Big Sing 2025: Zero Gravity
Joyful. Absorbing. Infinitely inspiring.
Space. Inspiring questions and wonder in every person who has stopped to take a minute to look up… Is there life on other planets? What would zero gravity feel like? Can you get TV signal on Mars?
Well, we don’t have all the answers, but we do want to inspire the questions. What better way than to get some expert teacher training and some great songs stuck in your head? I bet even astronauts sing to themselves on spacewalks.
Big Sing: Zero Gravity will introduce you to brand new, and hand-picked songs on the Sing Up Song Bank, complete with handy curriculum links. Whether you’re starting to introduce song to the classroom or a seasoned choir leader, back at school these tunes will have you and your children humming all day long. Learn whole songs or the chorus, together you’ll have fun, improve health, and with any luck, inspire a life-long love of music (no pressure).
Your mission: To sing in the classroom, whatever the topic, and to celebrate your hard work we’ll all bring the songs to life in a memorable live performance in Sage One at The Glasshouse in July.
It’s going to be ‘out of this world’. Get it? ha.
Big Sing 2025: Zero Gravity includes…
May-July – Big Sing Resources Access
Via the Sing Up Song Bank. Includes audio tracks, teaching notes and lyrics.
Thursday 1 May – Teacher Training
Choice of 1.30pm In-Person at The Glasshouse (2 hours)
Or 4pm Online condensed session via Zoom (90 minutes)
Wednesday 9 July – Celebration Day
Choice of 10.15am or 1.15pm performance (75 minutes), singing together in The Glasshouse’s spectacular Sage One with a live professional band.
Suitable for:
Key Stage 2-3
Group Size at performance* & price**:
£105 for up to 15 people. (max 5 additional people @£5.50 per head)
£200 for up to 33 people. (max 8 additional people @£5.50 per head)
£350 for up to 66 people. (max 8 additional people @£5.50 per head.)
*Total number to include both students and staff
Sing Up School 5% Discount:
All schools outside of the Gateshead area with a Sing Up membership valid during April-July 2025 will receive a 5% discount off their Big Sing package price. Additional tickets £5.50 per head (as above).
Gateshead School 10% Discount:
All schools in the Gateshead area will receive a 10% discount off their total bill, regardless of Sing Up membership status.
For groups significantly larger than stated above, please contact us directly for a price schoolbookings@theglasshouseicm.org .
F&KS1 feeling left out? Check out this year’s Big Sing for Mini Singers
TERMS & CONDITIONS
ENROLMENT CLOSES: Friday 4 April 2025
Submission of this form is not a confirmation of your booking.
Enrolment requests can come in quickly, and sometimes we can’t update our forms fast enough. We’ll be in touch as soon as we can to let you know if your requested day & time was successful.
If your request is successful:
Booking confirmation:
You will receive an email confirmation of your enrolment request within 14 days of submitting your form. This will secure your spaces on the project.
If you do not hear from us in the first 14 days, please get in touch schoolbookings@theglasshouseicm.org to ensure nothing has got lost.
Booking Order Confirmations from our Box Office Team will be processed and sent out via email from January 2025 onwards.
Invoicing for the project will aim to take place between Monday 7 April and Thursday 1 May 2025.
Cancellation:
Please inform us in writing at schoolbookings@theglasshouseicm.org as soon as you can if you wish to cancel your booking request.
Cancellation charges:
Cancellation charges will apply from Thursday 1 May 2025 onwards (Teacher Training Day).
0% on or before Wednesday 30 April 2025, 50% on or before Friday 6 June 2025, 100% thereafter.
Changes to bookings:
After submitting your form, if you need to amend your enrolment numbers or details between now and the enrolment closing date, Friday 4 April, please get in touch as soon as possible.
Once the project has begun, small changes can be made to your booking by emailing schoolbookings@theglasshouseicm.org . Significant changes (other than cancellation), which may reduce your fee or greatly increase the number of seats you require, will be looked at on a case-by-case basis.
Sing Up Membership status and 5% discount:
Your Sing Up membership status will be checked prior to invoicing to ensure it is still valid during the project period, so the invoice price may differ to your order summary if it has since expired. The discount is valid for Sing Up member schools outside of the Gateshead area and is applied to the package price only. Additional tickets will be charged at full price.
Gateshead school 10% discount:
The 10% discount to the final bill for Gateshead schools, supersedes any other offer. The Sing Up membership status of a Gateshead school will therefore not affect the price.
Plan your trip:
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What do teachers say?
“Our children loved the song choices. Sing Up was incredibly easy to use and easy to follow.”
“all online resources were fantastic, we used the interactive lyrics and scores for every rehearsal”
“The band were amazing, our group thoroughly enjoyed the experience of singing with other schools.”
“Singing in the large auditorium with others schools, it was lovely to see our children let go and enjoy themselves.”
In partnership with Sing Up
The Big Sing and Big Sing for Mini Singers is supported by The Kavli Trust. The Big Sing programme brings the joy of singing to more than 3,000 children in schools across the North East and Cumbria region, culminating in a series of inspirational concerts at The Glasshouse. The Kavli Trust, which owns Norway’s Kavli group, produces the well-known Kavli and Primula spreadable cheeses and Q-Meieriene dairy products as well as other food products in Norway, Sweden, Finland and the UK have worked with The Glasshouse since 2014, supporting culture.