To all those who purchased the Picture the Music package at "The Where now, Where next" conference at Plymouth University on the 4th of June. It has come to our attention that a number of the CD's distributed were blank and as such are not usable. Please contact us as soon as possible to arrange for a replacement disc to be sent to you. In your mail include the serial number( found inside the disc packaging) of the faulty disc and a sending address. Our sincere apologies for this inconvenience.

Philip has recently delivered a workshop to lecturers and academics at City University in London. The programme director in the dept of journalism and Publishing Mary Ann Kernan said ' so exciting to see music being used in this way to such profound & enlightening effect '
There was also a visit to the university of Plymouth to talk to final year students just before they embark on their teaching careers - this consisted of a series of 3 workshops focusing on how Picture the Music can be used in the classroom.
There will be some interesting developments in the use of Picture the Music Create in other areas of education. We will keep you posted...

Picture the Music create is featured in a report released by the Esmee Fairbairn foundation called Writing Is Primary.
Writing is Primary - a report documenting a 15 month action research project on the teaching of writing in primary schools. It has been written for schools with head teachers wanting to take action to improve the teaching of writing across their school, lead teachers eager to develop their subject knowledge and teaching staff who would like to see their pupils leave primary school with a deeper understanding and enjoyment of what writing can be for them and what it can do in the world beyond the classroom.

The findings of the team of schools showed that ' by stimulating emotions and imagination these approaches gave pupils a reason to write, motivating them to plan, plot and sequence, work on and improve a piece of writing through several drafts.'

The full report is attached to this news item.

We are always keen to hear about how work with Picture the Music Create is going - don't forget there is an easy and quick evaluation form - let us know how things are going. Thank you to everyone who came to talk to us at BETT this year as well - we look forward to hearing from you soon...

Come to our stand W9 at the BETT show from Jan 13th to 16th at Olympia London - you can meet the team behind Picture the Music Create and get discounts and information. We look forward to seeing you there...

Picture the Music Create is used in schools all over the world and below are some fantastic comments from the children at Uphall Road School in Ilford after experiencing Picture the Music Create for the first time...

..it really makes your brain run.

Sounds create a whole bunch of ideas.

It helped me create a powerful Imagination.

I think i can use this at SATs and English tests and long writing tasks.

It gave us so many ideas.

Sounds can take your mind and create images.

It teaches you in a fun and active way where you can imagine anything.

I enjoyed every single bit about it.

To book Philip Davis ( the creator of Picture the Music ) to come and work in your school - either for an Inset day or to run workshops in class contact info@picturethemusic.com

For a limited time Philip Davis ( the creator of Picture the Music ) will come and visit headteachers meetings and give them a 1 hour overview of the resource for FREE - all you have to do is contact us and let us know the event and numbers - people attending the meeting will also get special discounts on the resources - this is a highly entertaining speech that will give you an insight into the power of this methodology - remember this is for a strictly limited number of events - on a first come first serve basis - so act quickly!

Why not start the new academic year with a creative push - have a look at some of the courses on offer. Contact info@picturethemusic.com for information about workshops in the school if you would like to see Picture the Music Create in action. These workshops can be tailor made to focus on areas that best suit you - improving motivation to write, story telling, music composition, poetry writing and performance and more.

Mick Armson - the illustrator responsible for all the artwork in the picture library on Picture the Music and Picture the Music Create is currently being exhibited at the Royal Academy in London as part of the Summer Exhibition.

His two prints are being exhibited in the Weston room and were selected by Eileen Cooper RA. She said about Mick's work - 'This shows great control of the medium; it's got limited colour, beautifully achieved. I just think it is a very playful and charming representation of Greenwich.'

To view one of the prints go to the online gallery and scroll to image 3 of ten - click here to visit

The summer exhibition is open to the public until the 16th August 2009. Congratulations to Mick from all of us at Moopic!

Picture the Music Create is now available - to order please contact Moopic.

Picture the Music Create has the following exciting new features -



Import function for using your own pictures and sounds
Over 30 special map templates to use
Preview function for music library
Drag and drop functionality for both pictures and music
Video tutorials to help you get the most out of the program
Over 130 music tracks
77 new illustrations by Mick Armson
More ideas for you to try
Special KS 1 maps
Easier to use categories
Newly designed music player



and much more