Child Safe

Chewton Primary School is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. Our school community recognises the importance of, and a responsibility for, ensuring our school is a safe, supportive and enriching environment which respects and fosters the dignity and self-esteem of children and young people, and enables them to thrive in their learning and development. Staff undertake training each year on the Child Safe Standards. This year we will again include information in the newsletter each month explaining each of the standards. It is important that parents and carers read the information carefully. We take our responsibilities very seriously. School Council also has Child Safe training each year. Should anyone wish to discuss any matter relating to child safety, please contact the principal.

Music lessons with Scott Sanders

Hi, and thanks for your interest in music tuition at Chewton Primary School. Playing and studying music has been a big part of my life and I’m excited to be sharing my experience with students locally, and at my daughter's school, no less! I'm currently teaching acoustic guitar, ukulele, electric guitar, electric bass and drums/percussion at Castlemaine North Primary School with twenty students.

I would be happy to offer tuition in the following instruments:

• acoustic guitar

• ukulele

• electric guitar

• electric bass

• drums/percussion

• voice

• brass

• keyboard/synthesizer

• electronic music

My lessons are in groups of up to three students (or two students for drums) with students grouped according to their skill level. Lessons are tailored for each group, each week to provide a nurturing environment where students can learn at their own pace. Practice notes are published on my website for students to access through the week - you can see my 2022 practice page for Castlemaine North at https://thehouseofandersen.com/front-gate/lessons/. I encourage parents and students to see what other students are also practicing!

My focus is on skills development earlier in the year and performing songs later in the year. I believe it is important for students to develop good technical habits early to facilitate performance and prevent having to unlearn bad habits - which is always much more difficult than learning the correct technique straight away.

Lessons are 30 minutes in duration and cost $30 per single lesson, or $250 for a term paid in advance.

Here is a bit more information about myself as a musician:

• I’m a classically-trained vocalist and composer with a Masters degree and have played in bands for 30 years, on and off, here and there

• I toured primary schools nationally with an original show about numbers, featuring electronic music and a computer-generated virtual sidekick

• I’ve taught classroom music in high school, private lessons to children and adults and currently also tutor music at Castlemaine North PS

• I’ve performed shows in almost every music genre [except dark metal or country and western, basically]

• I present a radio programme on local station MAINfm [Tues 1pm] and a local music livestream on Facebook [Open Mic Castlemaine, Mon 7pm]

• My favourite band when I was at high school was Queen. I had pictures of them all over my folder and my bag.