Drumming Workshop

North Wiltshire Young Arts sponsored drumming workshops over two days for all 200 primary school children from Studley Green.  Now encompassing activities of wider scope than ever before, our second Young Arts project this year proved hugely successful.

As the teacher said afterward, it was wonderful to see the children so animated and concentrated, and yet making such a tremendous noise.

Countries from around the world were studied by every class, encompassing geography, animals and legends. They also made artwork, masks and instruments.  The drummer then followed this up with each class in a session, with songs, dances and rhythms from the various countries, acting out stories and representing their animals.    

‘Awesome’ was the word lots of children used to describe the event.  One boy said ‘It was so loud, but it was nice to make a loud noise.’  A lovely remark came from a boy in year 1: ‘I liked it because it made my heart laugh, my head has laughed before but not my heart.’