Note Weavers are delighted to have received a generous donation from Bolton Chamber Orchestra, an amateur ensemble that has been performing in Bolton for over 50 years. Note Weavers Directors Zoe and David Greenhalgh attended the orchestra’s Christmas concert at Bolton Parish Church earlier this month to acknowledge this welcome gift.
Zoe Greenhalgh thanks David Bailey, Bolton Chamber Orchestra Chair on behalf of Note Weavers CIC
In October Kathy Brodie recorded an interview with Zoe on the Early Years Autumn Summit on Literacies.
Other interviews on literacies from the summit are available here. Speakers include: Alistair Bryce-Clegg, Dr Brynn Welch, Katrice Horsely. Sonia Mainstone-Cotton, Greg Bottrill, Elaine Bennett, Jo Meakin, Molly Potter, Prof Susan Neuman, Zoe Greenhalgh, Ann Baker, Emma Hutchinson, Dr Lala Manners, Connie Bergstein Dow, Sharon Skade, Sandi Phoenix, Julie Cigman, Alison Featherbe, Tamsin Grimmer and Barbara Schindelhauer.
Last week our director Zoe was interviewed by Kathy Brodie for the autumn Early Years Summit which this years is focusing on Literacies. Kathy is well known as an early years author and the founder and organiser of the Early Years Summit and Early Years TV. The interview was lively and full of useful information and ideas for music and singing in early years environments as well as practical advice and support for practitioners who may not be confident in this area of the curriculum.
Here is a taster for you:
This interview, as well as many more with other excellent speakers, are available to view free of charge in the week commencing 28th October. Be sure you don’t miss out – register here
Want to know more about music in the early years? Zoe is leading an Early Years Music workshop in Salford on Sunday 10th November. More information here
Or you may be interested in checking out here book “Music and Singing in the Early Years; a guide to singing with young children”
The sun shone and a good day was had by all playing singing games and rhymes led by Zoe Greenhalgh. Much was learnt along the way about musical development and early years pedagogy, not to mention many practical hints and suggestions about delivery skills and group management. The feedback was 100% positive including comments such as: “Really useful, accessible, welcoming environment – I’ve learnt loads!”and “An enjoyable and easy going day – Well paced, lots of good advice & ideas”.
Progression in music learning was one of the themes of the day with discussion on the ways in which each song/activity can be developed and added complexity to extend learning or for use with children of other ages/stages of development.
This Note Weavers event is organised association with MALPAS
For this well attended event we were delighted to welcome Jane Parker to Manchester to talk about the work of the SoundWaves Network in the South West of England.
Jane’s presentation was excellent, challenging the current practice models and raising many questions, particularly around funding. To access the full presentation, please click on the picture below.
Following the presentation delegates formed smaller facilitated discussion groups to identify connections and communities for future collaborations.
Ideas related to areas such as providing CPD for practitioners in Early Years settings, the development of music bags, working with family and community groups and building parents confidence in singing.
The range of organisations and services listed was wide, reaching beyond the music and education sectors.
As usual we ended with a “Takeaway” – “What will you take away from today?”
From the comments received it seems that the event had provoked much questioning of current provision and opened eyes to new possibilities in terms of potential partnerships and models of working.
There was much “possibility thinking” with a real sense of excitement as delegates explored new ideas for collaborative working.
The second Note Weavers regional consultation event took place at More Music in Morecambe on Monday January 28th 2019.
We were delighted to welcome our guest speaker Dr Susan Young to this event. Sue opened the session with a presentation entitled Local Networks and National Plan in which she examined the many challenges and opportunities relating to the early childhood music field in light of the expected inclusion of the 0-5 years in the forthcoming
During the evening delegates discussed some key questions and recorded their thoughts. Challenges and opportunities; questions & discussions.
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?
Topics for discussion will include:
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