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Special needs met with pBone donation

The donation of 10 plastic pBone trombones has help inspire a fantastic musical confidence in a specialist need school in Anglesey.

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Students at a special needs school in Anglesey are enjoying a new found confidence after a class-full pBone trombones were donated to them by Warwick Music Group.

Music is an integral part of the curriculum at Canolfan Addysg y Bont, Anglesey Special School, in Llangefni — the island's school for children with specialist needs.

Donation

And the donation of the pBones — the world's best-selling plastic trombone — has revolutionised the youngsters' music lessons, and opened up a whole new world of music to the youngsters whose ages range from 3 to 18.

One of the key ambitions of pBone developers has been to introduce the world of 'plastic' brass to a wider range of young people and children in particular- and to encourage them to participate in music.

Special educational needs

Canolfan Addysg y Bont caters for a range of special educational needs and music is an important, therapeutic medium.

Benefits

Head of Music, Gethin Thomas, told 4BR: "I have seen first-hand the benefits of adding pBones to our lessons. Our school caters for a range of diverse special educational needs, and music is extremely important.

For some of the students, communication is not something that comes naturally to them. These instruments are not only building their emotional confidence, but also helping them to develop their speaking voice.

Pupil participation is a priority, and the pBone enables us to include all abilities of our pupils — and to actively engaging with them in music."

These instruments are not only building their emotional confidence, but also helping them to develop their speaking voiceHead of Music, Gethin Thomas

First performance

The school's band: 'pBand' — named after the plastic trombone has already performed to parents and friends of the school. For many of the parents, this was the first time their child had performed in public.

Mr Thomas added: "Not only are the students interested in the instruments — even the staff have taken to the pBone — making their preference know to the different colours!"

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