English Cultural Capital
Our understanding of ‘knowledge and cultural capital’ is derived from the following wording in the national curriculum:
‘It is the essential knowledge that pupils need to be educated citizens, introducing them to the best that has been thought and said and helping to engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement.’
Ofsted School Inspection Handbook 2019
What is Cultural Capital at Blackrod for English
At Blackrod, Cultural Capital is seen in the way we incorporate our drivers of Possibilities, Environment, Community and Well-Being, into all of our areas of learning and by striving to provide the children the opportunities to experience and develop understanding of different cultural genres which may not be readily accessible to them outside of School.
During English sessions we look closely at significant figures, authors and stories with meaning to our wider world. We give children opportunities to attend book fairs, to be introduced to authors and new genres of books, workshops and incentives to engage reading such as our reading challenges. We also immerse children into speaking and listening opportunities by taking part in Drama workshops. Children at Blackrod are able to visit our school library and we have close links with Blackrod library and Bolton Museum.
By giving the children the opportunity to lead their learning with our provision and classroom environment and resources, alongside accessing enhancements such as educational visits, speakers, workshops etc., they are able to develop a stronger sense of identity and become educated citizens who learn from the events, people, ideas they study.
BPS’s English Cultural Capital offer includes:
- A progressive vocabulary overview
- Key stage reading area enhancements ●
- School Library
- Library loans from Bolton Library Service●●
- Links with the local area, eg. Library, museum, octagon theatre, Simon Sullivan- local performer, Jen Carney- local author. ●●
- Extra Curricula Clubs –
- Octagon Theatre – (stories) Into the Woods●●
- Reading and illustrating
- School trips –
- Museum visits
- LEAF Cobble Hay Farm – Farm to Fork ●
- School visitors –
- Simon Sullivan- local performer●●
- Jen Carney- local author●●
- Matt Goodfellow- local poet●●
- Paul Cookson - Author/poet●●
- Enhancement days and assemblies–
- World Book Day ●●
- Book Fair ●●
- Book Swap●
- Roald Dahl Day●
- Poetry Day●
- Reading Challenges●
Reading award●