SMW Music

SMW Music is the Music Department at St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy. Follow us to celebrate our successes and to keep up to date with everything we do!

[SMW @StMargaretWard]

🎶 What an incredible day at the Recorder Festival! 🎶

Students performed brilliantly at the Recorder Festival in the Big Top Arena at Trentham Gardens, joining over 500 recorder players from schools across the city.

@TrenthamEstate @StokeCMS
#RecFest2026

[SMW @StMargaretWard]

Here we share the spirit of Christmas through the Wexford Carol, performed beautifully by Cerin and Paige for the Lasallian District Carol Service.🎄✨

https://t.co/XlMU05o6rX

You can view the full service at https://t.co/s6YkdftvXS

#Christmas #CatholicEducation #Lasallian

[SMW Music @MusicSMW]

Congratulations Henry, we’re so proud of you! @StokeCMS

[SMW @StMargaretWard]

🎉We’re incredibly proud to share that Henry A in Year 9 has successfully auditioned for a place in the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain Children’s Band!🌟

[City Music Service @StokeCMS]

An amazing #sot100 concert again tonight 🎶 🎻 Well done to everyone who took part 👏 🌟 🤩 @SoTCityCouncil @StokeLearning @tmpartnership @stokeontrent100 @StokeCreates @stokeculture @RegandVic

[SMW @StMargaretWard]

We had so many amazing entries for our Y7 Touching Hearts Anti-Litter poster campaign. The winners were:

1st Prize: Ann Sara 7-2
2nd Prize: Eris 7-4
3rd Prize: Ruqayah 7-6

All entries will be awarded achievement points, well done Year7! 👏

[SMW @StMargaretWard]

Great to see so many teachers and students wearing odd socks today for #AntiBullyingWeek 😊

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

This animation is a work of art.

[SMW @StMargaretWard]

Away we go!

Vnation are off to the Olympic Park to fight for their second national award (after winning the Design Award in 2023).

Good luck everyone! 🤞🍀

[SMW @StMargaretWard]

Join us for a night to remember! 🎵🎶

[City Music Service @StokeCMS]

Congratulations to our 3 young pianists, Alisa, Shanulee and Viktoriia for providing entertainment at the Civic Reception yesterday #sot100 #sotday @stokeontrent100 @SoTCityCouncil @StokeLearning @tmpartnership

[City Music Service @StokeCMS]

Watch Henry's winning performance as Junior Stoke-on-Trent Young Musician 2025 🎺 courtesy of Jane Fox Photography @SoTCityCouncil
@StokeLearning
@tmpartnership @stokeontrent100 @StMargaretWard @MusicSMW

https://t.co/i4yOCoT09S

[City Music Service @StokeCMS]

Well done all finalists who performed so brilliantly at Stoke-on-Trent Young Musician 2025. You are all winners 🌟 🎶 🥇 Congratulations Junior Winner Henry🏆 & Senior Winner Lewis 🏆 & Yurii 🎹 for being highly commended 👏 @SoTCityCouncil @StokeLearning @stokeontrent100

[SMW Music @MusicSMW]

We’re so proud of all of our musicians who performed this evening, you are all winners. HUGE congratulations to Henry in Year 8 who is the Junior Stoke on Trent Young Musician of the year for the 2nd year running! 🎉🙌🥳 @StMargaretWard @StokeCMS @tmpartnership

[City Music Service @StokeCMS]

The Stoke-on-Trent Junior Young Musician of the Year 2025 is Henry 🎺 @SoTCityCouncil @StokeLearning @stokeontrent100 @tmpartnership @StokeCreates #stokeontrent @MusicSMW

[SMW Music @MusicSMW]

Good luck to Acacia, Viktoriia, Henry, Alex & Acacia’s sister Grace who will be competing in the finals of the Stoke-on-Trent Young Musician of the Year competition tonight. We’re so proud of you all & can’t wait to hear you later 🎶@StokeCMS @StMargaretWard @tmpartnership

[City Music Service @StokeCMS]

Good luck to everyone performing in the Stoke-on-Trent Young Musician of the Year 2025 Final tomorrow 🏆 🎶 We are looking forward to hearing you all perform again 🌟@stokelearning @SoTCityCouncil @tmpartnership @stokeontrent100 @StokeCreates

[SMW Music @MusicSMW]

A truly beautiful service for a wonderful friend & teacher. Mrs Drew was a student at SMW (before we were SMW), taught many of our students at the start of their musical journey, covered instrumental lessons in recent years & was an inspiration to us all 🎻

[City Music Service @StokeCMS]

Today we said goodbye to a very special colleague and friend, Carole Drew. She was an inspirational musician and teacher and will be missed by so many. 🎶🎻 @SoTCityCouncil @StokeLearning @tmpartnership @StokeCreates

[SMW Music @MusicSMW]

12 of our amazing musicians took part in the annual recorder festival at the Victoria Hall alongside 800 other students. They were positive role models for our collegiate primary schools and for all! A huge well done from Mrs Smith and Miss Hayes @StMargaretWard @StokeCMS

[City Music Service @StokeCMS]

Recorder Festival 2025 Day 1 @RegandVic @stokeontrent100 @emsstaffs @ace_midlands @tmpartnership @StokeLearning @SoTCityCouncil @StokeCreates @stokeculture @BurnwoodCSchool @milton_primary @OLCAFenton @sandford_hill @stjoegoldenhill @MusicSMW @StMarystunstall

[SMW Music @MusicSMW]

So proud of this as 5 out of the 12 finalists are students at our Collegiate & 4 current SMW students! @StMargaretWard @Newman_CC_2022 @stjoegoldenhill

[City Music Service @StokeCMS]

Well done to everyone who took part in Stoke-on-Trent Young Musician 2025. 🎶 We are very proud of you all 🌟 We would like to congratulate the winners of each class who go head to head in the final 🏆 @SoTCityCouncil @StokeLearning @tmpartnership #stoke #sotymoty @StokeCreates