Cultural Capital
At Woolgrove School we have ambitious expectations for all of our pupils and aim to provide challenge for all. Our broad and balanced curriculum follows a destination-led approach, considering what skills, opportunities and approaches our pupils will need for when they move to secondary school and then onto adulthood. We aim to develop a sense of pride, belonging and identity for both the children, staff and the wider community.
We encourage the children to develop good characteristics of learning including confidence, self esteem, resilience, thinking skills, engagement, motivation and perseverance. We use children’s interests to motivate and inspire children to participate and engage with learning. The Play and Learn (PAL) activities within classes give children opportunities to practise skills, learn from their mistakes and persevere when facing challenges. A range of experiences are provided to broaden the children’s wider personal development in order to push the children outside of their comfort zone and also to show them what they are capable of achieving. We have a list of 50 things to do before you leave Woolgrove, which ensures that during their time at this school all children have had the same opportunities to undertake a range of events and experiences, for example going on a train, visiting a museum etc. This allows the children to develop their ability to access the wider world in the future and to expand on their interests.
As a multicultural school with a diverse community, we value different cultures and celebrate everyone’s uniqueness. Each class plans experiences and activities to explore the diversity within their group, such as listening to music, dancing, cooking, learning phrases from a home language and watching films. This is closely linked to the R.E. curriculum at Woolgrove. We place great emphasis on teaching the children to be respectful of others and value their opinions and beliefs.
