happy shakespeare's birthday, time to cry about this for the hundredth time.

Heard about #CreateDay24 yet?
Hundreds of schools across England have!
Check out our map and see if a school is coming near you!
Don't miss out, sign up to join this mass participation event from your classroom in singing, dancing & Design.
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Have you signed up for our Live Lessons yet?
Join from your classroom for a FREE 1hr lesson in dancing or singing!
Part of our classroom resources and teacher development offers - aligned to the #Music & #PE curriculum
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The Royal Opera House schools matinées provide such a wonderful opportunity for children to experience the arts at the highest level - genuinely world-class. Wonderful = full of wonder and joy: what I saw in the responses of the 2000 children attending yesterday ROH Schools

Year 4 working with the Royal Opera House this afternoon on their #CreateAndSing project, based on Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute 🎶 learning about rhythmic features and notation 🎶

Applications are now open to join our Youth Opera programmes for September 2024!
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That's it for our first lineup announcement - it's already shaping up to be an unforgettable #EmpathyDay 🤩

Stay tuned TOMORROW after school for our next group of authors & illustrators... who do you think it will be?🔍

Learn more at empathylab.uk/empathy-day

#childrensbooks

Just one of many schools across the country that engage with ROH Schools is all sorts of ways! You are all BRILLIANT! I tip my hat to wonderful teachers who endeavour to get creativity into the classroom at every end and turn 🥰❤️

Applications are open for young people close enough to London - please share! ❤️

Our hands-on #CreateandDesign programme aims to influence creative problem-solving, develop empathy, build careers understanding & highlight connections between STEM & the arts. Translating stories from page to stage 🌟

Explore our resources here: buff.ly/4aeCh7w

Teachers! If you have the Sunday scaries, this may help. My brill big sister (who used to be a teacher!) runs a mind management zoom on Sunday evenings to help you relax and find the solutions, instead of getting overwhelmed by the worries. Give it a go:
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Royal Opera House launching resources to support #MusicEducation in #SEND schools/settings. Designed with Sounds of Intent @ the ♥️ / aimed @ teachers not from a #music specialism. For early access AND a chance to contribute ➡️ forms.office.com/e/4Cn4KvdeMY ⬅️ ROH Schools

Imogen Bond ROH Schools BBC News (UK) DRET Music Stephen Morris Jonathan Ainscough Such a rewarding project for all of us - thank you so much for your wonderful support, Royal Opera House! Here’s a short video about the Northampton performance (one of five across 22 schools):

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Last chance to apply! We’re looking for a new Café Manager – are you passionate, trustworthy and experienced in catering? Apply now: bit.ly/43kzo24 Deadline 15th April. Salary: £25,202 (f/t)

We're loving this BBC News (UK) article celebrating our #CreateandSing work in partnership with the brilliant DRET Music

Thanks to the people who make it happen Imogen Bond, Stephen Morris, Simon Toyne, Jonathan Ainscough... and the many more!

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Being part of the development process for this resource has been so rewarding. Thanks to the Doncaster schools who have welcomed us in, and to the Royal Opera House for being such generous partners.

Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy: more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic self-harm. theguardian.com/education/2024…

⭐️Thursday 6 June⭐️

#EmpathyDay is in TWO months!

Two things you can do right now:

✅Register for FREE resources: empathylab.uk/empathy-day

✅Sign up for our short training course - learn powerful ways to maximise the day's impact: empathylab.uk/our-foundation…

Apparently the brilliant Joe Lycett has been planting fake news… this has got to be one of his, surely?! #isthisjoe
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Such a lovely day in Newcastle! Thanks for having us MPN Newcastle and being so brilliant ❤️