Enrichment

Enrichment Curriculum at Barley Close

We are proud of our Enrichment curriculum and were very pleased when it was given a quality mark of recognition by South Gloucestershire Council. We were visited by Jane Thomas, the Extended Schools Locality Development Officer (Kingswood Hub.) She observed some of our enrichment activities and also examined the provision offered by our after school clubs. We were delighted to receive an award for ‘Excellent Practice in Curriculum Extension and Enrichment.’

Children across the school are able to join in activities together, mixing the age groups together provides opportunities for the children to demonstrate skills and to support each other.

In 2011 – 2012, we have decided to run each of our Enrichment sessions across two terms in order for the children to extend their projects and have the opportunity to practice and refine the skills they are gaining before moving on to a new experience.

Detailed below are the activities in which your children participated during Terms 1 and 2.

Years 1 and 2 Enrichment Curriculum

	Activity 1	Activity 2	Activity 3	Activity 4	Activity 5	Activity 6	Activity 7	Activity 8
Activity	Mountain biking club – Mr Beament	Forest School – Mrs Wilson	Star Wars Club – Mrs Fortune	Golf – Mrs Burton	Graffiti/Banksy – Mrs Edwards	Sewing – Miss Ramell	__________	________

Year 3 – Year 6 Enrichment Curriculum

Activity

Mountain biking –

Forest School – Mrs Comerford

Star Wars Club – Mrs Knapp

Golf – Mrs Harris

Graffiti/Banksy – Ms Tompkins

Sewing – Mrs Wilcox

Sculpture -Mrs Gleed

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We will be running the Enrichment Curriculum again in Terms 3 and 4 on the dates below:-

Dates: 13.1.12., 20.1.12., 27.1.12, 3.2.12., 10.2.12. (finish early due to sharing service at 10.30 a.m.), 24.2.12., 2.3.12, 9.3.12., 16.3.12., 23.3.12.

We are pleased that our two Reception classes will be joining us for our Enrichment activities.

Detailed below are the activities in which your children will be participating during Terms 3 and 4.

Reception, Year1 and 2 Enrichment Curriculum

	Activity 1	Activity 2	Activity 3	Activity 4	Activity 5	Activity 6	Activity 7	Activity 8
Activity	Miss Tompkins - Dance	Mrs Comerford – Forest School	Mrs Knapp – Doctor Who/Stars Wars Club	Miss Rammell - Sewing	Miss Rowley – Design your own board game	Mrs Burton – Musical Extravaganza ( singing and dancing)	Mrs Silbereis/Mrs Lines –Fun and Fitness Club (held in Safari Class)	Mr. Grenfell – Den making club (held in Foundation Outside learning environment)

Years 3 – Year 6 Enrichment Curriculum

	Activity 1	Activity 2	Activity 3	Activity 4	Activity 5	Activity 6	Activity 7	Activity 8
Activity	Mrs Edwards - Dance	Mrs. Wilson –Forest School	Mrs. Fortune - Doctor Who/Stars Wars Club	Mrs Capel - Sewing	Mrs Gleed – Design your own board game	Mrs Harris – Musical Extravaganza – Singing and Dancing	___________	Mr.Beament- Den building club

We are also hoping to offer you the opportunity to come in and have a taster session of our Enrichment curriculum with your child. More information to follow.

The children wrote comments about their experience of Enrichment in Term 2 and mentioned positive and enriching benefits such as making friends, working as a team and learning new skills.

Here are some quotes from each group:-

George “It was nice to relax well doing sewing.”

“I loved the rock music.” Ruby (Music workshop)

“I loved it.” Jack (writing about the Sports carousel)

Lorna who participated in Craft & Collage enjoyed “working as a team and doing art.”

Beth & Georgia who participated in the Film Club wrote “we both enjoyed eating popcorn.”

“It was the best, couldn’t of had a better one.” Georgia (Christmas Craft enrichment group.)

“I liked making frens (friends)” Daniel (Outdoor craft)

One child wrote that he/she enjoyed “developing new skills and having a lot of fun.” Anonymous participated in the Drama enrichment.

Teya enjoyed “eating all the time.” (from Cooking Enrichment group)

Have a look at some photos!