Susan Hamilton, Executive Director at educational youth opera organisation ‘Performability’, thinks it’s high time the curriculum was broadened, and talks about the company’s ground breaking, immersive creative projects in schools – both in the UK and overseas.
Jules Fitzgerald argues that access to a good, all-round musical education gives children significant advantages in their cognitive and social development. He identifies 5 areas of development in which a music education can make a difference.
As Bob Marley famously said, One good thing about music is when it hits you, you feel no pain Diego Cardini looks at the evidence and sees 21 benefits of learning a musical instrument.
Joe Holroyd reflects on a model for effective Interdisciplinary Learning in his school’s IB Diploma Programme, which involves Literature and Film students working together and has potential to operate across multiple domains.
As India and Pakistan celebrate 70 years of independence, international children’s book reviewer, Kate Shepherd looks at three stunning art picture books from the region that portray three very different styles.
Tucky Fussell is a “teacher hopelessly in love with images” and believes they can have a remarkable impact on students’ learning across the curriculum.
For almost all learners, music is a significant part of their daily life. John Ryan sees this as an opportunity to personalise learning by using the lyrics of popular music as a flipped learning resource.
The benefits of playing an instrument go further than the enjoyment of music. Here Sally Phillips provides some useful guidance for helping parents and teachers choose the right guitar for their children: “a very good place to start.”
Primary Art Teacher Natalie Catlett loves to feel the energy in her classrooms, but this energy has to be channeled positively. She has found that using elements of nature in class and manipulating rocks to form sculptures can have a calming effective.
Keryn West had a vision for a mural at her school in New Zealand – but could the kids and the team pull it off and learn something worthwhile in the process? Read on!