The Song Room becomes Australia’s first WISE Awards recipient
The Song Room is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a WISE (World Innovation Summit for Education) award for outstanding contribution to education. WISE was founded in 2009 in Qatar as a...
View ArticleYipirinya Students join Bush Bands Bash – Radio National
The Song Room has been running a music program at Yipirinya School in the Northern Territory this semester, and has worked closely with the school to secure funding to continue this program via a...
View ArticleAward-winning school program opens arts and minds – The Australian
AN arts program for indigenous and disadvantaged students has won the World Innovation Summit for Education award for “global innovation in education” and is being lauded as a test case for turning...
View ArticleMusic is linked to improved literacy scores – Australian Teacher Magazine
The research, Transforming Education Through the Arts, shows learning an instrument by 12 years of age makes the left side of the brain bigger, which has been linked to improved vocal, vocabulary and...
View ArticleEngaging Indigenous Children Through Creativity
This tax time, The Song Room is focussing our fundraising efforts on reaching Indigenous students in regional and remote communities. In the decade that The Song Room has been running in-school...
View ArticleEducational Experience’s Musical May
Throughout May, Educational Experience is running a number of features focussing on the importance of music in early childhood education. ‘Musical May’ is full of advice on how parents and educators...
View ArticleLuna Park World Record Attempt!
Buckle up, get set, go! Melbourne’s Luna Park is gearing up for a world record attempt – with all proceeds going to The Song Room! Melbourne’s Luna Park is gearing up to take on the world record for...
View ArticleMusic Industry Insight – New ARTS:LIVE Resources
A new ARTS:LIVE course, Music Industry Insight, has just gone live on the site. Music Industry Insight is a collection of resources designed to engage Years 7-10 students by offering insight into...
View ArticleDeadly Arts
The Song Room’s ‘Deadly Arts’ programs have commenced for 2015 at Hebersham and St Mary’s North Public Schools in Western Sydney. The 2015 programs were launched with a visit from Senior Aboriginal...
View ArticlePlayAir – Selling Air for Music’s Sake
Approximately three in four Australian children do not have access to specialist music education at school, leaving them with nothing but ‘air’ to play. From the 19th September until the 8th November,...
View ArticleThe Australian Curriculum: The Arts Endorsed
The Song Room joins colleagues in welcoming the Australian Education Council’s final endorsement this month of The Australian Curriculum: The Arts. This latest update will build a national education...
View ArticleThe Song Room – Creative Kids. Brighter Kids.
Music makes kids brighter. Yet three in four Australian children still have nothing but air to play. Simply text SONGROOM to 1999 7664 to donate $5 and help put real instruments in the hands of...
View ArticleARTS:LIVE #TellATeacher Campaign
The Song Room is celebrating a win for The Arts following last month’s long awaited endorsement of the Australian Curriculum: The Arts, which is scheduled for roll out across Australia soon. Teachers...
View ArticleSkillsharing Workshops for Teaching Artists
The Song Room is hosting a national series of free skillsharing workshops for Teaching Artists. The first of these will be held in Melbourne on Friday afternoon, 8th April, with Perth and Sydney...
View ArticleHow to use The Arts to explore cultural diversity in your classroom
On 21 March, Australia recognises Harmony Day with the central message that ‘everyone belongs’ and the theme for Cultural Diversity Week in Victoria this year is ‘harmonies from around the world’....
View ArticleThe Song Room: Using music to bridge the education gap – 774 ABC
Around 75 per cent of primary schools in Victoria don’t have a specialist music teacher. In an effort to bridge the education gap for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Song Room runs classes...
View ArticleInspiring Community Connection through the Arts in Bankstown
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