Pupils' top time at Albert Hall

THOMAS Jolyffe Primary School’s choir recently performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of a massed choir of 2,000, with a live band and celebrity singers.

The school has 32 children in the choir, boys and girls, aged from seven to 11.

The children performed a number of songs from The Drunken Sailor, to a Les Misérables medley and Carmina Burana, alongside a West End band.

Lisa Salisbury, year five teacher and head of music at Thomas Jolyffe, said: “Our pupils and staff alike had a fabulous time, despite rehearsing for a number of hours and even singing a song in Latin. The children were a credit to themselves, their families and Thomas Jolyffe primary school.”

BBC Strictly’s Kevin and Karen Clifton took to the stage to celebrate the launch of a new pilot project created in partnership with the AC Academy, dedicated to creating dance schools and dance school leaders.

The Royal Albert Hall event was part of an education workshop involving Armonico Consort and AC Academy.