Students are guided through a technique to activate their creative thinking processes for the purposes of social and emotional problem-solving. Whilst the activities look and feel like fun for participants, they are in fact carefully curated to optimise the mind and body connection to provide deeper learning outcomes. As the growing base of evidence demonstrates, “quote. when mind and body are …., they achieve these results”.

By distilling their discoveries into a song brief, students are embedding their learning into working memory. The integration of music at this point facilitates the transfer of new knowledge to the long-term memory, which is the aspect of the brain that drives behavioural change.