Music can be used in many places and for many reasons within the education environment. PLAYTIME delivers these opportunities in a fast, legal and economical way. Prices start at less than the price of a CD per week for access to millions of recordings by everyone in the school as often as they wish. 

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PLAYTIME can be used to find and play music for so many reasons. For Example:  

-          It is a class of 10 year olds in an Information Technology class and the objective is to teach them keyboard and mouse skills. The teacher gives them the following task: Go to www.broadchart.com/playtime and find and listen to 10 of your favourite music tracks. That’s a cool IT lesson. 

-          It’s is a Geography lesson and the teacher plays some music from China, India, Caribbean etc, maybe it’s It is a History lesson and we can listen to music from different time periods.

-          We’re in a university and a music student is using playtime to help with music composition (music structures) and reviewing the same songs performed by different artists to see how they interpret the same song.

-          The children are bored as it’s raining at lunch break. Let’s create a playlist, playout the music and vote on the best track.

-          The Production team are looking for some music for the end of term play or the dance classes.

-          And don’t forget the music lesson itself – you have access to a world of music which supports the national curriculum requirements and enhances everything you want to do in the music classroom from Foundation Stage and KS1 right through to GCSE and ‘A’ level….and all aspects in higher education. 

PLAYTIME is a unique multi-million track music library available on line and on demand to enable teachers and students to find, listen and learn. 

PLAYTIME is brought to UK educational establishments by Broadchart Limited following three years of planning and discussions with the record labels and music publishing companies, all of whom have been incredibly supportive of this service. 

PLAYTIME service is Curriculum Online registered content and retailer approved service and an approved signatory to the governments MUSIC MANIFESTO 

“I know this music collection and it is remarkable and comprehensive. To make this available to all students in the UK of all ages will deliver untold benefits. I would encourage both government, educational establishments and the business community to support this worthwhile and unique opportunity” 
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber – Composer 

"To have this amazing resource at our fingertips in school will be absolutely fantastic. The opportunity to develop a catalogue of music resources suited to each educational establishment's needs is one way of ensuring that music plays a vital part in a broad and balanced curriculum that aims for excellence and enjoyment”. 
Richard Bullard – Headmaster 

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