Author: DG Sanquhar Academy Office
D&G Music Service: Come and Play Sessions 2024/25
Dumfries & Galloway Music Service are pleased to invite your young musicians to our Come and Play Sessions for the 2024/25 school year.
On four of the dates this year we are pleased to welcome the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland (NYOS) Engage project. During these sessions, musicians and NYOS staff will join us at The Bridge supported by the Instrumental Music Service team and our secondary school music teacher colleagues. These dates will be for secondary pupils and all guitarists only.
On all dates, sessions will be at The Bridge, Dumfries. Outside of the NYOS days and our final concert date, we will also be holding rehearsal days in Stranraer Academy for Brass, Guitar, Woodwind, Strings and Percussion. This limits the number of days pupils in the West will travel through to Dumfries. Please indicate if you wish to take up this option in the form.
We are encouraging all young musicians to attend all sessions, however, this is not a requirement. If you can only attend a few, please still sign up.
On the following dates below, from 10am – 3pm:
21/09/24– NYOS (Secondary and guitar only) The Bridge
05/10/24– Stranraer Academy or The Bridge
09/11/24– NYOS (Secondary and guitar only) The Bridge
14/12/24– Stranraer Academy or The Bridge
11/01/25– NYOS (Secondary and guitar only) The Bridge
08/02/25– Stranraer Academy or The Bridge
01/03/25– NYOS (Secondary and guitar only) *Concert day* The Bridge
10/05/25– Stranraer Academy or The Bridge
14/06/25 *Concert day* The Bridge
Refreshments will be provided so please let us know in the form if your young musician has any dietary requirements.
A bus will be provided on NYOS dates, picking up from all secondary schools. Parental transport to Stranraer Academy and The Bridge is asked on all other dates but if this is not possible please let us know in the form.
This activity is open to all young musicians attending school from P5-S6 in Dumfries & Galloway, there is no requirement to receive weekly lessons from the Instrumental Music Service.
There are three applications, please complete only one form for each young musician attending by Wednesday 18th September.
Primary Brass, Strings (not Guitar), Woodwind and Percussion
https://forms.office.com/e/SgWpryTVfE
Secondary Brass, Strings (not Guitar), Woodwind and Percussion
https://forms.office.com/e/31tcYJMhz9
Primary and Secondary Guitar (only) Groups
https://forms.office.com/e/d6yMHiitSu
Please do get in contact if you require any further information.
Key Dates 2024-25
Please use the link below to access key dates and information for the 2024 – 2025 school year.
Community Enterprise Survey
Community Enterprise are consultants to third sector organisations. They are carrying out a piece of work for Sanquhar Enterprise Company to look at whether the Whigham’s Inn site could be taken into community ownership.
The proposal is that affordable housing could be developed at the site. There could also be space for a commercial use alongside the housing. Sanquhar Enterprise Company is looking for suggestions from the community on what they would like to see at the site. An initial idea is to develop a community owned bunkhouse alongside the housing, but Sanquhar Enterprise Company is open to other ideas that could benefit the community.
If you would like to have a say in this you are invited to complete the community survey – online at this link: https://bit.ly/WhighamsInn
Alternatively, paper copies will be available at Sanquhar Post Office or Brown’s Newsagents, both on the High Street.
Summer of Play 2024
We are delighted to bring you information about this year’s summer holiday activity offer for children and young people through Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Summer of Play funding scheme. Third Sector organisations and Council Services have been allocated funding to run fun and free activities and programmes the length and breadth of the region for the duration of the school holiday period. Activities and programmes are taking place in each of the 12 Ward areas across Dumfries and Galloway, and there is something for everyone.
The programme of activities will run from Tuesday 2nd July – Tuesday 20th August and are specifically aimed at children and young people aged 5-16 years old who sit within the priority groups that the fund is aimed at (lone parent families; families which include a disabled adult or child; larger families with 3 or more children; minority ethnic families; families with a child under 1 in the household; families where the mother is under 25 years of age).
There is a huge variety of activities on offer across the region such as summer camps, jewellery workshops, cooking workshops, issue-based group work opportunities, carriage driving, family fun days, workshops exploring local history and culture, free leisure facility access, day trips, performing arts sessions and more.
The extensive programmes and activities that are available throughout the duration of the school summer holidays aim to provide support to children and young people who may struggle to access experiences during holiday periods, giving them the opportunity to play, socialise and get to know organisations and support services local to them.
To view the Summer of Play 2024 offer, you can visit our website www.youthenquiryservice.org/whats-on where you can search activities by postcode or town, and/or key word such as “sports” or “arts and crafts”. For more information, please email AmazingSummer@dumgal.gov.uk
Please see attached flyer: Summer of Play 2024 – Flyer
Carers Survey
The Scottish Government have published a National Carers Strategy The Integration Joint Board (IJB) are developing a local Carers delivery plan with local people including Carers and support organisations.
If you are a carer or young carer please click the link below for further information
Valentine’s Bake Sale
The prom committee will be holding a bake sale in the learning hub on the 16th of February. Please click the link below for further details.
Pancake Day
Royal Bank of Scotland Career Sense
With National Apprenticeship Week taking place this week (5–11 February), now’s the perfect time to sign up for Royal Bank of Scotland CareerSense and book a curriculum-linked workshop!
CareerSense offers free, flexible and easy-to-use resources to inspire young people to explore career options and discover their transferable skills.
Exploration Workshop
The Exploration Workshop for 13-18s is a free, hour-long session that helps young people develop new skills and feel more confident about their future. Click the link below to register.
https://teachers.mycareersense.com/register/
CareerSense Dream Bigger Workshop
The CareerSense Dream Bigger workshop for 16-18s is a free, hour-long workshop designed to build transferable entrepreneurial skills and career confidence. Click the link below to register.
https://teachers.mycareersense.com/register/
Young Woman’s Conference 2024
We have an exciting opportunity for up to 6 young women and girls (ages 12 – 15 years) to participate in Dumfries and Galloway’s first ever Young Women’s Conference that is taking place at the North West Castle, Stranraer on Saturday 9th March to celebrate International Women’s Day 2024!
The conference will run from 10.00am – 5.00pm and is packed full of motivational workshops, inspirational speakers, networking and much much more. Each delegate will receive a free goody bag with #IWD24 merch, lunch & refreshments throughout the day & transport to and from the conference is available.
Please click the link below for more information.
