We had the great pleasure of welcoming Fischy Music (www.fischy.com) to Hilton and Cauldeen Primaries on Monday. This was an event organised by the Youth Project that was very well received by both schools, so much so that both assistant head-teachers voiced their hope to have them back in the near future.
Sandy Butler and Joanna Jeffries were the staff members and they engaged with the kids superbly. In Hilton they led a workshop for the p6 and 7s. They wrote a song with them exploring things they liked doing and exploring what it means to like themselves. After that, they lead a whole school concert which was great. It’s quite rare that the whole of Hilton Primary get together as they tend to separate their assemblies into junior and senior slots. So the atmosphere was great and, as always, Fischy Music did so much more than just sing some songs, boosting the children’s self-esteem and exploring and promoting their emotional, spiritual and social well-being.
The same format was employed in the afternoon at Cauldeen, this time with a workshop for the p1s and 2s. It was incredible to see how they could adapt their material for use with such a different age group than they’d had in the morning. The whole school concert there was a huge hit too.
In all it was a super day and I left Sandy and Joanna looking forward to doing the same thing all over again at Kinmylies and Muirtown Primaries the following day. It was a day the children and the teachers (who were jumping and dancing and clapping too) will not forget for a while.
Jonathan.
Sandy Butler and Joanna Jeffries were the staff members and they engaged with the kids superbly. In Hilton they led a workshop for the p6 and 7s. They wrote a song with them exploring things they liked doing and exploring what it means to like themselves. After that, they lead a whole school concert which was great. It’s quite rare that the whole of Hilton Primary get together as they tend to separate their assemblies into junior and senior slots. So the atmosphere was great and, as always, Fischy Music did so much more than just sing some songs, boosting the children’s self-esteem and exploring and promoting their emotional, spiritual and social well-being.
The same format was employed in the afternoon at Cauldeen, this time with a workshop for the p1s and 2s. It was incredible to see how they could adapt their material for use with such a different age group than they’d had in the morning. The whole school concert there was a huge hit too.
In all it was a super day and I left Sandy and Joanna looking forward to doing the same thing all over again at Kinmylies and Muirtown Primaries the following day. It was a day the children and the teachers (who were jumping and dancing and clapping too) will not forget for a while.
Jonathan.
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