4 August 2022Jack Petchey Award Winners 2022

Jack Petchey Achievement Award winners are young people who have gone above and beyond to achieve – perhaps when others thought they might even fail.

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4 August 2022Get involved with Newham Music this August

This month, whilst the kids are off school, a whole variety of Newham Music events are taking place across the London Borough of Newham where primary and secondary school children can participate.

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20 July 2022Newham Music’s Passing The Torch was a wheel success

Newham Music put on a fantastic show at the Olympic Velodrome to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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18 July 2022The Great Get Together 2022

The Great Get Together is the biggest free Great Get Together event, taking place on Saturday 23rd July 2022, throughout the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

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1 July 2022Newham braced for Passing the Torch 2022

This summer, thousands of students from primary and secondary schools across the London Borough of Newham will take part in ‘Passing the Torch 2022’ from the iconic Lee Valley VeloPark, at the heart of the Olympic Park.

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4 April 2022Teacher Spotlight: Emma Scarr

We love to share a little more about the outstanding team of teacher musicians we have on our team at Newham Music. We asked superstar fiddle-player, Emma, a bit about herself.

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17 March 2022Young Leader Blog Post: Thomas

Thomas is one of our Youth Ambassadors and recently took part in our Young Leaders scheme. As a part of his placement, he took some time to reflect on the recent impact music has had in his life.

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9 March 2022Work Experience Interview: Flora

Last month, we were joined for a week in the office by Flora who was completing her year 10 work experience.

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Music in KS3

17 November 2021Ofsted warns schools over ‘unbroken’ KS3 music teaching

Inspectorate’s expert says subject should not be put on a carousel in secondary schools

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12 October 2021Spotlight Interview: Lila Bhattacherjee

Lila Bhattacherjee is a 25-year-old musician and Newham Music’s first “Young Trustee”.

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4 October 2021Tesco Community Votes

We’re excited to be in the customer vote for a Tesco Community Grant. It’s a scheme that gives community projects and organisations like us grants of up to £1,500.

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17 September 2021Updated Covid Guidance – September 2021

The latest government guidance for working in education settings highlights: No specific restrictions regarding singing, playing instruments etc Ensure good hygiene practices are in place and continue to ventilate spaces Have an up to date risk assessment in place outlining how risk is managed in your setting/venue Include a plan for how your setting will deal with […]

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