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BBC Hereford and Worcester - Franche Primary School Carols

copy of email received from BBC Hereford and Worcester

Dear All,

Thank you all so much for taking part in this years School Carols. The work your teachers put in to get the chiuldren prepared is very much appreciated.  The carols will go out on our Breakfast programmes. The running order is below - the carols will go out at 0830 -  but sometimes on a live radio programme things to get moved slightly so please keep listening even if the first item we go to at that time isn't a carol.

In addition to the following days - the second carols recorded will also be going out - we don't have fixed times for these yet but I will try to let you know as far in advanced as possible.

Our frequencies are 104FM for Worcester, 104.4 for Redditch and 104.6 Wyre Forest area…..or 738 or 1584 on MW…

If any parents miss it first time around - they can go to the iPlayer on bbc.co.uk - then go to radio - then BBC Hereford and Worcester- then select Howard Bentham at Breakfast and scroll two and a half hours into the relevant programme. Each show remains on the iPlayer for 7 days.

The order for the first carol is….

Mon 13th Oldbury Park Primary

Weds 15th St Peters First School

Fri 17th Hallow Primary

Mon 20th Franche Primary

Tues 21st Stanley Road

Thurs 23rd Wyche Primary

On the Breakfast programmes on 24th and 25th we'll run a sprinkling of the carols throughout the show,

Merry Christmas!

Year 4 Violin Tuition and Performance - March 09

Thanks to the Government initiative “Play to Learn” giving every child in Key Stage 2 the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, all children in Year 4 at Franche Community Primary School have been given the chance to learn a variety of instruments.

Last term it was the drums and this term the children have learned to play the Violin and Cello. In fact their progress has been so good that they entertained parents and staff today by playing a few pieces and showcasing the skills they have learned.

Lynn Thomas (Mum to Chloe pictured left) said "I was a little dubious about a concert with 60 plus children who had learnt the violin in such a short space of time but I was VERY pleasantly suprised."

Mrs Julie Thompson and Mrs Mary Howles from Worcester Youth Music have been teaching the children once a week for the last term and during the performance told parents how they had been made to feel extremely welcome and how much they had enjoyed their time at the school.

Matt Warren, Year 4 teacher, said “the children have had great fun learning the different instruments and have made huge progress. This is a fantastic opportunity for our children to learn a variety of instruments during their time in year 4. We can’t wait to move on to other instruments next term."