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Personal Development

At Wilbury Junior School our curriculum has a clear purpose and we have embedded our school values:  

confidence, achievement, organisation, resilience, courage, tolerance, respect, and sustainability through it, both directly within half-term topics, but also within our curriculum and personal development. We strive to support and give opportunities to all pupils to support them now and in later life so that they not only have academic and work success but also their own personal development.

Intent 

Our intention is to provide all of our children with a wide range of rich activities that enable them to extensively develop their personal development. All staff will promote personal development across the school. We have coherently planned our RHSE curriculum with our children’s individual needs at it’s core. School collective worship is used to introduce and reinforce taking place across the schcool.

Implementation 

Throughout each academic year, teachers are encouraged to plan to develop their children’s personal development through a wide range of experiences, including: trips, workshops, visits, events etc. PSHE and RHSE lessons have been rigorously planned to ensure that all children are able to develop key skills and acquire knowledge that are vital to their learning journey. Assemblies have been strategically planned so that clear progression can be made across year groups and throughout the academic year. We also provide our children with additional assemblies from our multi-academy trust that provide meaningful opportunities to understand not only the school values but the trust values too.

Impact 

Wilbury Junior School will assess the impact of our Personal Development in a variety of ways. This will include lesson observations and moderation of planning and outcomes. However, it will also involve listening to feedback from our children and how they believe their Personal Development needs are being addressed. Parents are regularly informed of their child’s Personal Development through informal discussions and parents evening.

Personal Development at Wilbury Junior School

Check out everything we offer(ed) to our children at Wilbury. Everything we do is to make sure they have the best opportunities and are given chances to shine and achieve together, no matter what barriers they may face. We value giving every opportunity to our children to smile and believe in themselves everyday and enjoy coming to school through enriching their days and time here at Wilbury.

Letchworth Christmas Cinema Trip - The Grinch

Theatre Trip - Gordon Craig Theatre

Beach Trip - Frinton on Sea

Live Wrestling Show and Workshop

Variety of clubs and activities at lunch time

Class Assemblies to Parents

Forest School activities at lunch time

Sports Day

AGORA Pledge to all children

Wilbury Parliament (School Council)

Shine Clubs - Free to all children

RNLI Water Safety Workshop

Assemblies and Displays throughout the school year - LGBTQ, Online Safety, Individuality, Parliament

Agora Values Days - Paralympian Speakers, Cross-School Interactions.

Intra-School Competitions

Local School Sport Fixtures and Events

Swimming

Protective Behaviours Workshops 

Church Visit  - Christingle

Vicar Visit - Role of a Vicar

Local Letchworth Art Gallery Visit

Local Letchworth Library Visit

Verulanium Trip

Dogs Trust Workshop

Theatre trip in Milton Keynes- 'Demon Dentist'

Overnight School Sleepover

Christmas School Production

Local Firefighters Visit and Workshop on Fire Safety

Local Area Visit to Sketch the Landscape

Standalone Farm Visit

Letchworth Library Visit

Learn to Ride Scheme - Herts Disability Foundation

STEM Lego Workshop

Queen's Park Faith Tour

Local Letchworth Library Visit

Overnight Residential Visit

Farm Trip

NSPCC Workshop

Regular visits to Highfield and Fearnhill (Local Secondary Schools) - Music, PE, Science, DT - Transition Support

Learn to Ride Scheme - Herts Disability Foundation

Year 6 Residential - JCA Trip

Transition Groups Year 6

Visits from Fearnhill

Mindfulness Workshops 

NSPCC Workshop

Duxford Imperial War Museum

Hazard Alley Trip

House Captains

Young Sport Leaders

Learn to Ride Scheme - Herts Disability Foundation

What is Personal Development ?

OFSTED defines personal development as the development of a pupil's individual skills, attitudes, and understanding. This includes the development of self-awareness, self-esteem, and emotional intelligence, as well as the development of skills related to communication, teamwork, and critical thinking.

