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Adwick Primary School

“When we started I was quiet and didn’t want to talk much, but now if our teacher asks a question I will answer, I used to be scared to do things but now I find it easier to get involved, I enjoyed the beat pad most.” L.M aged 9

We asked if they felt anything had changed since we started 6 weeks ago.

It was our final session of 6 on Tuesday and I asked the children if they felt anything was different from when we met 6 weeks ago. 6 out of the 9 pupils recognised that they were more confident socially.

For us building strong social bonds and supercharging confidence are among our primary aims, but to hear them mirror back their understanding of it really made my day.

Over the past 6 weeks we have covered communication and discipline. Learning and development. Music from around the world. Songwriting and Music Production, DJing and the connections between Maths, Science, Art and Music.

We have Jammed, laughed, learnt about each other and explored the building blocks of Music.

Thanks to Miss Jenkins for taking part as well as supporting us through the sessions and thanks to all the School staff who made us feel welcome.

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Cura-Care Music Sensory group

“I love bringing him here, it gives him time away from me (mum) and gives him space to be himself.”

So nice to hear one of the mums appreciating the work of Paige and Rachel who share in our passion for supporting young people.

It was encouraging to hear from the ladies that there have been some positive leaps forward today.

Massive thanks to Well Doncaster for supporting us over the last few months and allowing us to work with so many different groups.

The highlight of my day today was just after the photo above, this young fella began to get creative and when he started to do some thing above and beyond, he turned to me and said “high five”

I gave him some skin and we carried on.

Thanks to everyone who who joined us today.

Upcoming sessions this week are.

Woodlands Library from 2.45 Monday, mixed age Askern Shakers from 7.00pm 11 to 16 Monday, Adwick Primary After School Club closed session, Tuesday Bullcroft Memorial Hall from 4.45pm Tuesday 7 to 11 Highfields Boxing Club from 4.45pm on Wednesday mixed age.

Free to join us. See you then

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Woodlands Library & Askern Shakers

Plenty of new faces joining us this afternoon and evening. At the Library we had a good mix of ages with parents joining in too to help inspire creation. Thanks to our newcomers and Jackie and Elizabeth for providing the venue.

At Shakers we were briefly joined by one of the religious leaders who support the centre. We discussed different aspects of faith, it is not a common subject among teenagers, so we had a brief break to explore.

We created two original pieces of music and wrote out the words for both. We also managed to find time to do some singing.

It was a pleasant night so we setup outside with the tech, which gave a different vibe.

Thanks for joining us everyone.

Adwick Primary tommorow, then Bullcroft Memorial Hall from 4.45pm

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Adwick Primary After School Club

Back at Adwick Primary today and a proud moment for us as Volunteer Matt finally got his chance to shine.

Loads of creative conversation about swimming with pigs and visiting far off lands as we discussed what the future might hold.

We have learnt a lot about each other and also focused on the importance of discipline and communication, we are all looking forward to getting stuck in with the technical equipment next week.

Thanks again to Miss Jenkins for leaving us a fantastic review on our Facebook page and for posing for the pic above.

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SHAKERS ASKERN

A great venue with a world of potential. Shakers feels like a ranch in the wild west.

On week one the young people asked if we could do DJ Skills, although 90 Minute Music is focused on how music can support in other areas such as health and development, DJing and Music production are at the heart of the skills that get us there.

There were a small group who were reluctant to engage in the first session as we were playing hand drums they didn’t feel it was for them. This week it was nice to see them getting hands on with the DJ decks. They picked it up pretty quickly and it wasn’t long before they were mixing their favourite tunes. Plenty of dancing and good vibes all round.

We will be at Bullcroft Memorial Hall from 4.45pm on 6th of June and Highfields Boxing Club from 4.45pm on 7th of June.

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Eve’s Trust Legends 2023

Last year we attended the Evestrust Legends game and had a really awesome family day out. This year thanks to the support of my family and friends I dusted off my boots and played alongside other fundraisers and club legends from Doncaster Rovers and Liverpool.

