The many benefits of Music at SCA 

Listening to and creating music helps children learn numeracy, literacy and emotional skills. Incorporating music into routines and play in the early years has a positive influence on your child’s development. It can get them moving, thinking and inspire creativity. 

Did you know music is one of the few activities that use both sides of the brain (logical and creative)? This means it helps build important brain connections, and the more connections we have, the faster we are able to think. Most importantly though, music is fun and if your child is having fun, their brain is open to learning. 

At SCA, we have a dedicated and talented Music Teacher, Mr Mike Stoelinga. Each week the students have music lessons in a specialised room which has an abundance of musical instruments. A recent addition to the collection has been a number of Cajóns. This is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, or sticks. The Conder hills are certainly alive with the beating of these drums during the day! 

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