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Connecting Threads!

Following their appearance at the AMP/Note Weavers conference on 1st March, Alison Turpin and Claire Thompson will be hosting a FREE hour long discussion event on Wednesday 24th April 7pm-8pm. At this session you are invited to share how you have worked to make your work more inclusive and accessible, challenges you have overcome and your greatest successes. Alison and Claire look forward to being in conversation with you, book your tickets at the link below ?
(Please note: this event is free however there is the option to make a donation if you would like to help us to keep running these Connecting Threads events)
  • March, 27
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Planning an Inclusive Early Years Music Session

Our next Connecting Threads event will be on Tuesday 17th October 7pm-8pm.  This session will look at planning for an inclusive Early Years music session. Topics for discussion could include: considerations for structuring a session; possible aims; sensory activities; communication aids and whatever else comes up! Book your FREE place today!

 

 

SEND creative music making sessions at Bolton Central Library

Note Weavers Directors Georgina and Sorrel have been delivering a series of music sessions, working on behalf of Bolton Libraries and Museums Service. The family sessions were for early years children, and children with special educational needs and disabilities and were located at Bolton Museum and Smithills Hall.

All the sessions had a multi-sensory focus and incorporated musical games and activities, as well as giant scrunchies, scarves, lycra and soft toys, sensory balls, stories and musical instruments.  Different rooms in the venues were used depending upon the needs of the children and their families.

Georgina and Sorrel had a fantastic time working with all the children and their families. A big shout out to Jacinta Frank and Charlotte Higham at Bolton Libraries and Museums Service for inviting us to deliver the sessions.

Feedback from families on the sessions was positive:

“The sessions were fantastic. It was great to be a part of something so inclusive where my child could express himself. Georgina tailored the sessions to fit the children who were attending and made sure they were engaged and happy. Since attending these sessions my son has seemed more confident and can often be heard singing the songs from sessions”.

“We loved it. My son can be difficult to engage, but he took part throughout”.

Charlotte Higham, Library Access Officer at Bolton Central Library said:

“The children who attended the sessions thoroughly enjoyed them and it was lovely to see the children who were reticent at the beginning of the session, fully joining in with the musical activities by the end.”

Songs, Rhymes & Storytimes

Ben Lawrence

Children’s Librarian & Early Childhood Music Specialist

Saturday 14 May 2022,

Online,  09.30-11.00   £15

Picture books are some of the most useful and powerful tools for engaging children in the Early Years. This highly practical session led by Children’s Librarian and Early Childhood Music Specialist, Ben Lawrence will explore ways to combine songs and rhymes with picture books to engage and inspire young children. Find out top tips and discover different ways to bring stories alive through music and song and enable a positive experience of key musical concepts.

In this session Ben will be exploring the magical world of picture books and sharing stories with young children:

  • Strategies for sharing stories in different ways
  • How using pictures books can help embed music learning within early years provision

During the session there will be an opportunity to work in small groups, so please bring along your favourite picture books to share.

This session is suitable for all Early Years practitioners, Early Years Music Practitioners & others who lead family story time sessions in libraries & community settings.

About Ben Lawrence

Ben is Children’s Librarian for Calderdale Libraries and an Early Childhood Music Specialist. He is an Early Years methodology tutor for the British Kodály Academy & regularly presents at conferences & delivers training on using songs and rhymes for Children Centre and Early Years staff as well as Children’s Library professionals. He has recorded songs and rhymes for the charity Booktrust, for their National Bookstart Week celebrations and, with his colleague Shelley Bullas, he co-authored the chapter Music and Rhyme Time Sessions for the Early Years in the book “Library Services from Birth to Five: Delivering the Best Start” edited Carolynn Rankin and Avril Brock.

Music in the Early Years: Demystifying SEN/D

Sunday 12th September, 10am -12pm   £15

This session is suitable for all early years practitioners and music leaders working with young children.

Led by music therapist Georgina Roberts, this online session will explore:

  • the joy of working with children who have SEND
  • The challenges young children face and ways to overcome them
  • Tips on resources and activities
  • Where to go for more information

In particular, Georgina will focus on ways to make adaptations for children with speech and language difficulties and sensory impairments.

 

About Georgina Roberts:

Georgina has been a freelance music therapist and early years music practitioner since 2011. She has worked extensively with children who have special educational needs and disabilities in a range of special school settings, delivering both individual and group based sessions.

She currently works as the SEND project manager to her local Music Education Hub. She believes passionately that music can be used as a tool to support young children, help them connect with others and break down language and learning barriers.

Further information

We will be using online video software Zoom, so please ensure you have downloaded the app on a desktop or mobile ahead of the session. For security, we’re asking you to sign up via Eventbrite and you will be emailed the Zoom ID and password after you register.

