CLAYMORE Public School students will be able to dance to the beat of new drums after receiving a $9000 grant from the State Government.

The money will go towards buying drums for a specialist after-school program.

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The program aims to teach students traditional Pacific Islander music and dance.

Principal Ron Adams said the program would be open to all of the school's students.

"We're going to start with a drumming group, then add a dance group after," he said.

"Without this grant we simply wouldn't have been able to run this program."

Premier Nathan Rees, who presented the school with the grant on Tuesday, said the program would help students learn about the diverse cultures that surrounded them.

"This is an incredibly worthwhile program," he said.

"It is about broadening horizons for children, not only from Pacific Islander backgrounds, but from all walks of life here in Claymore.

"The project gives students an important opportunity to actively learn about another culture," Mr Rees said.

The program came out of a partnership between Housing NSW and Australian Pacific and Maori Community Services.