly event, recent restrictions meant this was the first time it had been held in three years.
With every class forming their own band and choosing their own song to play, the night at times looked like a scene from the film 'School of Rock' as the kids showed what they can do on stage.
From modern hits like 'Thunder' by Imagine Dragons to classics like 'Back in Black' by AC/DC, students were able to put into practice the musical performance skills they have been developing all term, and indeed all year through the school's music program.
With an extensive collection of musical instruments and facilities, including their own recording studio, the school has long taken pride in the program as well as the performances of its students.
The school's head of music Ricky Allan described Festival on the Lawn as the "culmination of our performing arts program here," and said due to the music classes being student driven it allowed for a great level of engagement.

"There's really strong student agency and buy in - they're doing the song they chose and the instrument they want to play," Mr Allan said.
"Because the students are so engaged here, we have a huge instrumental program."

With a cohort of more than 380 students, more than 100 of them have engaged in extracurricular music lessons, which Mr Allan said fed back into the in-class lessons and helped make events like Festival on the Lawn feasible.
Mr Allan said students who were not so musically inclined often found themselves wanting to be involved by the end of the year.
"As the songs get better and better and better they want to join in, they want to be part of it, they see all this going on and want to be there."