Music
Our Music Vision: To provide a high-quality musical education that is creative, collaborative, celebratory and challenging for all children.
Music Development Plan
Click here to view the Music Development Plan for 2025-2026.
Hart Music Curriculum
At Hart Primary School we follow the National Curriculum with a personalised Model Music Curriculum from Charanga. This individualised curriculum provides the substantive and disciplinary knowledge that children need to prepare them for success in their education journey and to prepare them for work in musical industries.
“Music is all around us. It is the soundtrack to our lives. Music connects us through people and places in our ever-changing world. It is creative, collaborative, celebratory and challenging. In our schools, music can bring communities together through the shared endeavour of whole-school singing, ensemble playing, experimenting with the creative process and, through the love of listening to friends and fellow pupils, performing. The sheer joy of music making can feed the soul of a school community, enriching each student while strengthening the shared bonds of support and trust which make a great school.”
(from the DfE’s Model Music Curriculum).
Music substantive knowledge is the learning based around the notation, notes, pulse, dynamics, structure, rhythm, pitch, tempo, timbre and texture of different musical pieces.
Disciplinary music knowledge is based around the core pillars of the music curriculum: technical, constructive and expressive. This is demonstrated through Charanga using the three musical processes: composition and improvisation, listening and responding and performing (including singing).
Technical development involves children playing a musical instrument or singing a musical piece.
Constructive development looks at how a variety of musical components come together within a creative process. This allows children to experiment and create different sounds to see which sounds work well together.
The expressive pillar allows children to demonstrate their feelings through musical instruments and pieces. This includes playing and performing songs that the children have composed themselves.
Key Musical Processes
Key Documents
Music Knowledge Organisers: Knowledge organisers for each half term’s unit of learning will be sent as QR codes to parents to support learning at home. These are also available any time from our school office.
Early Years
At Hart Primary, we believe music is a powerful tool for nurturing creativity, confidence, and communication in our youngest learners. Our EYFS music curriculum is designed to:
- Foster a love of singing, rhythm, and sound exploration.
- Support children’s development across all seven areas of learning.
- Provide inclusive, playful experiences that encourage self-expression and collaboration.
Our music-rich environment includes:
- A dedicated music area with instruments and props
- Songs and poems woven into daily life
- Outdoor sound stations using natural materials
- Opportunities for spontaneous and structured musical play
Statement for SEND
Hart Primary School promotes a curriculum that puts all pupils, regardless of their needs, at the heart of what we do. By building mutual respect, we accept others for their differences believing that everyone is special and everyone has something to offer. Our inclusive and enriching curriculum, written for all children, provides pupils with meaningful and inspirational experiences as well as promoting personal growth for life-long learning. When the curriculum needs adapting, to suit the needs of individual children, appropriate modifications are made by the class teacher with support of the SENDCo and the Curriculum Subject Lead.
Evidence of Cultural Capital
Within Hart Primary School, music lessons are fully resourced ensuring all children can take part to learn to play a variety of musical instruments. We encourage all children to take part in music lessons within school including untuned percussion instruments, the glockenspiel, the recorder and the ukulele.
Our Music Gallery
Curriculum Music
Beyond the core curriculum
Musical Experiences
Our curriculum mapping includes a variety of texts. Here are some examples:
Can my child learn an instrument in school?
As part of our Music curriculum, pupils will learn to play a range of instruments, including the glockenspiel, the recorder and the ukulele.
Children can also take additional instrument lessons in school provided by Tees Valley Music Service. Please see the links below for more information.
Useful links for parents
Tees Valley Music Services – https://www.tvms.org.uk/
Musical clubs for children – https://nurture-nest-teesside.class4kids.co.uk/
Hartlepool Stage Society – https://en-gb.facebook.com/hartlepooljuniorstagesociety/
Seaton Carew Dance Group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/seaton.carew.academy/
More information about our curriculum can be obtained by contacting your child’s teacher or the school office. Thank you
