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Cultural Capital

Cultural capital is defined as the accumulation of knowledge, behaviours, and skills that a student can draw upon and which demonstrates their cultural awareness, knowledge and competence;  it is one of the key ingredients a student will draw upon to be successful in society, their career and the world of work. At Moorbridge we work tirelessly to build our student aspirations and expose them to a range of experiences to helps them achieve goals and become successful. 

We recognise that for students to aspire and be successful academically and in the wider areas of their lives, they need to be given rich and sustained opportunities to develop their cultural capital. We do this in many ways, for example, through our curriculum, extra-curricular activities, trips and visits and careers activities. 

We recognise that there are six key areas of development that are interrelated and contribute to building a student’s cultural capital: 

  1. Personal Development 

  1. Social Development, including political and current affairs awareness 

  1. Physical Development 

  1. Spiritual Development 

  1. Moral Development 

  1. Cultural development 

Nothing can be more important for our children’s education than ensuring they are supported to be the best they can be within our ever changing, diverse and eclectic society that ensures everyone has an equal opportunity to live, learn, and achieve. 

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT  

Careers and Information, advice and guidance provision;  

Personal Finance Education;  

Employability skills,   

Personal, Social and Health  

Education curriculum;  

The school’s wider pastoral framework;  

Transition support and induction;  

Work to develop confidence e.g. interview skills workshops;  

Activities focused on building self-esteem;  

Mental Health & well-being provision - Personalised Learning  

Key Teacher Time curriculum;  

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT  

PRSE curriculum;  

Key Teacher time curriculum;  

Charity work and fundraising activities;  

Student Voice – Student Council  

Nurture Group Access;  

Healthy Schools’ Accreditation;  

Access to counselling;  

Class competitions;  

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT  

Health and Well Being curriculum;  

Newcastle  United Academy /Dallagio links and activities;  

Healthy Eating policies and catering provision;  

Anti-bullying and safeguarding policies and strategies;  

The health, drugs, alcohol, smoking and  sex and relationships and elements of the PHSEE curriculum;  

Extra-curricular provision/ Sports 

Extra curricular activities available for unstructured time, including lunch and break times;  

Food preparation and nutrition curriculum;  

SPIRITUAL  

The Religious Education/Ethics and Philosophy Curriculum;  

Support for the expression of individual faiths;  

School-linking activities – locally, nationally and internationally;  

The Assembly programme;  

 

MORAL  

The Religious Education/Ethics and Philosophy Curriculum;  

Behaviour Management policies;  

Key Teacher time curriculum;  

CULTURAL  

Access to the Arts;  

Access to the languages and cultures of other countries through the curriculum and trips and visits;  

Promotion of racial equality and community cohesion through the school’s ethos;  

Co-operative values;  

Assembly programme;  

Form time curriculum;  

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