Electric Umbrella Express Curriculum Music
Co-led with our Electric Umbrella musicians and Learning Disabled members. Always delivered with a quality first teaching approach with the aim of instilling equity across whole year groups.
Electric Umbrella Express
Our ground-breaking education programme for mainstream primary schools across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire & North London.
We now offer Curriculum Music
Our Express Curriculum Music Programme
Delivered by our Electric Umbrella professional and learning disabled musicians, always with a quality first teaching approach with the aim of instilling equity across whole year groups.
By their very nature, all of our workshops will explore the National Curriculum’s interrelated dimensions of music; pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations. Combining recorded and live music, they will introduce pupils to different musical styles and genres.
All equipment is provided. Full day visits as well as Morning and afternoon sessions are available on Mondays and Thursdays throughout the year.
Curriculum music
Schedule of the day:
| 10.30 - 11.15 and 11.30 - 12.15: | Morning workshops |
| 1.00 - 1.45 and 2.00 - 2.45: | Afternoon workshops |
| 2.45: | End of school mini performance |
Co-led with our Electric Umbrella musicians and Learning Disabled members. Always delivered with a quality first teaching approach with the aim of instilling equity across whole year groups.
By their very nature, all of our workshops will explore the National Curriculum’s interrelated dimensions of music; pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations. Combining recorded and live music, they will introduce pupils to different musical styles and genres.
All equipment is provided. Full day visits as well as Morning and afternoon sessions are available on Mondays and Thursdays throughout the year.
Curriculum music
Schedule of the day:
| 10.30 - 11.15 and 11.30 - 12.15: | Morning workshops |
| 1.00 - 1.45 and 2.00 - 2.45: | Afternoon workshops |
| 2.45: | End of school mini performance |
EYFS Key Stage 1 and 2 Workshops
Early Years
Singing and signing to Electric Umbrella songs covering the following themes: manners, colours, shapes, animals, days of the week, seasons, getting ready, movement, healthy eating, counting and numbers.
Percussion
Working with both tuned and untuned instruments (bamboo tamboo, drums, glockenspiels?? xylophones???). Exploring rhythm, pitch, improvisation and individual/ group performance.
Songwriting
Composing, lyric writing, understanding musical structure and different notation, singing together, developing aural skills.
Makey Makey
Understanding elements of music technology and how to integrate electronic and acoustic instruments within an ensemble.
Finding your Voice
Developing confidence, fluency, control and expression in the voice by singing in a group. Understanding the physicality of singing and the unique qualities of our individual voices.
Partnership Choirs / Instrumental groups
Working with a local SEND school to create a combined musical ensemble where children, and staff, stand shoulder to shoulder and enable each other to shine creatively.
Ukulele
Sessions where children are encouraged to develop their fluency and confidence when playing a tuned instrument in an ensemble. Combining singing and instrumental playing.
Music and Movement
Using recorded music from different genres, along with our theremin, soundbeam and more - improving focused music-listening, evaluating the mood/feel of a piece, recognising repeated rhythms and patterns and keeping active through improvised/ choreographed movement.
Expressive Arts
Combining drama, movement and music - creating role play scenarios and making a mini show/ film, including a composed soundtrack using inter-related dimensions of music.
Orchestra of Joy
Designing and creating musical instruments; as simple as a junk modelled maraca or as complex as a banana piano. Recreating and responding to historical pieces of music from different genres, the “Electric Umbrella way”. You’ve never heard Nessun Dorma done like this…
Bespoke
Tell us what you need and we will create it! This could be themed for a specific topic.
Also… we can offer training/CPD sessions for staff teams on any of the above.
Got a question? Our team is on hand to chat - just drop us an email.
Also… we can offer training/CPD sessions for staff teams on any of the above.
Got a question? Our team is on hand to chat - just drop us an email.
Key Stage 1 and 2 Workshops
Percussion
Working with both tuned and untuned instruments (bamboo tamboo, drums, glockenspiels?? xylophones???). Exploring rhythm, pitch, improvisation and individual/ group performance.
Songwriting
Composing, lyric writing, understanding musical structure and different notation, singing together, developing aural skills.
Makey Makey
Understanding elements of music technology and how to integrate electronic and acoustic instruments within an ensemble.
Finding your Voice
Developing confidence, fluency, control and expression in the voice by singing in a group. Understanding the physicality of singing and the unique qualities of our individual voices.
Partnership Choirs / Instrumental groups
Working with a local SEND school to create a combined musical ensemble where children, and staff, stand shoulder to shoulder and enable each other to shine creatively.
