Music
Pupils have the opportunity to take part in a variety of music activities across school from the music curriculum offered regularly in class to learning a particular instrument through the North Yorkshire County Music Service.
In addition to this, children also get a chance to learn the Ukelele in Year 3 and Year 4 and each class has a term of weekly singing lessons through the Diocese of Leeds School’s Singing Programme.
Diocese of Leeds Schools Singing Programme
Classes receive weekly singing sessions as part of the Diocese of Leeds Schools Singing Programme. These are delivered by an expert Choral Director from the Diocese, focusing on positive engagement with singing and supporting the Catholic life of the school through sacred music. The sessions offer practical and incremental coverage of areas of the music curriculum - including notation - in a two-year curriculum framework developed by the Diocese, the National Schools Singing Programme and the National Youth Choir of Scotland. Pupils also have the opportunity to join one of the Diocese’s acclaimed after-school choirs. You can find online resources that support this work on the Schools Singing Programme’s YouTube channel (www.schoolssingingprogramme.org.uk ) . Our local Diocese choir is Harrogate Catholic Youth Choir - please contact office@dioceseofleedsmusic.org.uk for more information about joining.
Recently Year 5 pupils have enjoyed weekly brass instrument lessons with staff from St John Fisher’s Catholic High School with further opportunity to join in free with local brass band rehearsals and having the use of an instrument to learn and play.
Children in year 5 and 6 can join the school choir who practise after school most weeks. They often go on to join the local Harrogate Catholic Youth choir run by the Diocesan choral director.
The school choir have supported local events with their singing including the annual Harrogate District Hospital Christmas Light Switch On Service, The Harrogate Primary Schools Christmas Concert at the Royal Hall and a joint production of Monkey Boy with visiting Nepalese children and band at the Royal Hall.
St Robert's Once Again Achieved the Music Mark!
St Robert’s once again achieved the Music Mark which celebratesmembers who are leaders in music education and collectively form a national network of organisations and individuals providing high-quality music education for all children and young people.
The Brass Brigade