Services and opportunities for schools2019-2020 academic year

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Introduction

Dear Essex schools,

Essex Music Services has evolved at pace in recent years as we respond to the ever-changing education landscape. This booklet outlines the key services and opportunities we offer to all schools with a DfE number (including LA schools, academies, free schools, special schools and Alternative Education Provision settings).

This booklet is appropriate for:

• Music coordinators and staff with responsibility for music provision

• Heads of Music/Performing Arts

• Headteachers and all members of the Senior Leadership Team

• Business Managers

• SENCOs

You will see that we have maintained and developed several of our popular services, as well as launching exciting new opportunities like Band-It! and Teach-It!. This booklet also provides signposts to our out of school provision for budding young musicians.

As OFSTED releases its new framework, we hope to support you in using music as a key part of school life, leveraging its power to create a broad and balanced curriculum, and supporting the welfare and talents of all pupils.

In challenging financial times, we are also highlighting the significant level of investment in your school which can be secured through modest contributions. All costs are based on delivery, and do not include others expenses covered by the Service such as travel, administration and backroom costs.

This offer is for the 2019-2020 academic year. You can request our services at any time, however some services are limited, so we encourage early sign-up wherever possible to give us the best chance to staff your request effectively.

I hope you find this informative and inspiring. We look forward to our ongoing partnership with you in 2019-2020 and beyond.

Yours sincerely,

Charly Richardson - Music Service Lead Officer

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Essex Music Services – part of Essex County Council – is the lead partner in Essex Music Education Hub. We are supported by funding from the Department for Education via Arts Council England.

Along with partner organisations that make up the Hub, we offer a range of musical services, projects and opportunities throughout Essex schools and within the community. Our funding supports 5-18 year olds, however we also deliver specific EYFS and post-18 initiatives.

We aim to support and enhance the music curriculum in schools, as well as providing progression opportunities for young musicians in the community.

2nd biggest Music

Education Hubin England

16 national and local partner organisations

13 evening & weekend community music centres

for Looked After Children

(in partnership with Essex

Virtual School)

1006 discounts offered annually to support low-income families

working with 93%of essex schools

12 County Music groups

FREE

PROVISION

12 County Music group concerts annually, plus

interntional tours

9317 students received a total of

4730 hours of free whole class

instrumental tuition (Play-It!) across

173 schools last year 4224

teachers using

Charanga Musical School

11963 Essex pupils using Charanga VIP Studio Sessions

Over 2000 hours of 1-to-1 instrumental and vocal tuition delivered every week

1316 instruments hired annually

National leader in SEND and inclusion

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Contents

Why use us? 5

Learn-It! Instrumental and vocal tuition 6

Play-It! Whole class instrumental teaching 8

In-school ensembles/choirs 9

The E-learning Package 12

Band-It! Small group Rock and Pop 14

Teach-It! Music curriculum provision 14

Live Music Experiences 14

Drum-It! World music workshops 15

Sing-It! 16

Create It! 16

Rap-It! 16

Bespoke workshops 17

Teacher training & CPD 18

Out of school opportunities for your pupils 20

Instrument hire 21

Assisted Instrument Purchase Scheme 21

Financial support for pupils 21

Booking form 21

Our Mission 22

Why music? The benefits to your learners 23

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Why use us?

ExperienceOver 60 years’ experience working in Essex schools and communities.

We are not-for-profitEverything we offer is subsidised, and all income is reinvested in Essex schools and community provision.

Our valuesWe are committed to an inclusive music education experience which caters for the diverse needs of all schools and learners.

High qualityOur tutors follow our set of pedagogical principles and are supported and developed by a robust mentoring process and ongoing training & CPD. Our CPD programme ensures we continually reflect and refresh our practice, responding effectively to changes in education.

SpecialistsWe have specialist tutors who have undertaken further training in the following areas:

• SEND • Inclusion • Whole Class Instrumental Teaching • Vocal and Choral Development

• Rap • Songwriting • Music Technology • World Music/Cultural Diversity • Choirs/Ensembles

SafeguardingAll tutors are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks, hold enhanced DBS checks and update their safeguarding training at least bi-annually.

