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Singing helps to develop musical skills that young people can take well into their adult lives, but helping to hit the right curriculum note is just the opening passage of a greater, more holistic symphony. Expressing yourself and wanting to share songs with your community…
Impact Evaluation: IoE Sing Up Baseline Study - 2007IoE Sing Up Year 1 Evaluation - Sept 2008IoE Sing Up Year 2 Evaluation- Nov 2009IoE Sing Up Year 3 Evaluation- Sept 2010 Overall Programme Evaluation (CUREE* report): Sing Up Evaluation Synthesis Report (summary of the 11…
Charlie Morrison from the Greater Manchester Youth Music Action Zone, explains how singing can be used as a tool to help children learning English as a second language Last year, the Greater Manchester Youth Music Action Zone (GMMAZ) was chosen to deliver part of Sing Up’s national Beyond…
PGCE student Valentina Buzeta overcame her nervousness about singing in front of her peers and now has her own students singing in the classroom! Singing to start the day As part of their induction week, PGCE students at Oxford Brookes University had an introduction to…
When it comes to Sing Up, the facts speak for themselves. With over 93% of primary schools nationwide involved in Sing Up, the popularity of singing in schools is clear. However, some of you may want to know more about the finer details of how…
From football fans’ chants and cricket inspired calypso songs to Olympic ceremonies and South Africa’s vuvuzelas, sport and music appear to be inextricably entwined. They are each, in their own right, hugely significant cultural forms, almost always talked about in terms of the passion they…
Ex Cathedra Education's 'Singing Playgrounds' project is designed to revitalise singing during recreation time at school. Singing Playgrounds was developed in 2003 with Project Director, Rebecca Ledgard, and Project Leader, Ula Weber, at its helm, and has now been implemented in many schools in the…
Composed by Bob Chilcott, one of the leading names in adult and children’s choral music, this catchy, eco-friendly song represents a great starting point for cross-curricular work, and would equally make a wonderful performance item for a class assembly on the theme of the environment.…