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Musical Connections: How music can connect children to their environment
This blog is a condensed version of Chapter 12 (part 2) of Teaching Climate Change and Sustainability in the Primary Curriculum edited…
Research Shorts: Growing the future early childhood music education workforce
This week’s Research Shorts follows on from last week’s lovely research on playful learning, which I’d like to claim credit for but…
Safe spaces for young people at the Circle of Light
The ‘Circle of Light’ is a project taking place in Nottingham to provide a safe space for young people facing mental health…
Mastering Finance Fundamentals: Your path to financial clarity
In advance of our Finance Fundamentals course starting on the 24th September, we caught up with course leader Mia Seymour, from Aim…
Beyond the Trees: Community Responses to Climate Change
‘Rathdrum: Beyond the Trees’ is a project taking place in Rathdrum, a rural village in County Wicklow, Ireland, involving 90 children from…
Integrating Climate Education into the Music Curriculum
Music education provides an ideal opportunity for integrating climate education into the curriculum. We’ve teamed up with The National College to make…
Bridget’s Blog: New year, new beginnings
I say it every September, but the new academic year always seems more of a fresh start for me than the other…
Research Shorts: Playful music learning for primary schools
Welcome back to Research Shorts, kicking off this September with Dr Rachael Byrne’s work on playful music. Her recent article presents a…
One and Two-word Ofsted Inspection Grades are Scrapped
One and two-word Ofsted inspection grades for schools in England have been scrapped. We will no longer see the words OUTSTANDING, GOOD,…