National reputationEssex Music Education Hub is a national leader in music technology, SEND, inclusion and workforce development.

HR, legal & insuranceWe manage Payroll and ensure full legal and HR compliance for all our staff.

Sickness coverWe cover the cost of absence and aim to provide cover tutors for long-term absences.

GovernanceOur work is overseen and supported by the hub oversight group, comprised of stakeholders and school representatives sought through ESSET, ASHE and EPHA.

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Learn-It!

Instrumental & vocal tuition KS1-5 We offer vocal and instrumental lessons across the county, covering most orchestral and band instruments as well as music technology, rap, and songwriting.

Our tutors are trained to think inclusively and cater for all learners. Our specialist SEND and Inclusion tutors have additional training and experience in supporting vulnerable learners, whether this be young people at risk of exclusion or those with complex Special Educational Needs.

Types of lessons

Small group/paired lessonsWe offer small group/paired lessons of two or three students per lesson, where the cost is split between them – a 20-minute lesson for two students would mean each pays for 10 minutes.

Individual Tuition

A child has 15, 20 or 30 minutes of 1-to-1 tuition per week with a music tutor at school.

Usually, 10 lessons are delivered per term.

Finance and supportMost lessons are paid for by parents/carers. Schools may need to fully or part-fund lessons to support GCSE and A-level provision, or using Pupil Premium to meet individual needs.

For additional information about financial support for low-income families and Looked After Children, please see p21.

Administration

All Learn-It! provision is administered through our Speedadmin system.

Registered users can already access here.

To book Learn-It! as a new user please fill in the booking form.

Music Tutors

Our tutors work with each student to encourage the best music-making for them, whether that be just for enjoyment, entering music exams (i.e. ABRSM, Trinity, LCM, Rockschool), local music competitions, or progressing towards studying music at FE/HE level.

Learn-It!

Cost to schools:

£30.45 per hour

Actual delivery

cost: £31.46

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Current Offer

Brass Woodwind Strings Guitar & Keyboard

Cornet

Euphonium

French Horn

Trombone

Trumpet

Tuba

Alto Saxophone

Bassoon

Clarinet

Flute

Oboe

Piccolo

Recorder

Cello

Double Bass

Harp

Viola

Violin

Acoustic Guitar

Bass Guitar

Electric Guitar

Keyboard

Mandolin

Organ

Piano

Ukulele

Musicianship Voice Percussion Contemporary

Aural

Theory

Classical singing

Contemporary singing

Drum Kit

Percussion

Tuned Percussion

Rap

Music Technology

If you have a request for an instrument which is not on here, please get in touch!

“I just wanted pass on my grateful thanks for the wonderful peri teachers working at Thurstable. They really do go above and beyond. This year as well as their usual teaching they have coached and accompanied students for their performances for A-level and GCSE; performed on A-level music technology recordings and A-level compositions; and accompained our choir. They are such an integral part of our music department. They are always willing to help not just their own students but make time to help others. They are an invaluable help to me as there is just me and one part time teacher. They all have a can do attitude and music at Thurstable is much stronger with their support. Thank you.”

Sally Thomson - Head of Music, Thurstable School

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Play-It!

Introducing Play-It! KS2

Formerly known as First Access. Play-It! is a combination of one classroom of KS2 children and their teacher, a specialist tutor, a class set of instruments, and fantastic online resources, and over a 10-week period teaches them music through the instrument, usually culminating in a concert for parents and carers.

All maintained schools, academies and free schools with KS2 are entitled to a FREE term (10 weeks).

Sessions last for 45 minutes, and our tutors are paid for an additional 15 minutes per session for planning and preparation. We provide a session to each class in a KS2 year group. This is usually Year 4 (e.g. a 2-form entry school will receive 2 x 45 minute sessions). Classroom teachers are expected to remain in the classroom to support the tutor, and ideally learn alongside their pupils to help develop better musical understanding and progression. Each class receives a written report from the music tutor at the end of each term, and additional terms for KS2 schools can be purchased, as can sessions for non-KS2 schools (see Play-It Again! on p9).

InstrumentsMost schools will have a set of instruments to utilise, and we can be flexible to accommodate your request. For schools without instruments, we have a limited supply of violins, Toots, Doods or pBuzzs which we can lend for the duration of the Play-It! programme.