Developing:

  • Responsible, respectful and active citizens who are able to play their part and become actively involved in public life as adults
  • Pupils’ understanding of the fundamental British values of democracy, individual liberty, the rule of law and mutual respect and tolerance
  • Pupils’ character, which Ofsted defines as a set of positive personal traits, dispositions and virtues that informs their motivation and guides their conduct so that they reflect wisely, learn eagerly, behave with integrity and cooperate consistently well with others
  • Pupils’ confidence, resilience and knowledge so that they can keep themselves mentally healthy
  • Pupils’ understanding of how to keep physically healthy, eat healthily and maintain an active lifestyle, including giving ample opportunities for pupils to be active during the school day and through extra-curricular activities
  • Pupils’ age-appropriate understanding of healthy relationships through appropriate relationships and sex education

Promoting: 

  • Equality of opportunity so that all pupils can thrive together, understanding that difference is a positive, not a negative, and that individual characteristics make people unique
  • An inclusive environment that meets the needs of all pupils, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation

Enabling: 

  • Pupils to recognise online and offline risks to their wellbeing – for example, risks from criminal and sexual exploitation, domestic abuse, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, substance misuse, gang activity, radicalisation and extremism – and making them aware of the support available to them
  • Pupils to recognise the dangers of inappropriate use of mobile technology and social media

Supporting:

  • Readiness for the next phase of education, training or employment so that pupils are equipped to make the transition successfully

Sport Clubs

Letchworth Eagles - https://www.letchwortheagles.org.uk/

All Stars Cricket Letchworth Garden City - https://letchworth.play-cricket.com/web_pages/junior_section 

Letchworth Garden City RFC - https://letchworthrugby.rfu.club/information/mini-junior-rugby

Letchworth Sports and Tennis Club -  https://www.lstc.org.uk/

Letchworth Golf Club - https://letchworth.intelligentgolf.co.uk/junior_golf

North Herts Gymnastics Club - https://www.sll.co.uk/nhgc/

Richard's Trampoline Club - https://richardstrampolineclub.com/

Pix Gymnastics Club - https://www.pixgymnastics.co.uk/

Go Orienteering - https://www.goorienteering.org.uk/

SLL North Herts Sport Club - https://www.sll.co.uk/north-herts/activities/#main-content

Swimming Lessons/Clubs

Letchworth Swimming Club - https://www.letchworthswimmingclub.co.uk/

Letchworth Swim School - https://letchworthswimschool.co.uk/

Letchworth Broadway Swimming School - https://www.broadwayswimmingschool.com/

St Chris Swim School - https://www.stchris.co.uk/school-life/swim-school/

SLL Letchworth Pool AquaEd Swim Scheme - https://www.sll.co.uk/aquaed/

Martial Arts Clubs

Karate Club AHK - https://www.ahk.org.uk/our-clubs/shotokan-karate-in-letchworth/

Impakt Kickboxing - https://www.impakt-kickboxing.com/

Brooks Gym (Muay Thai and Boxing) - https://www.brooksgym.uk/

Letchworth ITF - Tae Kwon Do - https://www.lbtkd.co.uk/

Performing Arts Clubs

Stage Coach - https://www.stagecoach.co.uk/letchworth 

Beat Republic Academy of Dance -

Scouts and Guides Groups

Letchworth and Baldock District Scouts - https://lbdscouts.org.uk/

Girlguiding Hertfordshire - https://www.girlguidinghertfordshire.org.uk/

Holiday Camps

Camp Go - Tennis Holiday Camp - https://www.drhsports.co.uk/camp-go-kids-camps/letchworth-sports-and-tennis-club-holiday-camps

Arts and Crafts Clubs

Family Arts Studio - https://www.familiesonline.co.uk/local/east-hertfordshire/listing/family-arts-studio-336760

Pop Art Hitchin - https://www.familiesonline.co.uk/local/east-hertfordshire/listing/popart

Other Links

Football Association - Get into Football - https://find.englandfootball.com/?onboarding=true

Girls Football - Herts FA - https://www.hertfordshirefa.com/players/youth/girls

British Gymanstics - https://www.british-gymnastics.org/discover/club

Get into Tennis - LTA - https://www.lta.org.uk/play/how-to-get-started/

Get into Golf - England Golf - https://www.englandgolf.org/get-into-golf

Get into Rugby - England Rugby - https://www.englandrugby.com/participation/playing/get-involved

Get into Badminton - England Badminton - https://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/

Get into Netball - https://www.englandnetball.co.uk/play-netball/

Get into Basketball - Basketball England - https://www.basketballengland.co.uk/get-involved/play/getting-started/

 

 

 

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