Haxby Road Primary School – Spring 2004 In Spring 2004, we ran the first Amicus York project with children in the Foundation Stage and KS1. Amicus York aims to create musical friendship groups between children in mainstream settings and those with special educational needs. The projects provide children with the opportunity to participate in music [...]
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Famous faces join fun
Bill and Ben joined children at a York school when pupils were given the chance to “Bring a famous friend”. Hundreds of Youngsters at Poppleton Ousebank primary school jumped at the chance to ditch their school uniform for the day and dress up for a charity fundraising day. Teacher Mervyn Silience said the non-uniform day [...]
Celebration, Procession and Ritual
“Celebration, Procession and Ritual” was the theme for an Amicus project to produce two different musical pieces from a common starting point. Each group comprised children from two schools. Galtres and Tang Hall children were in one group, Lidgett Grove and Poppleton Ousebank formed the other. The two groups developed the themes in different ways. [...]
Music of friendship
BARMBY Moor Kids’ Club has been ‘Rockin ‘n’ Rollin’ this week as children took part in an AMICUS workshop on Wednesday morning. Passersby could have been fooled that a live band was practising in the old school, as the enthusiastic kids, aged from 4 to 11 years, played with the touch-sensitive equipment. The amazing equipment [...]
Performing Arts Workshop – Montessori School – Pocklington
I was kindly invited to a meeting with Denise, Music Teacher, Debbie, Dance Teacher and Rosie proprietor of the Montessori School. The workshop they were planning to do was on the ‘Circus’. The workshop took place on a Saturday morning in January. There were two sessions, split between 2-5 year olds and 6-10 year olds. [...]
Christmas Carol Concert By Pocklington Singers
Michael Cooper – Director, Helen Drewery – Accompanist and Pocklington Singers performed a Christmas Carol Concert at the Methodist Church in Pocklington. It was a blessed evening remembering and celebrating the birth of Jesus. During the evening coffee and biscuits were severed enabling the children then to play on the Midicreator. Four of the children [...]
Fund-raising disco for music and radio projects
A DISCO will be held at Pocklington Football Club on Friday, 20 September to raise funds for Pock FM and the Amicus Interactive Music Project. The event is to be held in recognition of the support that Amicus received from members of the Pock FM team during its first broadcasts back in January and all [...]
Fundraising fun day
A SPONSORED football and rounders event was held at Francis Scaife on Sunday, 23 June to raise money for AMICUS, an interactive music project for special needs children. The occasion, which lasted for two hours, also saw the children take part in party games and play on a bouncy castle. As well as this, there [...]
Fund-raising continues for children’s project
A POCKLINGTON woman is continuing her fund-raising campaign for children with special needs. Jackie Dealtry has already raised £926 for the AMICUS Interactive Music Project through a series of activities ranging from a sponsored bike ride to a St Valentine’s Day disco. She is now hoping to build on that figure with a number of [...]
One woman’s bid to help musical children
Fundraising events to buy special equipment A MUSICAL production by children with special needs has moved a Pocklington woman to launch her own fundraising campaign. Jackie Dealtry was so impressed by the AMICUS Interactive Music Project that she has organised a series of events to help buy special equipment. “I saw a production from the [...]