SupportWe want everyone in the class to be able to join in, and we work with partner Drake Music to use Assistive Music Technology to support pupils to overcome barriers to learning, for example using iPads or Skoogs to support physically disabled learners in mainstream schools. For special schools, we will allocate a specialist SEND tutor, and will design the programme flexibly around the needs of your learners, for example using percussion, voices or music technology if more appropriate.

Play-It!

Cost to KS2 schools

for 10 sessions:

FREE!Actual delivery

cost: £432.19

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Play-It! Again

Whole class instrumental lesson progression KS1-3

The next step in instrumental learning and enriching your school’s musical life! If you’re a KS2 school who has had a free term of Play-It! you can purchase an additional term or two so that your pupils (and staff) can continue their learning journey, or you could invest to let another year group benefit.

This can also be bought in for KS1 and KS3.

In-School Ensembles/Choirs Music is better when we play together! We have a team of specialist tutors who can provide music groups within your school setting either within curriculum time or as an extra-curricular activity.

We can work with whatever instruments you have at your school, from a traditional choir to a mixed instrument/ability ensemble and work with you to create great musical outcomes!

In-School Ensembles/ChoirsHourly cost to schools: £30.45Actual cost: £43.20

Play-It! AgainCost to schools for 10x45minute sessions: £304.50

Actual cost: £324.15

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The E-Learning Package

Our complete E-Learning Package includes access to all of the following resources:

Charanga Musical School for EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3

The best-selling, modern resource for delivering primary music teaching.

The award-winning Charanga Musical School Scheme provides teachers with week-by-week lessons for each year group in the school from ages 5 –11. It is ideal for both specialists and non-specialist teachers.

It supports all the requirements of the national curriculum and is in line with published Ofsted guidance.

Charanga Musical School includes:

• Lesson plans, assessment and clear progression and engagement

• An exciting whiteboard resource for every lesson

• A vast library of songs, topics, instrument courses and creative apps

• In-depth support for SEND and cross curricular teaching and learning.

O-Generator for advanced KS1 users, KS2, KS3

O-Generator is a cloud-based music making tool meaning all young people can access this great resource online and instantly begin to Create, Learn, Play and Perform Music at home and beyond the classroom setting.

O-Generator allows you to:

• Create – Your own songs, record live and export files

• Learn and compose – engaging activities through popular music styles, users will learn about Rhythm, Melody and Harmony, following step-by-step lessons, interacting with quizzes and challenges

• Play – O-Generator contains whole class percussion lessons, instrumental group practice activities, Funky Pop and World Music Tunes, Step-by-Step instruction with notation provided

• Write and Perform – a great way to introduce song writing projects into the curriculum, supporting cross curricular learning and ideal for non-specialist teachers.

VIP Studio Sessions for KS3, KS4, KS5

Charanga’s VIP Studio Sessions turns any ordinary computer into a digital recording studio and multi-track sequencer without any need for installation. It provides everything needed to create and produce music and provides strong links to possible career pathways.

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Focus on Sound for KS3, KS4, KS5

Focus on Sound is a cloud-based piece of educational software which supports students to develop their listening skills, theory and musical knowledge and practice content in preparation for the listening element of the GCSE course. It provides a huge depth of suitable content for all exam boards and will support student’s wider musical development. Nominated for the ‘Outstanding Digital/Technology Resource’ national award, this resource provides:

• Content for individual or class-based teaching. Resources range from age 9 –18

• Instant access to hundreds of videos, lessons, tests, quizzes, photos, recordings, music scores and YouTube links

• The ability to access test and quiz results for whole classes in real time

• Exceptional resources for all exam boards

• Content written by expert teachers with a large team of young professional performers and updated weekly.

ReelMusic

ReelMusic is a CPD tool for all music educators which provides a library of bite sized video clips of best practice, interviews with leading practitioners and seeks to keep all professionals up-to-date with the current developments in education.

This can support practitioners to reflect on their own practice, provide support for teachers who can feel isolated within their subject and deliver approaches for specialists in areas that might be outside of their specialism.

