Overview

Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child:  “Every child has the right to relax, play and join in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.”

Curriculum

Crown Wood Primary School’s curriculum will reflect our commitment to providing children with opportunities to learn about and through cultural and artistic activities: 

• International Primary Curriculum (IPC) – Society / International Mindedness modules provide an opportunity for children to study the rights of other people, other cultures and or other creatures;
• Regular music and singing lessons (IPC)
• Regular art & design lessons; (IPC)
• Dance is taught as part of PE;
• Drama / role play is used throughout the curriculum;
• Forest School;
• Film / moving image media / sound media is used throughout the curriculum;
• PSHE and Citizenship / Mind to be Kind
• Religious Education (RE);
• Oracy events;
• An annual ‘Arts Week’;
• Year 4 receive tuition in an instrument from Berkshire Maestros;
• World Book Day;
• Armistice Day Assembly;
• Assemblies linked to historical / cultural / religious events;

 Artistic / Cultural Trips & Visitors

During their time at Crown Wood Primary, children will have the opportunity to experience a wide variety of educational trips and visitors.  These may be offered as part of the curriculum or as enrichment activities outside of the school day and include:

• Residential trip to Rhos-y-gwaliau (RYG) (Year 6);
• ‘National’ Art gallery (e.g. National Gallery, Tate Modern);
• ‘National’ Museum (e.g. Natural History Museum, Science Museum, British Museum);
• ‘National’ landmark (e.g. Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament);
• Significant local place(s) (e.g. Savernake Park, ‘The Look Out’, Wellington College, South Hill Park);
• Professional play / production;
• Library visit and / or a visit from local Librarian;
• Professional sports match;
• Live music;
• Visit from an author, poet or artist

Performances / Exhibitions

Children will be given opportunities to perform to a variety of audiences during their time at Crown Wood: 

• Year 4 musical performance (with Berkshire Maestros);
• The School Choir performs regularly to the school, to the community and at local events (e.g. B.F. Carol Concert, Community carols);
• Year 6 Production;
• Year 2 Production;
• EYFS Nativity Play;
• Oracy events;
• Regular opportunities to exhibit work (IPC);
• Opportunity to use technology to make and share sound / multi-media and / or moving image ‘texts’;

Links with the Wider Community

• Fund raising activities to support local, national and international causes;
• Visits by Town and Borough Councillors; Member of Parliament;
• Visits to place(s) of worship and / or visit from local vicar / priest;
• Encouraging students from The Brakenhale, Wellington College and other institutions to volunteer at Crown Wood to support our pupils in sporting, cultural and academic activities;
• Links to Reading Football Club (i.e. The Premier League’s Primary Stars programme);
• Links to Bracknell Bees Ice-Hockey Club;

Extra-Curricular Activities

Children will have further optional opportunities to pursue artistic and cultural interests and / or to perform: 

• The school will provide facilities for peripatetic music teachers;;
• Opportunity to join the school choir and to perform at events;;
• Forest School After School and Holiday Club;
• Election of School Council (using LA ballot boxes and booths etc);
• Election to the Sports Council;
• Intra-house sporting competition;
• Inter-school sporting competitions;
• Local Authority sponsored Art Competitions / Exhibitions;