The wider Curriculum

Lowercroft is a place where pupils enjoy rich and varied  experiences to develop and explore new skills.

• Forest School – learning co-operation skills, team building, independent skills
• Outdoor Residential Trip - personal challenges and team building activities
• Wake Up Shake Up (3 times a week on the playground – a whole school and community event)
• Swimming lessons in year 4
• Bikeability – professional road safety and practising safe cycling on local main roads
• Crucial Crew – keeping safe in the community
• Extra-curricular sports clubs (eg dance, football, tag rugby, athletics) and school teams
• Extra-curricular clubs (eg gardening, art, film, recorder)
• Educational visits linked to current topic (eg skiing linked to mountains topic, Chester Zoo linked to science)
• Special visitors to school (eg animal experts, theatre workshops, firefighters)
• Special themed days eg Year 6 ‘bring your pet to school’ day
• Chicks in Reception
• School choir who regularly perform for the community and further afield
• School Council – pupil voice
• Eco Gang (team of children who help improve and preserve our school and the local environment)
• First Aid training – Heart Start
• Building on children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development through activities such as inclusion activities (eg No Pen Day), class dress up days, well-being sessions and supporting our local community (eg fund raising, supporting charities and collective for local food banks)
• Book fairs
• Author visits to our school
• School plays
• Music performances (djembe, ukulele, guitar)
• Sports day
• Year 6 buddies for Reception children
• Parent learning sessions eg Stay and Play in reception
• Class museums

To find out more about how we enrich our curriculum, click on the link.