We won the game 8 – 6 and I was proud to raise around a thousand pound for Evestrust, a cancer support charity in Doncaster. Big respect to all the ex pro’s who attended including Akinfenwa, according to FIFA, the strongest footballer in the world pictured below.

He was living his dream of playing in a Liverpool shirt and managed to get a powerful header into the roof of the net.

For me getting involved in a couple of our goals and sharing it with my family was a truly wonderful experience, there are too many people to thank, so I thank you all

It was a nice touch to meet Razor Ruddock, all the ex pro’s were fantastic, signing autographs and giving time to the young people watching. But the real hero’s of the day were the fundraisers below.

The event raised thousands for the charity and winning the game was the icing on the cake.

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Adwick Primary, Askern Shakers, Woodlands Library.

Supercharging development in young people who don’t always engage is an important part of what we do.

At Askern Shakers youth club we worked on communication and respect. The mixed age group worked well. We talked about our connections to music and examined how music can support brain development. Our first visit to Shakers and what an asset for Askern, thanks to Mitchell for inviting us and thanks to Isiasha from Heal Me Happy for passing on our details.

At Woodlands Library we were joined by a group of 10 who had come from the Outwood Academy next door. They wanted to produce a Darkzy style tune, We identified the sounds and techniques and began emulating it using the technology. I explained to them that there would be a challenging journey ahead, but we use state of the art music production equipment, so coupled with our 25 years experience, we are able to get them there fast.

Week 4 of 6 and the Adwick Primary group are coming along as we expected, the initial shyness has become a burgeoning confidence and their coordination physically and socially is an achievement we are proud to play our part in.

The Charity Hub

We have also found time to update our level 3 safeguarding and visited The Charity Hub this week where we met with some local and national organisations and got to share our experiences while learning from theirs. Thanks to Vicki Beevers from The Sleep Charity and Nathan Kennedy from D. I. C. E. for guest speaking. And Brett Riley-Tomlinson and Clynton Johnson for inviting us.

And finally awesome to see our volunteers developing fast and getting a real insight into the research and skills which back up what we do, so big thanks to Dennis and Matt.

Upcoming workshops đź‘€

Me Project from 2.15 on Sunday Woodlands Library from 2.45 Monday, Askern Shakers from 7.00pm Monday, Adwick Primary School from 2.55 Tuesday, Bullcroft Memorial Hall 4.45pm Tuesday, Highfields Boxing Club 4.45pm Wednesday

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Active Fusion Easter Camp

Truly wonderful work from all the young people this week. As we had many returning to camp we were able to push their skills further as we got into some proper music production.

We used microphones and recorded performances as we developed a hip hop track using the DefJam principles to end up with an authentic Rick Rubin style production.

I have to respect the young people who remember the building blocks of the early sessions, they have really shown this week how much they have absorbed.

Thanks to Hannah and all the Active Fusion team for looking after us again.

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Woodlands Library Easter Fayre

Once again Councillor Smizz comes through for people in the Adwick /Woodlands area.

We had great engagement from all ages with babies and toddlers to 17 and 18 year olds taking part.

We met Damian Allen and his team from DMBC. It felt good to share some of our success stories, while Damian spoke with our latest volunteer Matt about how our vision for showcasing culture aligned with what they had both witnessed in Germany.

We took a quick (and dodgy looking) selfie and made some good connections in the community along the way.

Big thanks to Elizabeth and Jackie for inviting us, look out for FREE 90minutemusic sessions in the Library next term.

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Inclusion and Crime Fighting with Byteback Creative

Byteback Creative joined us to ask how local communities have benefitted from the Well Doncaster funding?

Reducing crime and promoting inclusion was our answer.

We get young people on the right track, saving lives, money and raising aspirations of local people.

Thanks to Well Doncaster for supporting us and taking a positive interest in developing the health and well-being of our disadvantaged communities.

Follow @90minutemusic on Facebook to find out when we are in your area.

Byteback Creative can be found at:

https://www.bytebackcreative.com