Musical Learning & Progression in the Early Years

2 part online training workshop 

          with Zoe Greenhalgh

Sunday 28 February & 7 March 2021, 10-12am     £30 

**Please note that attendance on both dates is essential **

 

Zoe will look at ways to support young children’s musical development using joyful approaches that engage both children and adults in playful, confidence building learning.

During these two sessions Zoe will lead us in singing games and rhymes to support children’s musical development and:

  • show how material can be developed to deepen & progress musical skills
  • develop understanding of the planning, structure & delivery of music sessions

Who is it for?

Early years practitioners & teachers, musicians working with children 0-5 years , anyone working with this age group.  No musical knowledge required.

What will you gain? 

  • information, ideas & resources
  • increased confidence through a better understanding of how to use singing games & rhymes to support musical & holistic development with links to the EYFS framework
  • the development of knowledge, skills & understanding of selecting quality songs & rhymes & using songs & rhymes appropriately for different age groups.

Comments from previous training:

  • Wonderfully inspiring and everything felt achievable
  • Fantastic training, well presented, questions answered
  • Very good training, feel inspired and refreshed
  • Great session, highly motivational

Zoe Greenhalgh is an early childhood music educator, author, consultant and researcher with wide experience of working with babies, children, parents, carers and educators in early years and community settings.  Well known for her work in the North West, Zoe also enjoys a national reputation as a consultant, workshop provider and author; her book “Music and Singing in the Early Years” (Routledge 2018) has been well received.  Zoe is a Course Director for the Certificate for Music Educators: Early Childhood (CME:EC) at the Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC) and an Associate Tutor in Early Years Education at Edge Hill University.  She is also Early Childhood Tutor for The British Kodály Academy.

Practical information

We will be using online video software Zoom, so please ensure you have downloaded the app on a desktop or mobile ahead of the session.

For security, we’re asking you to sign up via Eventbrite and you will be emailed the Zoom ID and password after you register.

Vocal & Instrumental Musical Play in the Early Years

2 part online training workshop with Jane Parker

24th & 31st January 2021, 10-12am

£30 

**Please note that attendance on both dates is essential **

 

Jane is Early Years Music Lead for Take Art’s ‘The SoundWaves Network’ Youth Music funded programme which involves Early Years Music practitioners working alongside Early Years practitioners in settings. The ethos of the programme is very much the belief that babies and very young children are spontaneous music makers. As facilitators, we don’t need to start from scratch when we ‘do’ music, but support, reinforce and extend what our little music makers can already do. Our work aims to brings together a community of learners – learning with, from and alongside each other.

These two sessions will provide opportunities to:

  • Notice and understand the musical behaviours of babies and very young children.
  • Think and discuss how best to support and value our babies and very young children’s spontaneous music-making
  • Ask questions on the design of the SoundWaves Network Early Childhood music programme and how it works ‘on the ground’

Who is it for? Early years practitioners & teachers, musicians working with children 0-5 years , anyone working with this age group

What will you gain? An understanding of:

  • the musical abilities of babies and very young children
  • that music is play and reflect on our role to be musically playful

About Jane Parker:  Jane comes with a wealth of specialist Early Years music experience and knowledge, as a project coordinator, an educator training practitioners and a researcher practitioner with very young children. She firmly believes we should recognise in all our work and resources that everyone is born musical.

Having completed an MA in Early Childhood Education, Jane possesses both a theoretical knowledge and practical understanding of current issues in the Early Years music sector. As well coordinating Take Art’s ‘The SoundWaves Network’ – Early Years Music Network for the South West – Jane is also one of the tutors on the Certificate for Music Educators (CME): Early Childhood course.

Practical information

We will be using online video software Zoom, so please ensure you have downloaded the app on a desktop or mobile ahead of the session.

For security, we’re asking you to sign up via Eventbrite and you will be emailed the Zoom ID and password after you register.

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:

 

  • November, 16
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Connecting Threads – Early Years Music & SEND

Thursday 19th November 2020 from 7-8.30pm

Free session for classroom teachers, music leads, music practitioners and anyone currently planning and delivering music in the classroom (EY & KS1) in North West England.

Facilitated by Martha Thompson and Georgina Roberts, both music therapists state registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), this session will discuss how we can be more inclusive when working with young children who have SEN/D.

The session will include discussions around:

  • Making a music session more inclusive
  • Planning for children with SEND
  • Ideas for adapting resources

Come, join the conversation and share your experiences with colleagues and peers.

This is the fourth Connecting Threads session from Note Weavers for practitioners throughout the North West.

*Please be aware that this event is for North West England practitioners only.

Practical info

We’ll be using online video software Zoom, so please ensure you have downloaded the app on a desktop or mobile ahead of the session.

For security, we’re asking you to sign up via Eventbrite and you will be emailed the Zoom ID and password after you register.Find out more about the Connecting Threads community here

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