We are thrilled to launch our new, refreshed resources designed to support schools in Wales.

Crucial Welsh Government support has enabled:

• Conversion of our interactive screens into a suitable, more current format to ensuring that we can continue to provide them, without fee, to schools and communities across Wales and beyond.
• Refresh of our teacher support resources and guides to ensure they support effective and creative planning, teaching and learning for the new Curriculum for Wales

In addition, we will be adding a new collection of songs, due to be ready for the new academic year, which will focus on broadening the diversity of our content.

Please follow us on twitter (@cansingcymru) for further information

As many of you will be aware, Adobe no longer supports Flash Player and blocked Flash content from running in Flash Player beginning January 12, 2021 which sadly affects the functionality of the CânSing resources, most notably the interactive screens.

We are delighted to announce that the Welsh Government are supporting us to convert these materials into a suitable, more current format to enable us to continue to provide them, without fee, to schools and communities across Wales and beyond.

In addition, thanks to Welsh Government support, we are also able to refresh our resources to ensure are fit for the new curriculum in Wales.

These new resources are due for launch mid-May in time to support your planning for September 2022.

Please follow us on twitter (@cansingcymru) for further information.

Please note that some resources will be unavailable 11/5/22 - 19/5/22.

We apologise for any disruption whilst we carry out essential maintenance and update our resources.

Many thanks for your patience

Suzanne Barnes

Executive Director

New Screens!

As many of you will be aware, Adobe no longer supports Flash Player and blocked Flash content from running in Flash Player beginning January 12, 2021 which sadly affects the functionality of the CânSing resources, most notably the interactive screens.

Since Adobe announced this decision we have been exploring potential alternative options to ensure we are able to continue to provide the interactive screens as we know they are a very valuable resource and relied upon by many. Therefore, screens created in the last 2-3 years utilise HTML 5 and are unaffected by the change, but the vast majority of original (2010 - 2015) screens will sadly no longer run in most browsers.

As a not-for-profit organisation, we are pursuing options to gain the necessary funding/business partnership to support us to convert these materials into a suitable, more current format to enable us to continue to provide them, without fee, to schools and communities across Wales and beyond.

We have therefore prioritised updating the screens for some of our most popular songs including: 

We hope you will enjoy using the new screens. We are working hard to get the rest of our resources converted as soon as possible.

In the meantime please do continue to use the unaffected resources including scores and backing tracks (mp3 format) which are all downloadable for you free of charge.

Many thanks for your patience and ongoing support,

Suzanne

Suzanne Barnes

Director

As ever, the CânSing team are here to offer support in any way we can. We also love to hear feedback from our colleagues across the UK and beyond so please get in touch!

Suzanne

Suzanne Barnes

Director

suzanne.barnes@cansing.org.uk

Training Special Offer!

Attend BOTH sessions for only £75!

Places strictly limited

Book now

Wednesday 9th Nov - at Glyncoed Primary School, Cardiff

In response to requests we are offering a full day of training, split into two sections, to meet different needs (see below):

Special Offer: Attend BOTH sessions (1 full day) for a reduced fee of £75

Delivered by Aled Powys-Williams; professional singer (baritone) and very experienced vocal animateur.

Places are strictly limited at both sessions: please email info@cansing.org.uk to book yours!

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Session 1

Wednesday 9th November

Morning session (9am - 12.30pm)

CânSing Training: A packed, practical session suitable for all abilities

Suitable for: All teaching and support staff, no previous music experience is necessary 

Objectives:

To provide practical guidance to utilising the CânSing resources in schools including:-

• how to use navigate the CânSing songbank and resources
• warm up activities (rhythm, body, diction, breathing, vocal)
• establishing good practice in singing
• unison and part singing; call & response, rounds
• using different genres; beat-boxing, opera, folk
• links to Cwriculum Cymraeg; themes (Christmas, PSE)

You will receive a CânSing pack including:-

• Printed toolkit and a selection of teaching guides
• CânSing CD (selection of backing tracks)
• CânSing USB containing further editable digital resources
• Full access to the CânSing resources (password protected)

Cost: £50 per delegate (individual session rate)

*Please note this course is delivered in English with incidental use of Welsh, all CânSing resources used are available in Welsh and English. 

