mainly music at SCAC

mainly music is a fun music session for parents/carers and young children. Suitable for kids aged 0-5 years, it is a chance for you and your child to connect and have fun together, for kids to play, and adults to find connection and support. 

We meet in the South Croydon Anglican Church Hall from 10:00 – 11.00am on Tuesday morning, during school terms. A structured 30min music program, full of songs and rhymes, actions and movement, is followed by morning tea, then around half an hour of free play/social time. Morning tea is provided for your child, and cake and tea/coffee for you! 

What's happening?

2025 sessions have started!
Limited places still available for Term 1.
Term 1: Tuesday 10am,
​Feb 11th - April 1st.

​Session leader: Michelle Dodson
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​To enquire about the program, please contact the Church on 9729 2099, or email [email protected] and address to the mainly music enrollment officer, Denise. 

Sessions are $6 per family.​​​

More information about the mainly music organisation and programs can also be found at https://www.mainlymusic.org/
There is an African continent proverb that says, ‘It takes a village to raise a child’. mainly music provides that village.
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​Aims of mainly music
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  • Young children and their caregivers enjoying music, rhyme, rhythm, creative dance and more together.
  • Preschool children developing skills – co-ordination, fine motor skills, gross motor movements, social interaction, gaining an appreciation of music and musical styles, as well as language development.
  • Providing children with a structured environment and then a time of free play.
  • Bringing grown-up and child together for a time of safe interaction, and in doing so, teaching families some rhymes and songs that can be used at home to help with cleaning up, colours, counting, and more.
  • An opportunity for parents to network with other parents of preschool children. And for families to find a sense of ‘old fashioned community’.
  • Opportunities for families to be helped - practical needs such as meals, transport, help with shifting house, and babysitting.
  • Celebration of Mother's Day and Father's Day - reminding parents that they are undertaking a very important role as parent.​
Started in 1990, mainly music is a fun music group for parents or primary care givers to enjoy together with their young child. Throughout the session, children develop gross and fine motor skills, language, imagination, mathematical and pre-reading skills as well as socialize with others. Each mainly music program is associated with and run by volunteers from a local church. Children are introduced to music, creativity and more, and families are given a chance to think about the God-part of life.