Cultural Capital

Cultural Capital gives a child power. It helps them achieve goals, become successful, and rise up the social ladder without necessarily having wealth or financial capital.

At CMPS, we recognise that for a child to aspire and be successful academically and in the wider areas of their lives, they need to be given rich and sustained opportunities to develop.

There are six key areas of development that are interrelated and cumulatively contribute to a child’s Cultural Capital:

• Personal Development
• Social Development
• Physical Development
• Spiritual Development
• Moral Development
• Cultural Development

Personal Development

• Personal, Social and Health Education provision;
• The school’s wider pastoral framework;
• Growth mindset and metacognition - Resilience development strategies;
• Consistent Effort certificates awarded termly in Celebration Assembly;
• Focus on Learning Behaviours rewarded in Dojo points, referenced in weekly Celebration assemblies;
• Transition support;
• Children`s involvement in Individual Learning Reviews:
• Work to develop confidence e.g. public speaking; school productions
• Focus on developing oracy skills;
• Focus on Zones of Regulation to support self-regulation;
• Activities focused on building self-esteem eg extra -curricular activities, residential trips, Enrichment Week;
• Mental Health & well-being provision.
• ELSA
  
  

Social Development

• Citizenship, Personal, Social and Health Education provision;
• Volunteering and charitable works eg supporting Red Nose Day, Children in Need, Remembrance;
• Paired assemblies- working with a partner;
• Pupil Voice – School Council;
• Children leading lunchtime clubs for peers;
• Development of oracy strategies;
• Modelled play and sharing strategies to support play;
• In school (cross Key Stage) and wider community engagement;
• Pastoral support;
• Participation in social activities organised by Friends of the School;
• ELSA
  
  

Physical Development

• The Physical Education curriculum;
• Healthy Eating policies and catering provision;
• Anti-bullying and safeguarding policies and strategies;
• The Health Education dimension of the PSHE programme, including strands on drugs, smoking and alcohol;
• The extra-curricular programme related to sports and well-being;
• The celebration of sporting achievement;
• Activities available during unstructured time- lunch and break times;
• Activity-based trips; to Great Potheridge in Y5/6, Brecon Beacons in Y3/4, Barton Camp in Y2
• Swimming lessons in Y3/4
• Curriculum units related to food preparation and nutrition;
• The promotion of walking or cycling to school.

Spiritual Development

• The Religious Education curriculum;
• Collective acts of worship and reflection;
• Support for the expression of individual faiths;
• Inter-faith and faith-specific activities and speakers;
• Visits to religious buildings and centres;
• Mindfulness;
• The assembly programme including Open The Book (OTB) from the local church
  
  

Moral Development

• The Religious Education curriculum;
• The school's Good Behaviour policy;
• Promoting the school values of confident/motivated/personable/successful;
• Learning behaviours, recognising and celebrating those in others;
• Contributions to local, national and international charitable projects.

Cultural Development

• Citizenship Education through PSHE;
• Access to the Arts;
• Access to the languages and cultures of other countries through the curriculum and trips and visits;
• Bi annual Enrichment Week for Golden Eagle Class;
• Learning about significant cultural figures through assemblies and the curriculum;
• Promotion of racial equality and community cohesion through the school’s ethos, informing all policy and practice.