Cultural Capital

Cultural capital is the accumulation of knowledge, behaviours and skills that a child can draw upon and which demonstrates their cultural awareness, knowledge and competence; it is one of the key ingredients a child will draw upon to be successful in society, their career and the world of work.

At Henry Green we aim to equip our children with the knowledge and cultural capital they need to succeed in life.

We recognise that for young children 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.

The school recognises that there are six key areas of development that are interrelated and cumulatively contribute to the sum of a student’s cultural capital.

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Personal Development

Personal Development

  • Careers and Information, advice and guidance provision
  • Personal Finance Education
  • Employability skills, including work experience
  • Citizenship, Personal, Social and Health Education provision
  • The school’s wider pastoral framework
  • Growth mindset and metacognition-Resilience development strategies
  • Transition support
  • Work to develop confidence e.g. public speaking and interview skills
  • Activities focused on building self-esteem
  • Mental Health & well-being provision
Social Development

Social Development

  • Citizenship, Personal, Social and Health Education provision
  • Student Volunteering and charitable works
  • Student voice- Year Group and School Council
  • Nurture Group Access
  • Provisions linked to the school’s Healthy School’s Accreditation
  • Provisions linked to the school’s accreditation as a Mental Heath Trailblazers’ programme
  • In school and wider community engagement programmes
  • Work experience and business engagement programmes
  • Access to counselling
Physical Development

Physical Development

  • The Physical Education curriculum
  • Healthy Eating policies and catering provision
  • Anti-bullying and safeguarding policies and strategies, including the student-friendly policy and Student Anti-Bullying Charter
  • The Health Education dimension of the CPSHE programme, including strands on drugs, smoking and alchohol
  • The extra- curricular programme related sports and well-being
  • The celebration of sporting achievement including personal fitness and competitive sport
  • Cycling proficiency training and Cycling to School Safety protocol
  • Activities available for unstructured time, including lunch and break times
  • Activity-based residentials
  • The curricular programme related to food preparation and nutrition
  • Advice & Guidance to parents on all aspects of student life style
  • The promotion of walking or cycling to school
Spiritual Development

Spiritual Development

  • The Religious Education and Philosophy Curriculum
  • Our collective acts of worship and reflection
  • Support for the expression of individual faiths
  • Inter-faith and faith-specific activities and speakers
  • Visits to religious buildings and centres
  • Classes and Seminars with speakers focusing on spiritual issues
  • School-linking activities-locally, nationally and internationally
  • The Assembly programme
Moral Development

Moral Development

  • The Religious Education and Philosophy Curriculum,
  • The behaviour and justice framework underpinning the school’s Behaviour Management policies
  • Contributions to local, national and international charitable projects
Cultural Development

Cultural Development

  • Citizenship Education
  • 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, informing all policy and practice.