Tri-Music Together (London) and Sounds of Play (Birmingham) are two large early years (EY) workforce development projects that I currently lead. Both have embraced a partnership approach to developing practice and provision, enabled by groups of organisations coming together to create consortiums. The partnership approach has proven to have a positive impact for musicians and EY practitioners working in EY settings, and on a strategic level, supporting senior leaders to further their understanding and enabling them to develop their EY programmes.
Tri-Music Together (TMT)
As a passionate advocate of music in EY, Stuart Whatmore, head of the Tri-borough Music Hub, was keen to explore how the hub could provide EY music education across the three local authorities it serves: Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster. Although EY is outside of the official remit of music education hubs, Whatmore feels that EY children have the right to a quality musical experience, believing that this could link with Key Stage 1 music provision to ensure better progression.
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