Rationale

At Bluecoat Primary we are extremely proud of the rich and vibrant curriculum we offer to all our pupils. However, schools are facing significant challenges to maintain high quality curriculum provision, whilst balancing budgets and here at Bluecoat we have taken a creative approach as one way of tackling the issue. 

In September, we introduced an enrichment afternoon on a Friday, where pupils across Chapter 2 & 3 have the opportunity to engage in a range of activities.  Enrichment afternoon provision enhances rather than replaces what was already in place. It allows for the consolidation of the organisation of provision across the rest of the week; for example ensuring that additional activities that previously occurred at different times (and could sometimes cause disruption to teaching sequences) such as Bikeability or potato growing are moved to fit in within the Enrichment Afternoon. There is also the added benefit of introducing the option for pupils to receive peripatetic music lessons during enrichment afternoons without disruption to pupils learning in other curriculum areas and of ensuring that the potential marginalisation of subjects currently covered during PPA time is avoided. 

One of our Key Curriculum Drivers is 'Community'. We feel passionately that it is important for our children to grow up knowing about the world in which they live and developing an understanding of their responsibilities as global citizens. 

Each year group has a global partner country which they will learn about in depth and some have a partner school whom they will communicate with. Our curriculum provides us with the opportunities through each theme to examine a range of global issues relevant to their lives in the real world.