Students and staff at Beeston Hall School celebrate with their Grade One certificates after mammoth music challenge

They can make musicThe Grade-one-athon, music challenge at Beeston Hall School has culminated in 26 members of staff passing their Grade One music certificate, which they duly received in January 2014. Emma Dale, the school’s Director of Music, initiated the Grade-one-athon last November when staff began learning musical instruments they had never played before. Their target was to pass Grade One in their chosen instrument in ten weeks – with the help of a pupil tutor. “It was a hard few weeks,” says head teacher Robin Gainher.  “We had to fit in our music lessons and practice around