Recorder club is taught by teacher, Sara Ferrington, who has been leading the club for over 20 successful years.
Learners will have the chance to build up their skills over the year using tried and tested methods. The club allows learners to develop practical playing skills, as well learning to read music. Each year the club has several chances to play in public – such as at the school’s Christmas Fair. The culmination of the club’s year is a large concert where the children play a range of tunes. This year’s concert highlights included P3/P4 beginners showing their skills alongside the rest of the club. As skills develop, more experienced learners also take part in other external experiences. For example, the P6/7 class played at the Edinburgh International Music Festival last year!
Music is known to have huge benefits for learners – here is a link to a TED talk that explains some of them. https://youtu.be/R0JKCYZ8hng?si=YmBKYwqt2okifnPt
The members of the club achieve great progress every year. To do this, parents and carers do need to support regular practice – learners get out what they put in.
Children are asked to bring their own recorder but advice is given on what/ where to buy. Music must be bought through the teacher.
Club email: smpcrecorderclub@gmail.com
Tutor Name: Sara Ferrington
Allocation of spaces: Existing pupils are given priority, to enable them to build on their existing experience. There is also a class for beginners each August, with around 6 places allocated to new comers. There may be scope to increase this, but this is dependent on the number of existing pupils returning to the club.
Class times can vary from term to term, as children drop out or to ensure classes take account of different abilities. The teacher sets times and allocates pupils at the beginning of each term; though these are often similar from one term to the next, this is not guaranteed.
Club Convenor’s children are always given a priority place in the club. Please contact the Club Convenor should you wish to take advantage of this privilege by offering to take on this position in future.
A child’s space is not guaranteed until payment is received. All payment is due PRIOR to clubs starting. Failure to do so could result in your child not being admitted in to the club.
Parent Volunteers required: NO
Refunds: Very occasionally classes need to be cancelled (e.g. instructor sickness). SMPC policy is that refunds will only be given in exceptional circumstances at the individual club’s discretion as offering refunds when this happens involves a lot of work for relatively small amounts of money. If, after accepting & paying for a place, your child subsequently does not take the place / drops out / changes their mind, a refund will not be given.
Parents are kindly reminded that SMPC Clubs only operate thanks to a school parent who volunteers to act as Club Convenor & run the administrative side of the club. Parents are requested to respect the efforts of each Club Convenor.
South Morningside Parent Council 