Devon special school given music award

April 26 2010

A special needs school in Devon has been awarded a prestigious music accolade, a local news report has said.

According to the Express and Echo, Mill Water has been presented with the gold award for singing from Sing Up! - a national singing scheme as part of the Music Manifesto.

"Sing Up has provided a platform for us to acknowledge and celebrate the work that has been ingrained in our school for a long time and it is exciting for us to mark this occasion," music teacher Sue King was quoted as saying by the publication.

Honiton-based Mill Water is the first special needs school in the south of England to achieve such an award, the Express and Echo said.

In other news, learning to play music instruments can help boost pupils' self-confidence, a new survey by the University of Arts has suggested.

The majority of the teachers surveyed said that music accomplishment led schoolchildren to adopt a more positive attitude towards other academic subjects.

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