We are holding a ‘Song Share’ style event on Monday 18th March 7pm-8pm where we sing and play the programme resources for Ananse and the Monkeys, Little Fir Tree and Jack and the Beanstalk and invite you to sing along with us! We will also be sharing extra activities for you to do in your home or setting. Please note this event will NOT be recorded. ONLY £5! Click HERE for tickets
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Musical Storyland CPD
**BOOKING IS NOW OPEN*** for our online Musical Storyland CPD Event on Monday 29th January 7pm-8.30pm!
In this session Sally-Anne Brown and Vic Holmes, who co-wrote the resources for Musical Storyland, will look at two of the programmes in the current series – ‘The Great Race’, in time for Lunar New Year, and also Three Billy Goats Gruff. They will demonstrate how to use the teaching resources, show how to chart progression and share extra musical learning activities. There will also be the opportunity for discussion at the end of the session.
This Zoom event costs just £5 and is suitable for teachers, childminders and EY practitioners as well as parents who may want to use the resources at home. The CPD element will be recorded so that if you can’t make the event in person you can still receive the video afterwards to watch later. **Please note that the discussion/Q&A section will not be recorded**
Please book your place at the link below
You can find the programmes, synopses, teachers notes and more at the following links on BBC Teach :
The Great Race
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Developing resources with the BBC
Over the past few months Note Weavers Directors Sally-Anne Brown, Vic Holmes and Zoe Greenhalgh have greatly enjoyed working with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra’s Digital and Learning team to develop their Musical Story of the Gingerbread Man, a short film for children with a series of associated activities for early years and key stage 1 settings.
Recorded at the recently renovated Queen’s Park Bandstand in Heywood the film features the Orchestra’s Early Ears Trio and is narrated by Radio 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake, and is scheduled for broadcast by CBeebies on Saturday 5th March 2022. It is also available to view via the BBC iPlayer:
To accompany the film the Note Weavers team have devised and written a range of activities and downloadable resources to support music delivery in Early Years and Key Stage 1 settings which are freely available via the BBC website
We hope you find these resources useful and welcome your comments via our social media channels:
CPD series for 2021
We are delighted to unveil our plans for an online CPD series running from January 2021.
The series which will be open to all, will include:
- Musical Play with special guest Jane Parker from the Soundwaves Network
- Kodály inspired music practice with Zoe Greenhalgh
- Music in the Outdoors with Sally-Anne Brown
- Singing with Picture Books with Ben Lawrence
- SEN/D workshop – details coming soon
Developing practice and partnerships
Note Weavers Consultation Event
Date: Thursday 25th April 2019
Time: 10.00 – 13.00
Venue: The Picture House, Swan St, Manchester, M4 5JZ
We are delighted to welcome Jane Parker to the 3rd Note Weavers free consultation event. Jane, the Early Years Music lead at the Soundwaves Network at Take Art, has extensive knowledge and experience of working in collaboration with early years practitioners, musicians and arts organisations.
Come and add your voice to the conversation as Note Weavers works to develop future priority areas, opportunities and activities.
Who should attend?
- Early Years music practitioners
- Arts and Cultural organisations; Libraries, Museums & Galleries, Arts Venues, Music Organisations & Venues
- Early Years Education & Care: school managers, Local Authority Early Years Managers, practitioners, students, researchers etc.
- Music Service & Music Education Hub leads
- Health & Social Care organisations; families in challenging circumstances, communication & language support, early intervention
Topics for discussion will include:
- models of practice and ways of partnership working
- exploring ideas for collaborative projects for the future
Areas of particular interest:
- provision for the under 3s
- working with parents & families in challenging circumstances
- cross sector collaboration