--- title: "Music" url: "https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/music" school: "Brookside Primary School" --- # Music ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/Admin/Music.jpg) #### At Brookside, our intent is that music should not only be taught and experienced in our classrooms but achieved within an enriching and engaging wider curriculum. At our school, we progressively promote the musical concepts of performance, composition, transcription and description; applying these through practical and purposeful cross-curricular performance opportunities such as annual school musical productions (EYFS, KS1 Christmas; Y3 - Y5 Easter; Y6 End of Year Leavers). Music at Brookside is taught by classroom teachers through use of the Kapow scheme of work and the national curriculum, supplemented with high quality materials from other sources. Through the **implementation** of our music curriculum, we endeavour to produce passionate and skilled young musicians who possess: - a good repertoire of original, imaginative, fluent and distinctive composition and performance work - a developing musical understanding of how music is created, produced and communicated, including understanding the underpinned concepts of pitch, duration, temp, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations - a good awareness and appreciation of different musical traditions and genres. - a passion for and commitment to a diverse range of musical activities #### We assess the **impact** of our curriculum by monitoring lessons and planning. Speaking to children to assess their knowledge and understanding of music. Look at the children's skill development across the key stages. Children's progress is recorded using our school online tracking system assessing against end points for the National Curriculum. ### Music Curriculum Music Curriculum 2025-2026 117 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/files/documents/MUSIC_Curriculum_Coverage_2025-2026_Condensed_Version.pdf) Expressive Arts and Design Skills Progression EYFS to NC 31 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/files/documents/EAD_skills_progression.docx) Knowledge, Skills and Vocabulary progression document. 17 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/files/documents/End_points_Music.docx) Music Policy 17 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/files/documents/Music_Policy_2022(1).docx) National Curriculum - Music 106 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/files/documents/NC_Music.pdf) #### ### Music Development Plan Music Development Plan 2026-2027 161 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/files/documents/School_music_development_plan_26-27.pdf) Music Development Plan 2025-2026 124 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/files/documents/School_music_development_plan_25-26.pdf) Music Development Plan 2024-2025 122 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/files/documents/School_music_development_plan.docx) ### Related Blog Posts [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_1262%5B1%5D.JPG)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2026-09-25-14-15-rocksteady-music) 25 Sep #### [Rocksteady Music](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2026-09-25-14-15-rocksteady-music) [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_2879.jpeg)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2026-05-19-17-50-future-producers-year-5-master-the-music-loops-on-garageband) 19 May #### [Future Producers: Year 5 Master the Music Loops on GarageBand!](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2026-05-19-17-50-future-producers-year-5-master-the-music-loops-on-garageband) The classroom sounded like a professional recording studio this week as Year 5 took to the iPads to compose their own digital music using GarageBand! The children did an absolutely phenomenal job stepping into the shoes of music producers, demonstrating fantastic technical skill and a brilliant… [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_4009.JPG)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2026-03-10-10-06-river-journey-ostinato) 10 Mar #### [River Journey Ostinato](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2026-03-10-10-06-river-journey-ostinato) This week, our classroom was filled with the sounds of creativity as the children explored music through the theme of a river’s… [View All Posts](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/index/tag:music) ### Curriculum - [Our Curriculum ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm) - [Cultural Capital & SMSC](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/cultural-capital-smsc) - [EYFS Curriculum](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/eyfs) - [English](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/english) - [Mathematics](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/mathematics) - [Science ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/science) - [Art & Design ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/art-design) - [Computing](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/computing) - [Design & Technology](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/design-technology) - [Geography](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/geography) - [History](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/history) - [Languages - French](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/languages-spanish) - [Music ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/music) - [PE & Sport](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/pe-sport) - [PSHR(S)E](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/pshe) - [Religious Education ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/re) - [British Values at Brookside ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/BritishValues) - [Secrets of Success](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/secrets-of-success) - [P4C - Philosophy for Children ](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/philosophy-for-children-p4c) - [Anti-Bullying](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/parents/safeguarding/anti-bullying) - [No Outsiders in Our School](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/no-outsiders) ##### Location Rostherne Avenue Great Sutton Cheshire CH66 2EE ##### Contact Us 0151 558 1123 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/brooksideprimary/) © Copyright 2014–2026 Brookside Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)