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Arts education is something that all young people should have access to. Creative learning in nursery, primary, secondary and special-needs schools encourage children to build their self-confidence and to work and play collaboratively.

Music workshops help develop concentration and focus their energy into achieving a rewarding result within a team.
Dance classes promote a good co-ordination of movements, improve listening ability and teach the relationship between the body and the music.
The combination of drumming and dancing is a traditional marriage in West Africa. Africans say drum and dance "feed" each other: the drummer inspires the dancer and the dancer energises the drummer. These courses will help the children to explore their creativity both in terms of making music and responding to this same music.

The children will be able to learn about, understand, respect and appreciate a different culture and acquire notions of social inclusion and citizenship. No competition is allowed in the classroom and each can be satisfied with the level they achieve, being part of an orchestra which often performs a short demonstration at the end of the day, the week or the school term.

Although some of the teachers work and transmit those skills using traditional African methods of teaching, the workshops can be linked to the relevant QCA Units. In accordance to their age and level and as specified in the National Curriculum for Music Education the tutors always give a chance to children to compose, improvise, perform, listen and evaluate music and dance with their help.

Discovering arts in a group improves the ability to know how to talk to each other and how to relate to one another.
With schools becoming more multicultural, learning a traditional artform from a region as different as West Africa helps children break down social barriers, sharing ideas and music, with which some of them may identify.