School of Noise: Science of Sound | school workshop

School of Noise: Science of Sound

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Themes

Science

Events covered

Activities Week School Trips & Residentials | Art Week | Mental Health Awareness Week | Science Week 2025 | World Music Day

Key stages covered

Early Years foundation | Primary School KS2 | Primary Schools KS1 | Secondary School KS3

Locations covered

England
Contact Workshop

The School of Noise run school workshops exploring the music and science of sound. During these 1hr-2hr hands-on sessions, children will explore a range of musical and scientific instruments including a theremin, discover Chladni patterns in sand, create Foley sounds for film and TV, sample noises to make music and more!

There is no need to have any prior knowledge to access these workshops and they are designed to complement KS2 and KS3 sound topics.

Experience:
The School of Noise have delivered workshops in a wide variety of locations including: primary schools throughout the UK, music festivals (Womad, Latitude, Green Man), museums (Museum of Science and Industry, Museum of London, V&A Museum of Childhood), arts centres (Southbank Centre and Barbican), BBC Radio 4, BAFTA, Great Ormond Street Hospital, as well as overseas in Spain, Norway, Canada, Oman, China, United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands.

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What People Say

"Thank you for coming along to our school, the feedback has been fantastic and we've continued their learning back in the classroom following the workshop. The children thoroughly enjoyed the workshops and how practical and engaging they were."
St Andrew’s Primary Year 4
"The School of Noise is one of those ideas that you just know is right: bringing back a sense of wonder & accessibility to music-making"
Jarvis Cocker
“Thanks so much for giving your time and energy to providing a brilliant experience for the children and young people. It makes such a difference to their time in hospital to be able to offer them something different and exciting.”
Great Ormond Street Hospital School
“Thank you so much for such an engaging workshop. We all enjoyed it, and it was full of WOW moments for our children.”
Woolmore Primary School
“That was a truly fantastic workshop – thank you so much. We (kids and teachers alike) learnt so much and it was so interactive, fun and varied. Amazing!”
Brookfield Primary School
“From what I saw and what the children shared it was a fab workshop, really interactive and exploratory and covering all the curriculum objectives brilliantly”
St Mark and All Saints Primary School
“It has been a real pleasure having you in. Both teachers and our pupils have learnt so much from you. The pupils were so enthused about the workshop and it is something they will be talking about for a long time“
Whitehall Primary School

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