Our facilitators are passionate about working with Early Years Foundation Stage children and their families. We deliver fun and creative music and movement workshops in nurseries, children's centres and private, voluntary or independent (PVIs) settings which adhere to the standards set in the EYFS Framework. Our EYFS workshops support the following areas of learning & development:
Communication & language
Physical development
Personal, social and emotional development
Understanding the world
Expressive arts and design
All our facilitators are experienced EYFS practitioners and provide enough authentic world instruments for everyone to be involved in each workshop.
Please contact us for further information and a quote for any of the workshops listed below.
African Beats
Aimed at 0-5 year olds
Everyone is included in this fun and interactive workshop! The facilitator, acting as the Griot (West African Story-teller), draws everyone into the traditional West African story by involving them as characters in the story playing authentic West African djembe drums and impersonating various West African animals. Music and humour are central to this workshop as the participants discover the surprising origin of djembe drums and are an essential part of the action throughout!
We will provide
A facilitator who is experienced working with EYFS
Enough authentic West African drums for up to 30 participants
Access and space requirements
This workshop requires:
A parking place for our vehicle as close to the venue as possible
A hall or large teaching room (preferably on the ground floor) with a cleared space
Access to the space 45 minutes prior to the first session and 30 minutes after the last session to set up and pack away
Suggested length of sessions & recommended group sizes
30 minutes per group of 15-30 children (plus their families/carers).
COST
£425 Full Day (maximum 5 hours)
£325 Half Day (maximum 3 hours)
Plus travel expenses and VAT.
Prices outside of normal school hours may differ.
Take me to Rio!
Aimed at 3-5 year olds and families/carers
Music, movement and costumes are central to this workshop that includes a traditional Brazilian story involving a menagerie of exotic animals from the Amazon! It’s not long before everyone is playing authentic samba instruments and moving to the infectious latin beat whilst discovering how Basilio the Brazilian beetle and his animal friends influenced the design of the Brazilian flag!
A facilitator who is experienced working with EYFS
Enough authentic Brazilian samba instruments for up to 30 participants and a selection of carnival costumes/headdresses and puppets
We will provide
Access and space requirements
A parking place for our van/car as close to the venue as possible
A hall or large teaching room (preferably on the ground floor) with a cleared space
Access to the space 45 minutes prior to the first session and 30 minutes after the last session to set up and pack away
Suggested length of sessions & recommended group sizes
30 minutes per group of 15-30 children (plus their families/carers).
COST
£425 Full Day (maximum 5 hours)
£325 Half Day (maximum 3 hours)
Plus travel expenses and VAT.
Prices outside of normal school hours may differ.
Caribbean carnival!
Aimed at 3-5 year olds and families/carers
The Caribbean spirit is brought to life in this workshop with everyone playing steel pans, bongos and maracas and even doing the limbo dance! Find out how the Caribbean parrots were desperate to sing as beautifully as the other birds and how the king of the forest changed their lives forever by making them talk. Everyone can join the carnival celebration!
We will provide
A facilitator who is experienced working with EYFS
Enough steel pans and percussion instruments for up to 30 participants
Access and space requirements
A parking place for our van/car as close to the venue as possible
A hall or large teaching room (preferably on the ground floor) with a cleared space
Access to the space 45 minutes prior to the first session and 30 minutes after the last session to set up and pack away
Suggested length of sessions & recommended group sizes
30 minutes per group of 15-30 children (plus their families/carers)
COST
£475 Full Day (maximum 5 hours)
£375 Half Day (maximum 3 hours)
Plus travel expenses and VAT.
Prices outside of normal school hours may differ.
Gong gang!
Aimed at 3-5 year olds
Gongs, drums, metallophones and shadow puppets create an exotic atmosphere for this workshop! The facilitator acts as the Dalang (shadow puppeteer) whilst the children play authentic Indonesian gamelan instruments to accompany the humorous traditional Indonesian folktale involving geckos, macaque monkeys and birds.
We will provide
A facilitator who is experienced working with EYFS
Enough authentic Indonesian gamelan instruments for up to 15 participants and a selection of Indonesian shadow puppets
Access and space requirements
A parking place for our van/car as close to the venue as possible
A hall or large teaching room (preferably on the ground floor) with a cleared space
Access to the space 1 hour prior to the first session and 45 minutes after the last session to set up and pack away
Suggested length of sessions & recommended group sizes
30 minutes per group of 15 children.
COST
£475 Full Day (maximum 5 hours)
£375 Half Day (maximum 3 hours)
Plus travel expenses and VAT.
Prices outside of normal school hours may differ.