All schools purchasing the E-Learning package will be provided with an account to access this library, and can do so at any time that suits them, via the Essex Music Education Hub website.

E-Learning PackageAnnual cost for any DfE funded school: £100(£60 for schools with less

than 100 pupils on roll)Actual cost: £773

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Band-It!Small group Rock and Pop

Make a big hit at your school!

Band-It! is a new offer, most appropriate for KS2, which allows your students to come together and engage in instrumental learning in a band setting, learning popular genres and covering well-known songs. This involves 10x30 min group sessions per term.

Throughout your engagement with this provision, all instruments and equipment are provided to the school on free loan and will remain on site for the duration of delivery for students to practise in-between sessions.

There will be a performance at the end of each term for you to feature and celebrate the musical talents that your young people have developed, offering you a fantastic opportunity to involve your community in the work of the school.

This is a great way of introducing instrumental learning at an affordable level (half price for low-income families) within your school and fostering a love of performing music within your pupils.

As this is a new offer, provision is initially limited and will be scaled-up gradually.

Teach-It!Music Curriculum provision

Essex Music Services can offer PPA and music curriculum cover within your school. We have many outstanding music tutors with years of teaching experience who can deliver music education as part of your team.

These specialists can also support other teachers to develop their practice, or simply cover the skills gap that you have within your workforce.

This provision can cover both primary and secondary school settings and will be booked as a whole day engagement.

Live Music Experiences

Bring musical instruments to life with a performance from one of our touring trios. Whether you want brass, woodwind or strings, a Live Music Experience is a great way to meet the national curriculum requirements of access to Live High-Quality Music and launch instrumental learning in your school.

All visiting trios will also provide the opportunity for all students to have a go on all the instruments, creating a buzz amongst pupils and hopefully inspiring them to take up an instrument!

Band-It!Termly cost to parents/carers: £55

Teach-It!Daily charge to schools: £195(For KS4 please contact us for a quote)

Live Music ExperiencesDaily charge to schools: £175Actual cost of delivery: £776.29

Other Services

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Drum-It!World music workshops

Drum-It! offers exciting one-day events for students across all Key Stages with traditional instruments (provided) and rhythms. As well as being thoroughly enjoyable for pupils, these drumming and didgeridoo sessions can greatly complement and enhance existing music curriculum provision and offer cross-curricular opportunities. Perfect for curriculum enrichment, a topic-themed day or end of term treat!

Get extra value for money when school staff participate in sessions to support their own Continuing Professional Development.

West African Djembe DrummingAvailable for all year groups. Up to 32 students.

Indian Dhol & Dholak DrummingAvailable for Year 3 and upwards and best suited for up to 15 students.

Samba Available for Year 3 upwards and best suited for up to 20 students.

Aboriginal DidgeridooThis workshop is available for Year 3 and upwards and best suited for up to 15 students.

Classroom percussion workshopBring stories to life, and develop your students’ imaginations by exploring new sounds on everyday classroom percussion. For a whole class of EYFF/KS1.

Drum-It!Daily charge to schools: £175Actual cost of delivery: £259.32

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Vocal provision

The offers below are designed to support your school’s singing, a core role for the service and an important part of the national curriculum. They can support the development of a choir, encourage vocal engagement across your school and encourage a sense of school and community identity.

Get extra value for money when school staff participate in sessions to support their own Continuing Professional Development.

Mini Sing-It! KS1

A fun day of singing with content and approaches suitable for a whole class of beginner singers, finishing with a short concert for parents and carers.

Sing-It! KS2, KS3

An inspiring day-long workshop to push and develop more able singers to find their voice, culminating in a short concert for parents and carers.

Create-It! KS2, KS3

A Create-It! booking will result in an original song being written for your whole school, by your pupils!

By the end of the day your school will have a recording of its own unique song that you can use on your website and at events.

The song can be about any aspect of school life, from embodying your school motto or community, to covering any part of the curriculum that is suitable.

Rap-It!

Rap-It! workshops introduce pupils to the world of rap, hip-hop, grime and spoken word. These sessions are a perfect way to develop confidence in pupils, enhance and link to the music curriculum, and explore creative literacy.

As well as performing and talking about their craft, our rap tutors will also support pupils to find their own voice in the style.

