Enrichment

Equality and Enrichment team

The Equality and Enrichment team are working collaboratively to ensure that equality and enrichment is at the heart of all we do at Loseley Fields. It is made up of leaders of particular areas such as Curriculum, Phonics, PSHE, RE and PE as well as other aspects of school life such as creativity in the curriculum, SEND and Pupil Premium.

Aims of the Equality and Enrichment Team

• A commitment to diversifying the curriculum to develop the children and community’s understanding of equality and what it means for them in their context.

• All children should meet academic milestones and access the breadth of the curriculum regardless of their starting point or background.

• Through our SMSC offer (PSHE, RSE, RE, creativity, citizenship pathway etc.), helping our children to be able to identify inequality and develop the tools to explore and reflect upon the cultures, faiths and beliefs of others as well as challenge discrimination.

• To ensure that all children have access to extra-curricular experiences by developing a wider curriculum offer to meet the needs of our children in order to build cultural capital.

Creativity in the curriculum

At Loseley Fields, we are incredibly proud of the creative offer that we provide at school. Within the curriculum, we have ensured that we study and explore a range of different artistic techniques and artists from around the world, giving children the chance to witness and investigate skills that they would not have had the opportunity to do beforehand. This is also replicated within our DT curriculum, where we have attempted to align our projects and taught skills with our history, geography and science topics. Throughout their time with us at Loseley, we also give children the opportunity to visit galleries and exhibitions to immerse them in the wider artistic world and provide them with the chance to enrich their cultural capital. As well as our fantastic art and DT curriculums, we have an extensive extra-curricular offer that allows children to experience a range of creative clubs, including crochet and craft clubs. We also have many connections with local Art Societies, such as ‘The Guildford and Wey Valley Arts Society’, who help to provide our children with funding to allow us to give additional experiences for our most vulnerable children.

In line with the Model Music Curriculum, children at Loseley Fields have the opportunity to learn a variety of musical instruments across their primary education. We have invested in quality whole class sets of recorders, glockenspiels and ukuleles to ensure all children have equal opportunities and are encouraged to develop skills in the wider curriculum. As well as in class music experiences, children are also offered the chance to take part in different singing clubs. These include a gifted and talented Glee club as well a choir which will take part in the Young Voices performance at the O2 London and is open to all abilities. Children have had several opportunities to develop their performance skills through singing in the wider community, such as at local care homes and Watts Gallery events.

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SEND

At Loseley Fields we ensure that all children with SEND have equal opportunities and can learn alongside their peers in all curriculum areas. Our inclusive ethos is promoted and practiced consistently across the school by all members of staff. The SENCO ensures that rigorous monitoring of SEND provision and intervention enables pupils with SEND have access to the curriculum and make good or better progress from their starting points. For further information please click HERE.

Young leaders

At Loseley, we are committed to developing our young leaders with a variety of opportunities that reflect our school priorities. We have Sustainability Ambassadors who promote making good choices for our planet; Reading Ambassadors who promote reading for pleasure throughout the school; Play Leaders who promote active and engaging playtimes; Sports Leaders who support and encourage their peers to engage in PE lessons and enjoy physical activity.

Clubs

We run an extensive range of clubs, both after school and at lunchtimes, to enhance the experiences offered to all children. For example, crochet, archery, Authorfy (creative writing), art, Loseley Rangers (outdoor learning) and a variety of sports clubs. For further information about clubs on offer please click HERE.

Equality and Enrichment Champion

Our ‘Equality and Enrichment Champion’ is developing the role to create a bridge between the strategic work of the Pupil Premium Lead and the children. For example, the academic and wider curriculum access for all Pupil Premium children has been mapped out so we can target gaps to ensure that our club and intervention offer meets the specific needs of our children. As a result, a KS1 reading club was started by one of our TAs.

Trips and onsite visits

At Loseley, we are passionate about providing children with experiences to enhance their cultural capital and further enrich their understanding of our ambitious curriculum. We aim to provide a trip, visitor or experience day in each topic in order to bring the learning to life for the children.