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Oct 16, 20204 min read

The results are in! Music Provision in NI Primary School Teachers' Survey

During the month of June I sent out a small informal survey to primary school teachers in Northern Ireland to garner information on the...

Oct 16, 20203 min read

The results are in! Music Provision in NI Primary School Principals' Survey

Last month (September) I sent out a small informal survey to principals in Northern Ireland to garner information on the amount and type...

Aug 19, 20203 min read

Keeping Music going in this new world.

All of us. We are all just learning and feeling our way through this chaotic situation. In education, we are in particular turmoil due to...

Jun 4, 20203 min read

The classroom recorder debate!

What's your first thought on the mention of the words "school recorder"? It was an instrument I was always good at and enjoyed so I can't...

May 19, 20202 min read

And the beat goes on

Anybody else have kids that watch Trolls? My two, particularly my eight year old daughter just loves it and I have to confess it's one of...

May 11, 20202 min read

Who is Claire Leathem and what is Music Bloom?

Hello and welcome! It's taken a pandemic lockdown to finally get around to starting up the blog posts on my website and I suppose the...