The exact format of the day will depend on the needs of the school. It could be a presentation to a year group, more hands-on workshops with smaller groups, or a bit of both!

Mini Sing-It!Daily charge to schools: £175Actual cost of delivery: £259.32

Sing-It!Daily charge to schools: £175

Actual cost of delivery: £259.32

Create-It!Daily charge to schools: £200Actual cost of delivery: £350

Rap-It!Daily charge to schools: £175

Actual cost of delivery: £259.32

Bespoke workshops

Do you want to deliver something a little more specialised for your school?

Is your school on an Artsmark journey and needing a particular workshop?

Do you have an Arts week planned and are looking for a themed workshop?

Whatever your needs, Essex Music Education Hub has an ever-growing diverse workforce and a large number of partners who help us deliver work that meets the needs of particular schools.

Therefore, if you are looking for ways to support your school improvement plan or enhance your curriculum, please get in touch.

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Teacher training & CPD

We have a core responsibility to support schools in continuing to develop their musical delivery within the curriculum. We offer a range of CPD opportunities, many of which are FREE within the E-Learning package.

Free CPD offer for E-Learning subscribed schools

We have weekly sessions taking place across the county for primary teachers to engage with Charanga. Discover more on our website.

We have regular O-Generator CPD taking place across the county.

Discover more on our website.

CPD and Training Courses

We bring nationally renowned trainers throughout the year to deliver CPD sessions as requested by Essex teachers. The planned sessions for the 2019/20 academic year are:

Course title Date Location Led by Booking

Refreshed thinking for Music

Thursday 10 October 2019

9.30am – 3.30pm

Central Baptist Church, Victoria Road South, Chelmsford

Sue Nicholls

Book here for £40 per person

Music working within and across the arts

Thursday 5 March 2020

9.30am – 3.30pm

Christ Church United Reformed Church, New London Road, Chelmsford

Sue Nicholls

Book here for £40 per person

MIDAS visit (Music Improvement, Development And Support)

Our role is a supportive one. School leadership, curriculum staff in schools and Essex Music Education Hub will work together, with the aim of providing the best music education possible for the children and young people across the county of Essex.

Recommendations will be agreed with the school and documentation relating to the support visit will remain strictly confidential between the school and Essex Music Education Hub.

We will then develop a plan to meet your support and development needs, based on the recommendations, which will be shared and discussed with the school. The purpose of this plan will be to fill any gaps which have been jointly identified and to support any agreed areas for development.

We will continue to work closely with your school to support your musical development programme and will agree with you a review date during the next academic year to monitor how things are progressing against the agreed plan.

Cost:FREE!

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Teacher networks

Essex Music Education Hub works in partnership with The Royal Opera House Bridge to deliver cultural networks across the county. Please visit our website to view the dates and locations of all planned meetings.

Quadrant meetings

Quadrant meetings are held termly and are targeted at subject specialists within the Arts at secondary level. They are an opportunity to discuss approaches, share best practice and identify ways that we can further support secondary schools. Please visit our website to view the dates and locations of the quadrant meetings.

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Out of school opportunities for your pupils

County Music Groups

For young students already on their musical journey, our County Music Groups offer further opportunities to enhance skills, meet other like-minded musicians and have the chance to perform in concerts throughout the year across the UK and abroad. 12 groups cover orchestral music, jazz, brass, choirs, percussion collectives and more. Discover more on our website.

For Community Music Centres and County Music Groups, discounts are available for low-income families, and provision is free for Looked After Children.

Community Music Centres

We run 13 Community Music Centres which offer heavily-subsidised opportunities for young musicians to progress their learning out of school time (evenings or Saturday mornings). As well as individual vocal or instrumental lessons, they can take part in various ensembles, choirs, aural/theory classes, songwriting, music technology sessions and more.

Discover more on our website and find your nearest Community Music Centre on the map below.

