00:00Music history in the making.
00:04OK, everyone focused.
00:08One, two. One, two, three, four.
00:16These students from Southport Special School
00:20are the first to take part in the state's instrumental music
00:24program. It's been offered in mainstream schools since 1971.
00:28It's the Rolls-Royce program of
00:32instrumental music teaching in Australia. Other states envy
00:36the instrumental music program, but students in
00:40special schools, the instrumental teachers don't come to special schools.
00:44So the students travelled to Keyborough Park State High School where they learned to play
00:48percussion. I was playing the flutes, does the work and the trumpet,
00:52plays well. And perform in ensembles. It's amazing that he
00:56can get the opportunity to go to another school and
00:58learn different instruments that he probably wouldn't get to
01:00do anywhere else. The arrangement is part
01:02of a pilot program to determine
01:04whether kids with special needs
01:06are capable of keeping up
01:08with the curriculum. So far
01:10they're passing with flying colours.
01:12Their ARIA award winning
01:14teacher, who has been key in
01:16driving this change, hopes
01:18will become a permanent fixture
01:20in all special schools.
01:22In the interest of equity,
01:24everyone should have the opportunity
01:26if they have the skills to do it.
01:28And stop there.
01:32Well done boys.
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