Friends of Bury St. Edmunds County Music School

We are now reverting to setting up the tuckshop in the canteen where staff and students congregate during the break rather than the foyer. See our Friday Night Instructions page for more details.

Draft rotas for this coming term have been published on the Rotas Page. If you were expecting an email about this and haven’t had one, please email me.

If you are interested in joining our team of tuckshop volunteers, please visit our Sign-up Page and provide your details.

Newsletters have been issued to all members of West Suffolk Youth Music last night and members of the Bury County Music Service today. You can find them on the Suffolk County Music Service website:

• West Suffolk Youth Music Newsletter – Summer 2017
• Bury County Music Service Newsletter – Summer 2017.

In October, a letter was handed out to all students asking for new volunteers. Many thanks to those who have responded by signing up, but we still do not have enough for everyone to have to do duty only once a term. So, rather than relying increasingly on the generosity of individuals who are prepared to do more than their fair share, we will not be running tuckshop next week. If you can and are interested in volunteering please speak to any of our tuck shop, committee members or West Suffolk Music Centre staff for further information or email tuckshopbse@gmail.com. Alternatively, please fill in the online form, and we will be in touch.

The Friday Night Schedule – Spring Term 2017 was issued last week. It describes what each group will be doing in each of the sessions and the timings of the breaks, which have been reduced from 30 to 20 minutes. It also notes that the deadline for the return of Parental Consent forms for the March concert is Friday 24th February.

Welcome to a new year of Music School – especially to new members. A newsletter was issued yesterday. Click the link to view.

Earlier this month, a letter was handed out to all students asking for new volunteers. If you can and are interested in volunteering please speak to any of our tuck shop, committee members or West Suffolk Music Centre staff for further information or email tuckshopbse@gmail.com. Alternatively, please fill in the online form, and we will be in touch.

This weekend, students were given a newsletter with information about the coming term’s Music School activities and other practical information. You can see a copy of it here – WSYM Newsletter October 2016.

You are invited to join us for tea or coffee and biscuits at our Annual General Meeting in the library at County Upper School. Hear all about what we have been up to in 2015/16 and our plans for the coming year. Have your say in what we do to support our children’s musical activities and bring them new opportunities. The meeting will start at 10:30, but tea and coffee will be available beforehand.

• Agenda of Annual General Meeting 15th October 2016.

The Friends’ Committee

From last week onwards, the timings of the rehearsals on Friday nights have been changed to have two equal sessions of 1 hour – from 5:15 to 6:15 and from 6:45 to 7:45. If you are a Friday night tuckshop volunteer then please note the break is now 1/4 hour earlier.