Enrichment and School Clubs
At Woodlands, enrichment is not a collection of activities around the edge of the curriculum. It is part of how children experience school.
Our core purpose remains to provide an excellent education through a broad, ambitious and well-taught curriculum. Alongside this, children need opportunities to encounter people, places, ideas and experiences beyond their everyday lives; discover interests and talents; develop confidence and independence; contribute to their community; and experience the enjoyment, challenge and belonging that come from participating beyond the classroom.
This matters particularly because many pupils rely upon school to broaden horizons and provide experiences they might not otherwise encounter. Our taught curriculum and wider school experience therefore reinforce one another through PSHE/RSHE, RE, PE, science, computing, English and the wider curriculum alongside P4C, Picture News, No Outsiders, Commando Joe’s, visits, visitors, residentials, clubs, sport, music, performance, pupil leadership, community involvement and
charitable activity.
The Government’s 2026 Enrichment Framework provided an opportunity for Woodlands to foreground, articulate and evaluate more systematically what is already embedded in our practice: a rich and inclusive entitlement to experiences beyond, alongside and through the taught curriculum.
The Five Woodlands Enrichment Entitlements
1. Civic Engagement
I have a voice. I can contribute. I can make a difference.
Every child at Woodlands will have opportunities to:
· express opinions and learn that their voice matters
· listen to and respectfully challenge the views of others
· participate in age-appropriate democratic processes
· take responsibility and exercise leadership
· contribute to decisions about school life
· participate in charitable, social and community activity
· understand rights alongside responsibilities
· encounter different beliefs, families, cultures and perspectives
· understand democracy, law, liberty, equality, respect and tolerance
· consider local, national and global events
· learn how responsible citizens contribute to their communities
This is evident at Woodlands through: Pupil Parliament; Junior Safety Officers; pupil leadership roles; P4C; Picture News/current affairs; assemblies; PSHE; RE; No Outsiders; charitable and community activity; pupil voice.
2. Arts and Culture
I can create, perform, experience and appreciate.
Every child at Woodlands will have opportunities to:
· create and respond to art
· experience and participate in music
· perform for others
· encounter live or authentic cultural experiences
· experience literature beyond everyday classroom reading
· encounter theatre, performance and other expressive arts
· visit or engage with places and organisations of cultural significance
· experience cultures, traditions, beliefs and ways of life beyond their own
· recognise creativity as something in which everyone can participate
· discover creative interests and talents
This evident at Woodlands through: Curriculum art, music and literature; performances; music opportunities; visits and visitors; cultural and faith experiences; celebrations and special events; reading experiences; curriculum-linked visits; clubs and wider expressive opportunities.
3. Nature, Outdoors and Adventure
I can explore. I can take appropriate risks. I can care for my world.
Every child at Woodlands will have opportunities to:
· learn outside the classroom
· experience the natural world
· explore the local environment
· learn about climate, sustainability and environmental responsibility
· undertake physical and practical challenges
· experience appropriate risk and challenge
· develop resilience, teamwork and problem-solving
· participate in educational visits
· progressively experience greater independence
· participate in residential experiences where these form part of the Woodlands offer
This is evident at Woodlands through: Forest School in Early Years; outdoor learning; Commando
Joe’s; educational visits; residential opportunities; science and environmental work; practical
challenges.
4. Sport and Physical Activity
I can be active. I can participate. I can challenge myself and be part of a team.
Every child at Woodlands will have opportunities to:
· experience a range of physical activities
· develop physical confidence and competence
· participate individually and as part of a team
· learn to cooperate, compete appropriately and demonstrate sportsmanship
· represent Woodlands where appropriate
· experience activities beyond the statutory PE curriculum
· understand the connection between physical activity and physical and mental health
· discover forms of activity they may wish to continue beyond primary school
This is evident at Woodlands through: Curriculum PE; our Platinum PE award; swimming; school teams and competition; inter-school sport; Bikeability; clubs including multisports, dodgeball and cheerleading; physical challenges through COJOs; other sporting opportunities across the year.
5. Wider Life and Future Skills
I am becoming ready for the world beyond Woodlands.
Every child at Woodlands will have opportunities to:
· communicate confidently and express themselves
· work collaboratively and solve problems
· develop independence, responsibility and resilience
· develop financial understanding and practical life skills
· become digitally literate and critically aware
· question misinformation, online influence and AI-generated content
· develop STEM curiosity
· encounter different occupations and possibilities for the future
· make safe and healthy decisions
· understand relationships, boundaries and consent
· know how and where to ask for help
· develop aspiration about what they might become and achieve
This is evident at Woodlands through: PSHE/RSHE; computing; science/STEM; financial capability; Bikeability; careers and aspiration activity; P4C; COJOs; ELSA/pastoral work; online safety; safeguarding/protective education; visitors; real-world learning; practical experiences; AI, deepfake, misinformation and source-reliability teaching.