CM7 9LW

CO3 3LL Tendring

MaldonChelmsford

Rochford

Basildon

BrentwoodEpping

Castle Point

Uttlesford

CM8 1EP

Braintree

ColchesterCO11 2BW

CM9 6AB

SS5 5HGSS12 OAG

CM2 7AQ

CM15 8RY

SS7 5RN

CM5 9LA

IG10 3JA

HarlowCM18 7NQ

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Instrument hire

We have a stock of nearly 2000 high quality instruments which are available to hire for anyone living or studying in Essex. Schools may also hire instruments. Our hire rates are competitively priced and we offer most common orchestral instruments in addition to electric guitars, keyboards and music technology packs.

There are additional discounts for low-income families, and free provision for Looked After Children.

Discover more on our website.

Assisted Instrument Purchase Scheme

The Assisted Instrument Purchase Scheme (AIPS) enables pupils at Community Music Centres or Local Authority schools to purchase instruments without paying VAT (Value Added Tax). Academies will need to do this for their pupils as they have their own VAT registration.

Financial support

Families on low-incomes (defined as a household income of below £22k) are eligible for our music tuition discount which offers a 66% reduction in fees.

We also offer 100% free provision for Looked After Children, funded by Essex Virtual School.

Other opportunities

Booking form

We do hope that the services and opportunities presented in this booklet are of interest to your school. Please click here to book. Our terms and conditions for provision can be found here.

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Our Mission

Essex Music Education Hub aims to provide high-quality, diverse, sustainable music education opportunities for all children and young people. We strive to ensure that opportunities are available regardless of a child/young person’s background or circumstances and that those reaping the benefits represent the varied demographic of the county we serve.

Our services will be broad, inclusive and enjoyable yet challenging. A music education should foster lifelong skills and a passion for music within children and young people, as well as helping to raise ambitions and standards in other educational areas and develop expressive and inter-personal skills.

We believe that a broad, diverse and innovative musical offer gives children and young people the greatest opportunity to find a pathway through music education which is right for them. We maintain that a connected music education offering is crucial to support progression routes and strong outcomes and therefore we deliver or support a range of high-quality music education offerings.

We want to create an interface between so-called formal, non-formal, and informal approaches to learning. We passionately believe in our ability to create dialogue, interactions and activity between classroom/curriculum music educations; digital learning, instrumental or vocal tuition; community music activity and more. Our responsibility is not just to deliver work, but also to connect the music education and cultural landscape across Essex and beyond, and that’s why partnership working is so crucial.

We will continue to engage increasing numbers of LA schools, academies, Free Schools, parents and children and young people in dynamic and positive ways.

The Hub will continue to focus its work on the delivery of the Core and Extension objectives which were originally identified in The Importance of Music: A National Plan for Music Education:

Core roles

1. Ensure that every child aged 5-18 has the opportunity to learn a musical instrument (other than voice) through whole-class ensemble teaching programmes for ideally a year (but for a minimum of a term) of weekly tuition on the same instrument.

2. Provide opportunities to play in ensembles and to perform from an early stage.

3. Ensure that clear progression routes are available and affordable to all young people.

4. Develop a singing strategy to ensure that every pupil sings regularly and that choirs and other vocal ensembles are available in the area.

Extension roles

1. Offer CPD to school staff, particularly in supporting schools to deliver music in the curriculum.

2. Provide an instrument loan service, with discounts or free provision for those on low incomes.

3. Provide access to large scale and/or high quality music experiences for pupils, working with professional musicians and/or venues. This may include undertaking work to publicise the opportunities available to schools, parents/carers and students.

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Why music? The benefits to your learners

In The Power of Music, Professor Susan Hallam concludes that learning music can have a significant positive impact on:

Aural perception and language skills

Spatial reasoning and

m

athematical perform

ance

Transfer of learning

The development

of literacy skills

Aural and visual memory

Intellectual development

Creativity

Executive functioning and self-regulation

General attainmentM

usic and personality

Educational motivation and

re-engagement of the disaffected

Social cohesion and inclusionPro-social behaviour and team workEmpathy and emotional intelligence

Psychological well-being

Personal development and self-beliefs

Physical development

Social cohesion and

inclusion

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This information is issued by:Essex Music Services

Contact us:musichub@essex.gov.uk essexmusichub.org.uk 0333 013 8953

Essex Music Services Essex County Council E2, County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1QH.

EssexMusicHub essexmusiceducationhub essexmusiceducationhub

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