Kids at the Con - school holiday workshops
Every day, 9am to 2pm Tuesday 18 January to Thursday 20 January
Open Academy's Kids at the Con Program is excited to announce that both our School Holiday Workshops and Term 1 classes are returning to face-to-face lessons at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for 2022.
Give the gift of music this holiday season and enrol your child in our dynamic, interactive, group music education classes for School and Preschool aged students!
The Kids at the Con School Holiday Workshops are designed to provide an ideal nurturing environment for young children to take their first steps into the world of music. Send your child on a musical adventure as they learn to sing, dance, and explore the wonderful wide world of music in a group class run by expert music educators!
Open to ages 3-10, our School Holiday Workshops are the perfect opportunity to see what our weekly program is like!
Holiday workshops will be taking place Tuesday 18th, Wednesday 19th, and Thursday 20th January 2022 and enrolments are now open! https://openacademy.sydney.edu.au/KCholworkshops
No prior experience necessary!
The Kids at the Con program is grounded on the Orff-Schulwerk approach, as well as the Dalcroze, and Kodaly methods to ensure every child can express their inner musician. Combining activities such as singing, imitation, playing percussion instruments, improvisation, story-telling, and guided listening, the Term classes encourage each child’s inner creativity.
Join our Kids at the Con Term program for the holiday workshops and play a key role in your child’s development that can lead to a life enriched by the joy of music! Term 1 classes will be on sale THIS FRIDAY 17th December at 10am. Term 1 commences Saturday 5th February at the historic Sydney Conservatorium of Music, located on Macquarie Street.
To secure your place in our program or for more information, please reach out to con.openacademy@sydney.edu.au or visit our website - https://openacademy.sydney.edu.au/Kids+at+the+Con
Covid-safe information
Please note that class details, delivery, and conditions of entry are subject to change.
- All parents/guardians accompanying students should be able to show proof that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or have returned a negative COVID test within three days prior, or a negative rapid antigen test (RAT) taken on the same day.
- Face masks are required in all indoor non-residential settings (unless exempt). Mask wearing is strongly recommended for Children under the age of 12.
- Check in using the Service NSW QR code (and check out).
- Maintain physical distancing (keep 1.5m away from others) where possible.
- Continue to avoid physical greetings, wash your hands regularly and practise cough etiquette (coughing or sneezing into your elbow or tissue)
For the 6-10yrs old Holiday Workshops:
- students should be dropped off by parents, with parents directed to immediately leave only returning 5-10 min prior to the end of the class to pick up their child.
- students are to remain in room for the duration of the workshop.
- mask wearing is mandatory for tutor/s (unless singing), and I strongly recommend the students wear a mask where appropriate (walking to bathrooms, shared spaces, and foyer areas).
- singing in the class is permitted, as the PHO states:
Effective 8 January 2022, singing and dancing in entertainment facilities and recreation facilities (major) will not be permitted other than for:
- a performer who is performing or rehearsing on the premises; or
- a person who is instructing, or being instructed, in singing or dancing on the premises.
For 3-4yrs old Holiday Workshops (on 18, 19 Jan):
- to minimise distributions and delays between class change over, parents/guardians sit in the classroom (duration of the lesson is 45 minutes).
- Only one parent/guardian attends with the child (no siblings or relatives) to ensure room capacities are not exceeded.
- Wipes will be provided to parents at end of lesson for them to wipe down their own chair and other surfaces.
- mask wearing is mandatory for tutor/s (unless singing), and I strongly recommend the students wear a mask where appropriate (walking to bathrooms, shared spaces, and foyer areas).
- singing in the class is permitted, as the PHO states:
Effective 8 January 2022, singing and dancing in entertainment facilities and recreation facilities (major) will not be permitted other than for:
- a performer who is performing or rehearsing on the premises; or
- a person who is instructing, or being instructed, in singing or dancing on the premises.
Attendees are to not permitted to attend if they:
- Are feeling unwell with any COVID-19 symptoms
- Have had contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the past 14 days
- Have been directed to self-isolate
If a student presents to the class with obvious signs of illness, they will not be permitted to take part in the class.