With the school year now upon us, we know this is a busy time for teachers planning their individual lessons as well for schools developing their overall plans for certain curriculum areas. To help with this, we've just produced our template for a whole school music plan. The plan is written for...

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We’ve made our content even more accessible to help teachers and children get back to music in September. The start of this school year will be a busy one for teachers, with a lot more planning and preparation. We’ve already seen the amazing effort that schools and teachers are putting in to...

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Our goal at DabbledooMusic is to make sure every primary school child and teacher in Ireland has access to quality music education resources. An important part of that mission is to bring real world musicians and artists into the classroom. Previously, we have worked with musicians like...

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With preparations underway to reopen primary schools, we wanted to address the area of music in schools based on the new roadmap from the Department of Education and Skills. We have consulted Dr. Luke O Neill from Trinity College Dublin on the subject and have been following studies from around...

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There will be a lot asked of teachers in the lead up to the schools reopening so we are launching our full planning content to help with the preparations for September. For further advice on the return to school following Department of Education and Skills recommendations, see our Guidance...

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Back in September last year, as part of our monthly radio slot on Dublin Digital Radio, we featured the music of New Orleans. A big part of this show was looking at the contribution that brass marching bands have had on the music from the city and the development of the jazz sub genres such as...

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This month we take a look at the incredible musical heritage of the island of Jamaica. There are so many musical developments that can be credited to Jamaican producers and musicians that are the fundamentals of modern dance music - sound systems, bass-heavy productions, remixes and MCing to name...

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If you are having an end of year graduation or even an online meetup for the end of the year, then why not add some music to get everyone celebrating together. We have created a Spotify playlist and a special set from one of Ireland favourite DJs, Donal Dineen. Make some room to dance and turn...

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One of the more challenging aspects we’ve all faced throughout this lockdown has been dealing with uncertainty. When will life get back to normal? When can we see our friends and family? How will children cope with all of this? While the roadmap of how the country plans to reopen offers us...

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As we approach the end of the school year (and even though it's been a year like no other) we thought it would be nice to help schools mark it for 6th class students in particular, who will be going on to secondary school from September. So we've produced these downloadable and printable...

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