The SSE Arena Wembley
The SSE Arena Wembley
A fantastic venue to bring your students to take part in the best school concert ever!
Music school trip ideas for primary schools
Educational visits linked to the National Curriculum for music
Learning music has myriad benefits. It’s not only enjoyable, but studies have shown that understanding music can benefit overall mental development and improves memory – it has even been linked with helping pupils to understand maths.
Take it a step further and learn a specific instrument, and you will also practise discipline, concentration, patience and learn to work hard to achieve a goal. Pupils in your class may even discover a musical ability or talent for a particular instrument that they never knew they had. In the classroom, music is often played in a group, so pupils are using collaboration and social skills.
The opportunity to either perform, watch or listen to live music through an educational music visit is both inspiring and rewarding. Each one is a learning opportunity, and can give primary school pupils new confidence and motivation.
For educational music primary school trip ideas near you, simply select your region and choose the class trip that suits your needs.
Recently added music primary school trip ideas
The Beatles Story
The Beatles Story
Learn about the Beatles' lives, times, music and influential legacy using interactive screens and a giant piano.
Wicked the Musical
Wicked the Musical
The gravity-defying ‘Wizard of Oz’ prequel provides a range of engaging learning activities for educators and students.
Dundee Science Centre
Dundee Science Centre
Explore the wonders of the science. Immerse yourself in over 80 hands-on, fun and interactive exhibits.
National Waterfront Museum
National Waterfront Museum
The National Waterfront Museum tells the inspiring story of Wales’s contribution to past, present and future innovation and industry.
Shrek’s Adventure
Shrek’s Adventure
Be the hero of London’s only fairy-tale walk-through experience to Far Far Away.
Mousetrap Theatre Projects
Mousetrap Theatre Projects
MTP is a theatre education charity dedicated to bringing the magic of theatre into the lives of disadvantaged young people.
Leighton Hall
Leighton Hall
Learn about the fascinating history as well as guided tours, birds of prey and woodland walks.
KidZania London
KidZania London
An indoor city run by kids that is perfect for a fun day out, explore more than 60 real-life activities.
What does the National Curriculum say?
Music is a universal language that embodies one of the highest forms of creativity.
A high-quality music education should engage and inspire pupils to develop a love of music and their talent as musicians, and so increase their self-confidence, creativity and sense of achievement.
As pupils progress, they should develop a critical engagement with music, allowing them to compose, and to listen with understanding and joy to a range of different types of music.
Key Stage 1 – Pupils should be taught to
• Use their voices expressively and creatively by singing songs and speaking rhymes
• Play tuned and un-tuned instruments
• Listen with understanding to live and recorded music
• Experiment with, create, select and combine sounds
Key Stage 2 – Pupils should be taught to
• Perform in solo and ensemble contexts
• Use their voices and play instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency and expression
• Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes
• Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
• Use and understand musical notations
• Appreciate music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians
• Develop an understanding of the history of music
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