We are delighted to inform you that Year 4 will be participating in Young Voices at the O2 Arena.  Young Voices is a platform to inspire teamwork, artistic expression and a lifelong love for music. The concert itself is a fantastic spectacle, with between 5,000 and 8,000 children in the joint choir, along with many thousand more people in the audience, including parents and families of the singers of course. There is a lot of hard work to get ready for the final concert, but it is well worth it to hear the fantastic sounds of singing in the O2 Arena. The concert is being held on the evening of Wednesday 5^th February 2025.  In the evening, your child will take part in a breathtaking concert performance featuring a few special guest artists. The excitement and energy in the arena will be an unforgettable sensation for each child, making it the most memorable school trip of the year!

Another year enjoying the heartbeat of music across the UK, where the children of St Josephs school united in an electrifying choir experience. Our children discovered their voices, gained confidence and created lasting memories with his fantastic singing.

After months of preparation, the children joined with the world’s largest children’s choir for a magical evening's entertainment.

Upon arrival we found our way into the arena and took our seats ready for the afternoon rehearsal to start.

Over the course of the afternoon the children rehearsed singing with over 7000 other children. During this time, the children were introduced to the different celebrities that would be singing with them. This included MC Grammar, Tommy Blaize and Souparnika Nair. They also got to meet the founder of Urban Strides, Andy, and his dance crew. This was a highlight for many as Andy had been helping them prepare for the concert via the online resources in school.

Midway through the rehearsal we had the honour of being part of the Young Voices Markey Magic, a world wide live stream to celebrate what would have been Bob Marley’s 80th birthday, the choir at the Co-op Arena joined more than 30,000 children world wide to sing a Bob Marley medley.

Following the rehearsal, they were concert ready and raring to go! After no time at all the doors to the Co-op Arena opened and families started pouring in to their seats ready to be immersed in a world of wonder for the evening. We had no problem spotting our parents in the crowd with our matching flashing glow-sticks and we all had much fun waving and cheering out to them all.

At 7pm arrived, the lights dimmed and the show began – and what a show it was!

We could not be prouder of our children for having worked so hard to learn the songs, for representing the school in the most wonderful way and for taking part in an experience that they will carry with them forever.

We are now already on the countdown for Young Voices 2026! We can’t wait to visit again and make more memories to last a lifetime.

What an AMAZING experience the children had at the O2 Arena yesterday. We are all so unbelievably proud of them - their behaviour, attitude, participation and incredible singing. They were a real credit to everyone here at St Joseph's School and to you, our parents and carers! Well done to everyone who made it into school today after the late evening - a full house! Thank you again to our volunteers who took the time out of their busy schedule to help support our children all day yesterday. A big thank you to Mrs Correa and Miss Hamilton who have worked tirelessly over the past few months preparing your children to ensure they were Young Voices ready..... which they truly were, I would also like to say a special thank you too Miss Llamido and Mrs Brooks (Governor) for supporting us yesterday evening without you all none of this would have been possible. I would also like to say thank you to all the parents/carers who waited so patiently for us to arrive back to school, the Young Voices staff who lead this process of vacating over 10,000 children safely out of the O2 Arena and to their departure point was a very lengthy and long process and the children handled this exceptionally well. 

Finally, you can stream the YV2024 Concert on the link here.

We are so excited to be taking part in Young Voices at the O2 on the Tuesday 30th January 2024!  We are so grateful to all of our parents and carers who give us such wonderful support!  Arranging this event is a huge undertaking for the staff and teachers at the school, particularly Miss Hamilton and Mrs Correa who have been leading the rehearsals every week in school. 

Important information for parents and carers of children taking part:

• The school have purchased every child a T-Shirt to wear during the concert. 
• There is no obligation for you to attend the concert, you can purchase tickets to be in the audience. If you do not want to go to the O2, we will transport your child to the concert and then bring them back to St Joseph's School (estimated time of arrival back at school (9:45pm - 10:15 pm)
• There is no possibility of handing over your child after the concert at the O2 for security reasons.  They must travel back St Joseph's School on the coach and be collected from the school.  Please do not ask to do this as the teachers will be unable to release the children to you and we would not want to spoil the experience for the children after a long and tiring day.
• Tickets are delivered via an online APP (ASX or the O2 APP)  The venue does not accept any paper tickets so you need to have these APPS downloaded and ensure that your mobile phone has sufficient charge on the night.  The school cannot assist you with entry should you not be able to download your tickets as we will be looking after the children in another area of the O2
• You might find this information sheet helpful regarding getting to the O2 and arrangements for the day

Thank you once again for lending us your children for this magical experience!