{"id":114,"date":"2015-05-20T09:30:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T08:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willembliss.co.uk\/?page_id=114"},"modified":"2017-03-29T08:51:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T07:51:56","slug":"science-of-sound-workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.willembliss.co.uk\/?page_id=114","title":{"rendered":"Science of Sound Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Science of Sound Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.willembliss.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/science-of-sound-raglan-09-002.jpg\">For Years 4, 5 and 6<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.willembliss.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/science-of-sound-raglan-09-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-115 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.willembliss.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/science-of-sound-raglan-09-002.jpg\" alt=\"science of sound raglan 09 002\" width=\"2848\" height=\"2136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This exciting workshop covers \u00a0&#8220;Changing Sounds&#8221; \u00a0topic of the National Curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>Will&#8217;s insight as a musical instrument designer makes this a thoroughly engaging workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Every pupil takes part in a demonstration using all sorts of unusual instruments including: &#8211; broomsticks; a conch shell; penny whistles; straws; guitar strings; a slinky; a trumpet; a trombone; plastic tubing; a marimba; plastic bottles; a metallophone; a batonka; a tuning fork; a djembe; water and a helium balloon.<\/p>\n<p>In the process they learn how to differentiate between <strong>Pitch <\/strong>and <strong>Volume<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>How sound travels through \u00a0<strong>solids,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>liquids\u00a0and gases &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>but not through a vacuum<\/h1>\n<p>How to vary pitch on: &#8211; <strong>Strings, Wind, Brass &amp; Percussion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The session lasts approximately 90 minutes and costs \u00a395 per class<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.willembliss.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Science-of-Sound-Workshop.doc\">Science of Sound Workshop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feedback from schools:-<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrilliant workshop, so interactive and different from last year.\u201d\u00a0National Science Teacher of the Year 2012, Tracy Kilkenny, Muswell Hill Primary<\/p>\n<p>\u201c The way you conducted the session taught the Year 4 children so much about sound. During a plenary later that day, it was obvious that all the children had learnt a lot from the workshop\u201d Irene Tyrell, Head of St Martin of Porres<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you for delivering a wonderfully informative and hands on workshop to accompany our sound topic. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and is evident from the\u00a0work they completed afterwards clearly learnt a great deal. I will definitely recommend your workshop to the teachers of year 4 next year.&#8221; Clare O&#8217;Sullivan -Teacher at St Georges Catholic Primary School Sudbury.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_320\" style=\"width: 3274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.willembliss.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cavendish-letter-1-e1448886399562.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-320\" class=\"wp-image-320 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.willembliss.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cavendish-letter-1-e1448886399562.jpg\" alt=\"Thank you letters from Year 4 pupils at Cavendish School\" width=\"3264\" height=\"1836\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thank you letters from Year 4 pupils at Cavendish School Camden Nov 2015<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science of Sound Workshops For Years 4, 5 and 6 This exciting workshop covers \u00a0&#8220;Changing Sounds&#8221; \u00a0topic of the National Curriculum. 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