Cultural Capital
According to the national curriculum, cultural capital is the ‘essential knowledge that pupils need to be educated citizens, introducing them to the best that has been thought and said and helping to engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement.’ (Ofsted School Inspection Handbook 2019). Cultural capital is at the heart of all our PSHE lessons at Greasbrough Primary School, helping our children navigate through the ever changing world around them. Citizenship at school, community and global levels are a vital part of our PSHE lessons, providing knowledge and skill development for all children.
Our NEMESIS curriculum also enables students to become creative social thinkers, develop entrepreneurial mindsets, and become social change makers into a world where inequality, poverty and social exclusion are still quite evident.
Through an extensive range of educational visits, visitors and themed days and events, we build on cultural capital, providing our pupils with the knowledge and exposure to experiences, that they may otherwise not have had. In turn, this knowledge will equip and prepare our pupils to become active and successful members of society.
Cultural capital can be seen through the units taught, including; ‘Celebrating differences’, ‘Relationships’, ‘Hopes and Goals’ and ‘Healthy Me’, that are taught in every year group.