Sheila Allen

Music Educator, Freelance Brass Teacher, Primary & Secondary Music Specialist, Youth Development Brass Specialist @Brassbandseng @brassfoundation

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@EnglishCadence @Music_bod @DrFautley Today’s graduates and early career teachers’ subject choices at KS4 & 5 were not influenced by ‘school priorities’?

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@JamesBlunt Wind burn not sun burn.

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@DrLizStafford It comes from the top. My old head used to talk about playing coconuts from the back of the classroom when she was at school. If they don’t get it they won’t promote it to their staff.

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@HackedOffHugh Yeah, happened to us when the kids were little. Looking back I think it was because middle child doesn’t look like the other two and has different colouring to us. Still most definitely ours but good on them for checking.

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@lordmiles So, they’re going to another country to be foreigners there. Makes little sense.

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@LibertyCappy If it’s mandatory, include it in the bill. Quit with the maths lesson. Unnecessary.

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@MrEFinch If VMTs are truly self employed, do their own admin etc, then there shouldn’t be a requirement to charge a room fee. Problem comes if you appoint a self employed VMT and then try to fix fees etc.

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@nelltent @thosethatcan In the eyes of the law they are adults. Wielding control over them because they are financially dependent never ends well and produces resentment. Talking, discussing what’s reasonable and mutually respectful goes a long way.

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@thosethatcan @OnlyDads Is this a thing? Don’t you trust your kids? And they know w you track them? I am aghast. Don’t they have any freedom?

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@Classicbritcom Paint. The. Whole. World. With. A. Rainbow…

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@Grotesque_tory @EdBHXBsAS @JoolzDenby @RockyWasYer https://t.co/k9VdB6c8zc

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@ICT_MrP And then music teachers have to up the ante in the last 2 weeks producing shows, concerts, assemblies and general entertainment for all those jaded kids and staff. Support your music staff in schools of whatever sort they be - FT, PT or Peri.

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@DrFautley Thank god

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@DrLizStafford Is it good, or is it because the jobs market outside teaching means they’re left with no choice?

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@mattgriff1968 @BBCYoungMus I’m hearing you, how wide would you throw the net?

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@deewallerbox @HitchinBand @RHS_Luton @BrassBandsEng @BrassFoundation It was a brilliant session, highly emotional and the evidence of the benefits to the children was so clear to see. All done in partnership, collaboratively with a brass band.
#music education #brass education #brass bands

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@joevansstc What has age got to do with it? How you feel in it is what matters.

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Love a bit of controversy. In the @BrassBandsEng #BBconf24 panel discussion, Edward Gregson asking how many conductors of the top 20 bands in the country are here. The answer is 1 - and he was invited.

Where are you all?

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A firm reminder from this morning’s sessions that we have a way to go to make creative thinking habitual practice. #bbconf24

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Who will win the BBE goodies today?

Share your thoughts on today's Creative Communites conference on the hashtag #BBConf24 for your chance to win! 🧡

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Something players in brass bands often find hard to do, but Shri Sriram’s engaging keynote speech beckons us to think more creatively with the sound that we create and the traditions we carry with us. Be a rebel, move our tradition forward

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