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. [...]
Pupils join space race
A MUSICAL journey through space has helped unite mainstream and special needs schools in York. Pupils from Galtres, Lidgett Grove, Tang Hall and Poppleton Ousebank schools performed Journey Through Space at the National Centre for Early Music in Walmgate, York, yesterday, during the launch of the city’s Sightsonic festival. The show, organised by Amicus York, [...]
Teaching with a tune
TEACHING through tune was the aim of a local music group after attending a junior school recently. The youngsters at Pocklington Juniors spent a morning with two members of Amicus, the interactive music project who visit schools with their alternative teaching methods. Over 70 children were involved with the fun day which saw the youngsters [...]
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. [...]
A Christmas Dinner – Pantomime By Junior School, Pocklington
The Pocklington Community Junior School kindly produced and performed “A Christmas Dinner” pantomime to an audience of parents and friends. They had four performances and Carol Fulstow; Headmistress of the school invited me to come along to the final performance to say a few words about AMICUS and to give thanks to the children who [...]
Christmas Thankyou Card
AMICUS Darlington designed a Christmas Card, which Paul Breslin (University of York, Electronics Department) kindly scanned and then Thomas Dealtry (my son) produced the cards. The Christmas Thankyou Card then went out to 65 friends, companies, schools, homes who have contributed to the AMCIUS fundraising in Pocklington during the year.
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 [...]
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 [...]