An exciting three day annual festival of street entertainment, indoor events, music, dance, craft, dialect, heritage and traditional fun – held the weekend after Easter in Morpeth.
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A new Parent Carer Forum for Northumberland
Children and Young People 0-25 who have Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
In It Together are standing down as the DfE recognised parent carer forum for SEND in Northumberland. We are therefore in the process of setting up a new Parent Carer Forum and would really like to have your views.
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Workshops are free and students have the opportunity to also perform a duet or solo piece and receive feedback from the tutors.
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Do you play fiddle, flute, guitar, percussion, cello, harp
or accordion and would you like the opportunity to play
your instrument with the current members?
The Northumbrian Ranters will be holding an open rehearsal evening on
Thursday 26th March 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm at
Morpeth Methodist Church, NE61 1HU
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BODY ELECTRIC KIDS CLUB TASTER
Thursday 6th February, 5.15 pm – 6.15 pm, Newminster Middle School
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The students of Newminster and Chantry Middle Schools have been learning to sign and sing songs ready to join the yearly Sign2Sing event on Tuesday 11th February. This will be done as a whole school and will take place in the Chantry School Hall during the school day.
We think this is a terrific initiative which has taught the children a new and valuable skill as well as raising awareness of deaf issues.
SignHealth, which is a national charity, dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of deaf people, are behind the event. SignHealth is simply asking for a £1 donation in return for wearing non-school uniform on Tuesday 11th February and taking part in the event. All money raised will go towards helping SignHealth transform the lives of thousands of people living in the UK.
For more information about Sign2Sing please visit www.sign2sing.org.uk
These are the links to the songs we are learning for the event if your child would like to practise at home.
Make Your Own Kind of Music
True Colours
Count on Me
Somewhere Only We Know
Wednesday 10th June and Thursday 11th June 2020
Performances in Chantry hall starting at 6:30pm
We would like to invite pupils from Newminster and Chantry Middle Schools to be involved in a Summer Holiday Themed Showcase which will be performed in the Chantry School hall on Wednesday 10th June and Thursday 11th June 2020 at 6.30 pm.
The Showcase will be a play with added variety performances and will include the choir, vocal groups, various dance troupes, acting and some instrumentalists.
If your child would like to be involved in the singing and acting elements of this performance they will need to attend rehearsals on Monday’s, 3.30-4.30 pm in the Chantry hall which are supervised by Ms Jones, Mrs Wilson and Mrs Mole. Rehearsals will start on Monday 27th January 2020 and no experience is necessary to join this so please encourage your child to take up this opportunity.
We will hold auditions for the other acts needed for the show and more information will be given to the pupils about this in due course.
The Bronze Visual Arts Award pupils, supervised by Mrs Woolley, will design and paint the stage backdrop as part of their project.
Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to seeing your child at the showcase rehearsals.
International stars from the world of Drumming are heading to Hexham to bring us all a free, all day Drum Festival culminating in an evening Gala Concert, at Hexham’s Queen’s Hall on Saturday 25th January 2020.
8th February 2020 7.00 pm – 9.30 pm
The King Edward VI School, Morpeth
Chantry and Newminster choir performed the Christmas musical ‘Home for Christmas’, along with carols, to a packed church full of parents, carers, governors, staff and friends of the schools at St James Church Wednesday 18th December.
The story of ‘Home for Christmas’
It’s a manic pre-Christmas shopping day and the streets are packed with bargain hunters. No-one notices homeless Kate falling on the pavement, apart from Nicky and Paul, who help her up. When they offer to help Kate to get home, Nicky and Paul find out that she has no home – except for a cardboard box.
Shocked, the children want to help Kate. They go and tell their mother about her, but Mum is just angry to hear that they have been talking to a homeless stranger. As Christmas draws nearer, the children can’t get Kate out of their
minds. In the end they persuade their mum to help …
Parent comments from emails and the CMS and NMS Creative Arts Facebook Page
Absolutely brilliant, heartfelt, emotive production.
Amazing performance, thanks everyone.
My husband and I had the pleasure of watching this production this afternoon. We were blown away by the talent from everyone involved. Such a heartwarming production. Thank you.
What a superb production with a beautiful message.
Wonderfully acted with fabulous singing. Some truly beautiful voices.
The pupils in this production were a true credit to the middle schools in Morpeth. I am delighted to have seen the performance. Well done everyone!
