Personal Development Strategy and Overview:

Great Malvern Primary School

Entitlement:

Every child, regardless of starting points, additional needs, background, gender, ethnicity or any other protected characteristic has a basic entitlement to take part in and be exposed to a range of experiences and opportunities on an annual basis.

This is broader than our exciting and ambitious curriculum entitlement, which covers all aspects of either the EYFS curriculum or the national curriculum.

The purpose of these entitlements is to enhance each child’s experience of school and engage them within their local community. To encourage and support a developing resilience, independence, leadership, to foster personal interests and allow children to have new experiences.

Ultimately, these opportunities develop and promote self-esteem and self-confidence, a growth mind-set, good manners and personal and social skills and an understanding of their place in the world.

Every child will have an annual opportunity to:

• Go on a local school trip or visit within the immediate community or environment or, our city
• Visit a local church or place of worship
• Take part in a school service, such as Harvest Festival, Christmas Service, Easter Service or Award ceremony
• Meet a visitor at school and have an opportunity to ask and answer questions
• Go on a school trip that involves travel or transport beyond our local area such as by minibus, coach or train
• Take part in a performance to other children and adults, such as an assembly, music, dance, gymnastics, oracy or drama performance
• Experience forest school, Eco School or outdoor learning, either on the school site or other LOtC experience
• Take part in a whole school sporting event, such as House Cross Country, Netball, Football, Sports day
• Take part in a whole school event or focus week, such as Friendship/Anti-Bullying, STEM, World Book Day, Wellbeing Day, Numbers Day
• Take part in a charity event such as collecting/distributing food for the foodbank, Comic/Sport Relief or, a charity event chosen by school such as Wear it Red day
• Take part in a family or community event such as Family Art.

During every child’s time at Great Malvern Primary School they will:

• Be able to attend an after school club of their choice such as art, choir, gymnastics, mindfulness, dance, board games, construction or other sports club
• Learn to play a tuned and un-tuned musical instrument
• Watch a professional live music or drama performance
• Take part in a music event wider than the class music provision
• Take part in a sporting event wider than the class PE provision
• Take part in a theatre production performance on a stage
• Take part in an enterprise event
• Learn how to keep themselves and others safe through learning first aid, water safety such as rescue techniques and boating, safe cycling and safe fire lighting, orienteering and simple survival skills
• Experience a residential trip off site at a safe residential centre
• Take on a leadership role in an age appropriate way (such as young Leader, pupil parliament class rep, eco council, house captain, playground pal, librarian, assembly support, class line leader, fruit or milk monitor, undertaking small and regular leadership roles).