Choir

At Sciennes we have been fortunate to have the expertise of Mrs Ruth McVicker in leading our school choir in P6 and P7. Last year, Mrs McVicker handed over its leadership to Miss Kathryn Dougal and we are indebted for Mrs McVicker for her significant contribution over many years.

The Choir plays an important part of life at Sciennes. It is successfully led on a weekly basis and is made up of pupils fromPrimary Seven. Each week, the children are expected to attend practice, having worked hard to learn song words at home.

Over the years, the Sciennes choir has had a positive impact, in school, in the community, nationally and even internationally. The choir makes a welcome contribution to the Christmas, Easter and End of Year the Assemblies. They have participated at the switching on of the Marchmont and Southside Christmas lights and on two occasions were the guest choir at St Cuthbert's Church for the Spifox Charity Concert.  As a result of appearing at one such concert, a prominent local businessman sponsored the choir that year to record some Scottish songs at a recording studio. CDs were sold to Sciennes’ families and friends and proceeds of their sale (almost £2000) went to Hillview School in Durban, South Africa.

The three main requirements for choir membership are a good singing voice, regular practice attendance and a commitment to 100% effort.