Sing Up

Since 2007, Sing Up has used the following types of Good Practice:

Summary

Sing Up is a national initiative set up to link schools in the UK and to encourage children to sing. The government have provided funding since its inception in 2007.

Objectives

Sing Up aims to give children the opportunity to sing every day and to improve learning outcomes, confidence, health and social development. It aims to put singing at the centre of communities, change lives and to build stronger communities.

Added value

The Sing Up website provides the link between schools who register and contains an interactive library of over 350 children's songs with practice and performance tracks, lesson plans and appropriate curriculum-linked activities. The website can be used to connect groups across the country and enable colloboration. The internet resources available as part of the Sing Up programme are particulary useful to reach out to rural communities with small schools and minimal opportunity for economies of scale on teaching facilities and resources. In addition, for children who are learning in special provision.

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