Connecting Threads - Sharing Practice
exploring project working
– successes, challenges, impact & potential
Connecting Threads - The Big Sing!
share your favourite Early Years music material and pick up some fresh new ideas
Music in early childhood
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Press Release: Music to our Early Ears!
Note Weavers CIC have been awarded £30,000 by Youth Music using public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England to support early years music education in the North West of England and beyond. This new programme of work, ‘Talking Regions’, will support early years educators and music practitioners at several levels. New local…
Songs for a Busy Bee
MCEP Creative Curriculum Partnership We are excited to be part of this Manchester Cultural Education Partnership (MCEP) initiative which sees cultural organisations paired with education establishments across Manchester, aiming to embed creativity within the school curriculum. For this project, Note Weavers were paired with the Hospital School based at Manchester Children’s Hospital to develop a…
Music in the Outdoors with Sally-Anne Brown
Sunday 9 May 2021, 10.00-12 noon £15 Preparing & using outside spaces for music sessions, from fields to concrete playground Sally-Anne will cover: some of the challenges of delivering music outside and how to overcome them resources and musical activities which can be used in the outdoor environment This session is suitable for all…
Songs, Rhymes & Story Times
with Children’s Librarian & Early Childhood Music Specialist Ben Lawrence Sunday 16 May 2021, 10.00-12 noon £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…
Connecting Threads: Sharing Practice
This national Connecting Threads Network event will explore project working – successes, challenges, impact & potential Come & find out about two Youth Music funded early years projects that have been taking place in the the North West Bring your own ideas to a discussion about the potential for future collaborative work &…
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…
Connecting Threads – The Big Sing!
Thursday 14th January 2021 from 7-8.30pm An opportunity to share your favourite Early Years music material and pick up some fresh new ideas for the New Year. We invite you to bring a song from each of the following categories: ‘Chant-a-rhyme.’ ‘Your favourite prop songs.’ ‘Simple songs that burst with endless possibilities.’ We will have…
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….
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…