At Woodside Primary Academy, we aim to inspire children with memorable musical experiences so they can release their artistic potential by helping them develop the tools and musical language to be able to express their innermost thoughts and feelings through music.  By doing this, the full range of our children can have the opportunity to achieve or even exceed the National Curriculum learning aims, allowing them to be ready for KS3 learning; being adept at expressively singing or playing instruments in ensembles but also having the confidence to perform solo with a deep understanding of how sounds are created, layered and combined to best act as a means of self-expression. Key to this is their ability to be critical afficionados and listeners of music, able to interpret sounds and music and for this to inform their own musical improvisations and compositions. 

We are informed by the Government’s Model Music Curriculum’s (2021) aim to develop the four main areas: 

• Singing 

• Listening and Appraising  

• Composing and Improvising  

• Playing and Performing  

We also believe in the Government’s assertions in the National plan for Music education, The Power of Music to Change lives ( 2022) and in the Ofsted Review (2021) that music should not be seen as a means to the end of improving learning in other subjects but that rather gaining musical knowledge, skills and understanding are worthy enough goals in themselves. It can also be a transformative force for children to raise their aspirations, literally give them “a voice” and a means to express themselves and to explore their creativity.