Rocktopus

Rocktopus - School workshops that ROCK!

Write songs, create dance moves & boost well-being by turning PE skills and school values into music videos that ROCK!

Introducing Rocktopus! A real-life rock band for kids and their families, Rocktopus have two albums on international release and a whole load of exciting live shows, festivals and school workshops under their belts. They are in fact the world's ONLY school workshop rock band!

Fully qualified and experienced teachers by day, rock stars by night, Tom and Andy are touring schools up and down the country with their interactive, live music workshops.

A truly unique experience, these cross-curricular school workshops are cleverly designed to cover PE, music and literacy whilst supporting children’s mental and physical well-being.

These award winning workshops are listed in the DFE document 'Evidencing The Impact Of PE and Sports Premium' as an excellent use of funding for a whole school experience.

Schools have the choice of three workshops – Rock The Sport, School Values Rock and Maths Rocks! – all 3 are whole school experiences split into smaller sessions allowing each child to be involved in the creation of a song and music video. Ideal for even reluctant learners, these workshops are enjoyable, enriching and confidence building! We also now have a workshop for special schools which you can find out about on our website.

Rocktopus’ Rock The Sport School Workshop is designed to get the heart pumping and creative juices flowing with real life rock stars! This workshop is packed full of awesome actions, dance moves and PE skills that get the children up and moving to the songs they’ve written about PE during their session with Tom and Andy. The workshop ends with the big finale - the creation of a professional live music video using our professional green screen video equipment!

Rocktopus’ School Values Rock Workshop is an excellent way of getting the entire school to understand and appreciate their school’s values. With the creation of memorable songs and music videos, children will develop a passion and enthusiasm for their school’s values like never before.

In our Maths Rocks workshop, the children become the Real Times Table Rockstars as they use the literacy, maths, music and PE skills to create interactive songs and music videos which will help everyone to learn their times tables.

Pricing & Content
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Cost: £900 per day + transport/accommodation cost depending on location
Maximum children per day: 280 (If you would like us to work with more children we can offer a discount if multiple days are booked.)

Testimonials:

What a brilliant workshop! We all (staff included) loved it! So much fun and great to see even more reserved kids ‘Rock Out’! Katie Collins, Teacher, Longlands primary

Thank you so much for raising our pulses and putting a smile on everyone’s faces. Sarah Mavis, Teacher, Longlands Primary

The children have not stopped talking about the Rocktopus workshop. Every single child participated and they haven’t stopped smiling. Awesome! Thank you! Miss Keen & Mr Fisher, Teachers, Longlands Primary

Rocktopus came and rocked our socks off! All the teachers @ Southfield Junior School

Our pupils loved their time rocking out! It was a great fun and active day which we’ll all remember! Miss Grierson, PE Lead, Wanborough Primary

The children had a fantastic time! All were very enthusiastic and participated fully in the active and fun sessions that made them think about the importance of exercise. Miss Barratt, Teacher, Woodborough Primary

The children were at the centre of the process and they absolutely loved it. We now use the songs in our assemblies and the children have real pride in them because they created them. A brilliant experience! David Cook, Headteacher, Luckington Primary

It’s an absolute no-brainer! It’s fun, it’s inclusive, it’s all the things that are fun about education rolled into one. We’ve had them in in twice now and have booked them to come again! George Samios, Headteacher, Twerton Infants

What a truly unique day! Rocktopus combined the children’s 2 most favourite things – P.E and Music. The children and staff will struggle to experience anything as amazing as this again! Thank you! Haylia Williams, Deputy Headteacher, St Paul’s Catholic Primary School, Birmingham

It’s one of the best workshops that we’ve ever had in my 20 plus years of teaching experience! Katherine Reed, PE Lead, ByBrook Valley School

I have never seen My 1-1 ASD child so happy as when he was in the Rocktopus workshop! Teaching Assistant, ByBrook Valley School
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