Tag: performing arts
Calm through music
Live music enhances regulation and readiness to learn at Julia Arthur-Godar's specialist school for pupils with complex social, communication and attention needs.
Mornings can be...
Step into the room
Suzanne Lofthus was a painfully shy teenager. One day, a friend took her to a Youth Theatre in Aberdeen.
I'll never forget that feeling when...
SEN135 : Mar/Apr 2025
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Another great issue, thanks to all our talented contributors. The cover image shows a child with her spoon...
Making music with SEN
Lydia Lewis speaks to four musicians with special educational needs, who share their experiences of stigma, inaccessible music environments, their personal journeys of discovery,...
SEN and the Arts
Tara Page on how creativity in schools supports self-expression and well-being.
When asked what I do, my official reply is Professor of Pedagogy and Praxis....
It’s not just the audience that needs relaxed performances
The Stencil Pencils explain how being neurodiverse affects them as performers.
Hello everybody, I'm Kale aged 13, one of the founders of TSP—The Stencil Pencils....
Art angels of the North
Sophy Sylvester and Dyzelle Sutherland on the darts project, bringing music to young people with SEND in Doncaster.
"They’re getting the hang of dynamics and...
Fairy gardens and witchy Potions
Louise de Froment on sparking creativity, imagination and engagement.Creating Shipwrecks and An Island Full of NoisesIn my role as Workshops and Inclusion Manager at...
SEN117 : March/April 2022
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As we await the upcoming and, hopefully, comprehensive SEND review, it is reassuring to know that Members of...
The importance of music and performing arts
Alistair Dewar has seen the power that the performing arts hold for children with SEND.
Aristotle once said: “Music has a power of forming the...
