Malbank School and Sixth Form: Music

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“Music is fun. If a child is having fun their brain is open to learning.”

Music can help children develop listening and concentration, control and coordination of large and small muscles, seriation and memory skills, an understanding of 3 dimensional space and an awareness and ability to control the movement of their body in that space.

Music is also one of the few activities that uses both sides of the brain, both the logical and creative, at the same time. By utilizing both sides simultaneously the brain grows connections across the hemispheres. The more connections we have, the faster we are able to think.

Enjoying music with others helps you to be confident in social settings, both during school life and beyond. Even more than this, music is something that is just plainly enjoyed by everyone!