Ukulele
Sessions where children are encouraged to develop their fluency and confidence when playing a tuned instrument in an ensemble. Combining singing and instrumental playing.
Music and Movement
Using recorded music from different genres, along with our theremin, soundbeam and more - improving focused music-listening, evaluating the mood/feel of a piece, recognising repeated rhythms and patterns and keeping active through improvised/ choreographed movement.
Expressive Arts
Combining drama, movement and music - creating role play scenarios and making a mini show/ film, including a composed soundtrack using inter-related dimensions of music.
Orchestra of Joy
Designing and creating musical instruments; as simple as a junk modelled maraca or as complex as a banana piano. Recreating and responding to historical pieces of music from different genres, the “Electric Umbrella way”. You’ve never heard Nessun Dorma done like this…
Bespoke
Tell us what you need and we will create it! This could be themed for a specific topic.
Also… we can offer training/CPD sessions for staff teams on any of the above.
Got a question? Our team is on hand to chat - just drop us an email.
Also… we can offer training/CPD sessions for staff teams on any of the above.
Got a question? Our team is on hand to chat - just drop us an email.
What people are saying about Electric Umbrella's Education programmes:
"We loved it all. The children were thrilled to experience live music and important conversations were opened up. The messages about inclusivity that your team delivered were so important."
"It was very heartwarming and provided an amazing message. My class have been singing the songs and have formed their own band this week since seeing the performance!"
"The staff were moved to tears at one point and then laughing at other times. The children of all ages were spellbound...We have a wide range of children with different needs at our school and they were all engaged. The staff loved how all the performers interacted and the children enjoyed being part of such a fun session."
"The children were wary (and quiet) at first but could soon see that learning disabilities are nothing to be frightened of. They were thoroughly engaged and enjoyed every moment!"
"[The Session] got them talking. There was some feedback about visitors that were 'weird' and obviously we spoke at length with the children who used that language to shift and evolve their thinking/fears. The VITAL aspect of your work with us was that this conversation happened and the issue and feeling of our children were raised and highlighted (so that they could be targeted in a focused way)."
"It opened up important conversations and allowed the children to receive important messages about celebrating individuality."
"Your workshop was amazing, truly inspirational and engaged over 800 children. Thank you!"
"I...cannot praise your team enough. It was a phenomenal experience enjoyed by the whole school - Nursery through to Year 6 - and the positive message was inspiring. We definitely want to do the same sort of thing next year and I will be directing my School Council towards promoting your charity as one of our fundraisers. In the words of the children, it was awesome!"
What people are saying about Electric Umbrella's Education programmes:
"I...cannot praise your team enough. It was a phenomenal experience enjoyed by the whole school - Nursery through to Year 6 - and the positive message was inspiring. We definitely want to do the same sort of thing next year and I will be directing my School Council towards promoting your charity as one of our fundraisers. In the words of the children, it was awesome!"
"The staff were moved to tears at one point and then laughing at other times. The children of all ages were spellbound...We have a wide range of children with different needs at our school and they were all engaged. The staff loved how all the performers interacted and the children enjoyed being part of such a fun session."
"[The Session] got them talking. There was some feedback about visitors that were 'weird' and obviously we spoke at length with the children who used that language to shift and evolve their thinking/fears. The VITAL aspect of your work with us was that this conversation happened and the issue and feeling of our children were raised and highlighted (so that they could be targeted in a focused way)."
"Your workshop was amazing, truly inspirational and engaged over 800 children. Thank you!"
"We loved it all. The children were thrilled to experience live music and important conversations were opened up. The messages about inclusivity that your team delivered were so important."
"It was very heartwarming and provided an amazing message. My class have been singing the songs and have formed their own band this week since seeing the performance!"
"The children were wary (and quiet) at first but could soon see that learning disabilities are nothing to be frightened of. They were thoroughly engaged and enjoyed every moment!"
"It opened up important conversations and allowed the children to receive important messages about celebrating individuality."
Check out the other programmes we have on offer:
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Our interactive music workshops for SEND schools across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and North London.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) awareness days delivered through music for students in secondary schools across select locations.
Our digital toolkit with lesson plans and resources to deliver EDI workshops in mainstream primary school classrooms across the UK.
Check out the other programmes we have on offer:
View all >
Our interactive music workshops for SEND schools across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and North London.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) awareness days delivered through music for students in secondary schools across select locations.
Our digital toolkit with lesson plans and resources to deliver EDI workshops in mainstream primary school classrooms across the UK.
Check out the other programmes we have on offer:
Got a question? Send our team an email and we’ll get back to you.
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