Welcome to Bee Sharp   

 Email  HeatherPawley@ntlworld.com         Go to details of class times and places   or registration form

 

Bee Sharp offers children from nine months to five years a fun introduction to music and musical activities. Each 40 minute session consists of a carefully structured program, including:

 
  • singing
  • playing instruments
  • movement
  • action songs and nursery rhymes
  • stories and poems
  • drama
  • listening and appraising
  • dance

 

 

The classes each have a theme and cover the basics in pitch, rhythm, tempo and dynamics. The objective is to nurture, in an enjoyable way, each child's skills in

 
  • physical coordination
  • listening skills
  • emerging literacy
  • numeracy
  • language
  • confidence
  • independence
  • social skills
  • musicality

 

Introducing music in a structured format at an early age benefits a child's overall development. There is a considerable crossover between musical skills and other intellectual and social skills. 

 

When, Where and How Much

Bee Sharp Classes cost £4.50 each and are held on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings and Tuesday afternoons. There is a discount for siblings.

The Tuesday sessions are in the hall at Lidgett Park Methodist Church, Roundhay, on North Park Avenue, Leeds LS8 1HG (by the junction with Talbot Road). For a map showing the location please click here

The Thursday sessions (from Sept 09) are in the hall at St James Church, Horsforth, on Low Lane, Woodside, Horsforth, Leeds LS18 5QW (between the junctions with St James Terrace and Lickless Drive) Click here for a map.

The Friday morning sessions are at St Michael’s Church Hall, Headingley (by the junction of St Michael’s Lane and Headingley Lane).

 

 

About the teachers:

 

Heather Pawley  Tel 0113 266 2151

For 10 years she was a Primary School teacher in Leeds teaching a range of age groups and specialising in music. For the last 10 years she has been teaching music to groups of children from preschool to eight years. She has A level music, plays the piano and oboe, and experience singing in various Leeds choirs.

Sophie Jennings

Sophie works as a peripatetic singing teacher in several Leeds High Schools as well as teaching privately to people of all ages. She also works at Stage Coach music centres in Doncaster where her main focus is on performance and movement. She has worked with children from the age of two in a Montessori school. Sophie has a music degree and sings with several choirs and ensembles, as well as playing the piano and saxophone.