A place to play with songs, sounds and stories.

Sound Sessions for Children Including

Playsong
Inspiring games and exercises to help children release energy, build vocal confidence and listen to each other

Earthsongs

Simple songs about Nature to help children connect with their environmental awareness.

Sound Journey
A sonic adventure of songs, sounds and stories, where children can experience and interact with unusual instruments - gongs, singing bowls.  Can form part of an assembly, carpet time or lesson. 
'It sounds like the earth is vibrating...'
'It sounds like a noise and a whisel two at the same time and then one stopped
and then another sound came and a church bell sound and then a ghostly sound...
'

The Song Catcher
The Song Catcher comes with a big net to catch songs we sing at home...
Songs that were sung by out families/ care givers when they were young
Songs that are sung in our religious and cultural activities
Songs for singing and sharing with each other.
Songs to help us remember the stories of our community.
Songs which help us respect our own and other’s stories.
Songs we make up ourselves about our lives and surroundings.

Benefits
*Builds self esteem, self expression & personal presentation skills.
*Complements literacy curriculum activities.
*Develops listening skills in a calm and meditative environment.
*Singing burns calories, releases tension, gives positive expression to powerful emotions and encourages healthy breathing.
*Heightens imagination and creativity.
* Creates a sense of community and respect for our different backgrounds.

"The Tibetan bowl assembly was a hit(!) The children were fascinated and it was interesting to see how the sounds/vibrations had a calming effect on the pupils. It would be an idea to try using a bowl in class to help focus and concentration! They all wanted to have a go on the gong and talked a lot about it afterwards."
Anne Bryant, EMA, Loughborough Primary School

Facilitated by Katie Rose