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Session 2

Wednesday 9th November

Afternoon session (1 - 4pm)

Music/Singing and Literacy: A session focused on linking the CânSing resources to the literacy element of the LNF (KS2)

Suitable for: Those with a working knowledge of CânSing resources

Objectives:

To provide practical guidance to utilising the CânSing resources as a vehicle for developing literacy including:-

• music strategies and activities focusing on literacy outcomes, all cross reference to the Literacy Framework
• incorporating and embedding the literacy framework into the music curriculum
• explore how singing can contribute to improving reading, writing and oracy across the curriculum

You will receive a CânSing pack including:-

• Printed toolkit and a selection of teaching guides
• CânSing CD (selection of backing tracks)
• CânSing USB containing further editable digital resources linked to literacy
• Full access to the CânSing resources (password protected)

Cost: £50 per delegate (individual session rate)

*Please note this course is delivered in English with incidental use of Welsh, all CânSing resources used are available in Welsh and English. 

Attend BOTH sessions for the ONLY £75!!

Book now!

To discuss the course content or any other training needs please email info@cansing.org.uk 

We are delighted to announce that this year our annual celebrations will be bigger and better than ever, with large events happening both North and South during the week of 20th - 24th June. 

CânSing is now in its seventh year and continues to affirm Wales’ reputation as the “Land of Song” by providing resources, training, support & events across the country. We have an ever-growing family of “CânSing-ers” and are very proud of our collective achievements. So this year, and working with our brilliant partners, we have decided to extend our usual annual event, from 1 day to a whole week, to enable us to support more events and provide more opportunities for you to celebrate, wherever you are! 

Each event will be slightly different but all will delivered by one (or more) of our team of our professional Animateurs and will offer a varied programme of repertoire. So far, we can confirm:

We are keen to hear from anyone, particularly in the West of Wales who would be keen to host an event on Friday 24th June (or another day that week if we can support with members of the team).

To register your interest in one (or more) of the events, please follow the links above. Also, please let us know if you are having your own CânSing celebration. 

Once again, we are working in partnership with Welsh National Opera, this year we have 3 joint events. Our focus this year is on the new CânSing / WNO Sosban Fach (‘Little Saucepan’) resources. This famous traditional Welsh folk-song is commonly known as a rugby song and was sung in the World War 1 trenches. The piece will be available in a choral version (arr. Jeff Howard, originally commissioned by BBC National Orchestra of Wales) with a new English translation by Sian Meinir (Chorus, Welsh National Opera) with a full orchestral backing track for all to learn and sing along with!

We are also delighted to be working in partnership with North Wales Choral festival. This 3 day annual event at Venue Cymru in Llandudno hosts a “schools day” (this year on November 4th 2016) and we would love to see some of our CânSing Schools take part, for the first time this year, schools will be allowed to perform using CânSing backing tracks - which is very exciting! There will be more information and “sign up stations” at the two north Wales events (Wrexham & Llandudno) but schools from across Wales are welcome too. For more information about the North Wales Choral festival please go to www.northwaleschoralfestival.com

We really hope you will get involved with a celebration event in your area. All events are free to attend and schools are allocated places on a “first come, first served” basis so please book early to avoid disappointment. 

The booking procedures are different for each event, please email cansing@wno.org.uk to book your place by 24/5/16. 

I look forward to seeing you at one of the events! 

Keep singing!

Suzanne

Suzanne Barnes

Director

CânSing

Invitation to participate in National CânSing Week! 

 Caerphilly Celebration event 

Monday 20th June - Blackwood Miners Institute

Thousands of children across Wales will have the opportunity to celebrate their involvement in the ‘CânSing’ project during a week-long celebration (20th - 24th June)  with events happening all over Wales. In Caerphilly, the celebrations will include a Primary Schools Festival open to any schools in the county. Schools will perform to one another and all join together to sing songs from the CânSing website. 

The event will be delivered as a partnership between CânSing and Caerphilly Music Service who regularly collaborate to ensure the children, young people and families have an opportunity to “find their voice”. 

Draft programme:

10:00 - Session 1

13:00 - Session 2

DETAILS FOR SCHOOLS:

• Age group: Years 5, 6 & 7 with the goal of supporting transition from primary to secondary education (for smaller primary schools we can accommodate years 3 & 4 as well if it is necessary to include the whole junior department)
• This is a FREE event but schools must provide their own transport.
• There is no requirement for schools to prepare for the concert, however, if your school would like to perform their favourite piece from the CânSing song-bank please let us know. 

Please email PURSEYH@caerphilly.gov.uk to book your place by 20/5/16 stating your preferred session (1 or 2) 

For more information about CânSing please contact Suzanne Barnes on suzanne.barnes@cansing.org.uk