Education

Our schools and college outreach programme is based on co-producing high quality imaginative and innovative music and visual art projects that supports the national curriculum as well as creating a unique and memorable experience for the young people we work with. We have collaborated with primary and secondary schools as well as colleges and in higher education settings. We work in mainstream and SEN settings. We are focused on supporting young people to co-design project content and set goals.

A SEND schools outreach project exploring accessible music making strategies, film making and music technology culminating in the creation of an interactive multimedia installation. Every pupil that took part also achieved a nationally recognised Bronze Arts Award which was embedded with the project delivery

Project focus: Sound Swimmers

‘I like it when our class makes music and can be all together to sing’

SEND Pupil

‘Sound swimmers is exciting time in the dark room and people come to see and play the instruments with our films’

SEND Pupil

‘I like my voice in the echo sound, it is very far away and sounds very special’.

SEND Pupil

‘The first session I experienced was thrilling as we watched a student who communicates by signing and symbols take part in a musical conversation with her peers. This was deeply moving and from then I knew it was going to be a fantastic experience and enriching learning opportunity for the students’

SEND class teacher

Our project work involved exploring different art forms and processes. We use accessible techniques , a wide range of visual media, musical instruments and adaptive technology

Research and Development

We work with SEND schools and colleges to develop new ways of working that incorporate sensory play, music making, accessible teaching strategies and technology. We work alongside teaching staff to develop our practice and trial new ways of working. We offer themed projects that compliment the curriculum and provide unique and memorable experiences for children and young people. We incorporate CPD training for teaching staff as part of our schools offer. If you are interested in working with us to deliver a project in a school please contact us via our contact page or email: sam@lifesize.org.uk

A SEND primary school outreach project in which a variety of accessible creative story making and music tools are utilised, exploring the exciting sounds of everyday objects and using technology to create and manipulate sound clips. SEND pupils devised a story and set it to an audio backing which they created using sound effects and original musical ideas . Hear the finished piece here:

Project focus: Sound Story

‘A fantastic sequence of lessons. The children were engaged with the entire process. The balance of using real objects to make sounds and then digitally manipulating those sounds was spot on and the children were engaged with both.’

SEND primary school teacher