Schools combine for Community Carol Service at St Martin's on the Hill, Scarborough

Pupils from St Martins Church of England (VA) Primary School, Hackness and Wykeham Church of England (VC) School's Federation and Hertford Vale Church of England (VC) Primary School joined together to make a combined choir of around 80 children.

The children sang traditional carols such as ' Silent Night' and ' Away in a Manger' as well as more modern carols such as the 'Calypso Carol' and 'Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow' in the beautiful surroundings of the Pre-Raphaelite church on Albion Road.

The audience also enjoyed a reading and prayers by Rev Sam Taylor, vicar of the Holy Nativity, Eastfield, reminding them of the importance of the Christmas Story.

The audience were also invited to join in with a fun and interactive version of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'.

The final piece was a medley of three traditional Christmas songs; 'Rudolph the Red Nose rReindeer', 'Jingle Bells' and 'We Wish you a Merry Christmas' which everyone joined in with.

Staff from all three schools worked together over the last six weeks to ensure that the children, and the congregation at St Martin's enjoyed a wonderful Christmas Concert.

Janet Spittal, headteacher at Hackness School, said: “A special thankyou goes to all the music teachers within the three schools for helping to prepare their individual school choirs and then supporting this amazing joint concert.

"Thank you too, to all our parents who support the children in this amazing event and to the Deanery team at St Martin's for hosting such a great community event in a beautiful location.

"Finally, a special thankyou to Mrs Jones (Chair of Governors) from St Martin's whose idea this was and for all the teaching staff who attend this amazing event.”

St Martin's on the Hill are hosting a number of community Christmas events and information is available on their website https://www.friendsofstmartins.co.uk/ .