At Widden Primary School, we aim for children to gain integrity and a firm understanding of what music is through listening, singing, playing, evaluating, analysing, and composing across a wide variety of historical periods, styles, traditions, and musical genres. We are committed to developing a curiosity for the subject, as well as understanding diversity and acceptance and importance of all types of music, and a respect for the role that music may wish to be expressed in any person’s life and community.  We aim to provide children with the opportunity to progress to the next level of their individual musical skills. 

Children perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians. Children also learn to sing and use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress within their own musical excellence. 

We strive to remove barriers to learning for pupils with SEND. Adopting a positive and proactive approach hopes to ensure that children with SEND are able to express themselves and take an active part in lessons. We intend for children to understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the interrelated dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations.  We aim to provide opportunities to share our children’s musical skills and achievements with friends and families in performances and concerts, so that children experience using their musical skills to move and inspire other people, both in the school and in the wider community.

Attending Young Voices 2023

Whole Class Brass Tuition in KS2

Learning how to play the Glockenspiels in Music

More detail can be found on our subject curriculum maps: