SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social & Cultural) and Cultural Capital Experiences

SMSC development for pupils is the over-arching umbrella which encompasses personal development across the whole curriculum. Some aspects may be taught in isolation, but most will be covered and evident across the curriculum.

Examples of SMSC and Cultural Capital Experiences at Hampton Hargate Primary School include:

Diwali day. Costumes
Cultural topics within the curriculum: Diwali, Chinese New Year, Remembrance Day, Christmas, Easter
Buddy days-working across the school in partnership
Singing assemblies- spiritual and cultural songs
National and International links with other schools

BikeIt project and the Big Pedal
Year 4 Residential to Sacrewell
Theatre productions for PSHE
Y6 teaching maths to Y3
LEGO Club
Reception visit to local church.
Local vicar attends and delivers assemblies through the year
Performance and musical opportunities.
Sporting activity opportunities
Visits from Police, Fire Service and Ambulance
Musician of the month
West End in Schools
Samba Drumming Festival
Hampton College Sports Festivals
School Games Events
Sports Leaders
Science Ambassador
Arts Ambassador
Roman Visit
Egyptians

Fire safety Assembly
Year 6 Residential
Choir events and carol singing at local events
School Council meetings and involvement in interviews and with visitors
Lunchtime Sunshine Club
Kinetic Theatre productions
Trips and visits, Hunstanton, Hamerton Zoo, Duxford, Sacrewell, Black Country Museum, Space Centre
Reception- living chick project
Wow Days – eg Anglo Saxons
Social Skills groups / Sunshine Lunchtime Club
School Council – promoting pupil voice & democracy
Drumming workshops with instructional sessions and follow up concerts.
Culture Café with visiting EAL Parents
Palaeoquest Workshop
Trip to Peterborough Cathedral
Conductive STEM
Music
Christmas Concert
Trunk Theatre & Live Orchestra
Wood Green
Birdman
RE Themed Assemblies, Christmas, Diwali
Flag Fen
Parent Lessons
Hazard Alley Trip
Word Aware

Whole School

Arts Award
ICT Mark
Eco Schools Award
Inclusion Charter Mark
Healthy Schools Award
Christmas performances/ Whole year group performances
Class assemblies.
Whole school assemblies with a focused theme.
Themes across the school – 1 Decision
Dedicated nurture groups
Science Week
Healthy Eating sessions
Parent ‘Welcome Meetings’ autumn term
International Languages Week
Family Support Worker & parenting groups
Reading and Phonics evening for parents.
Reading activities- paired reading with different year groups
Anti-bullying and friendship themes.
Winter Wonderland
PowerDown fortnight.
Maths Day
RE and PSHCE curriculum.
Cross curricular links and stories across the world linked to the curriculum
Various sporting events and activities through the school and year.
Harvest Festival
Children in Need and charity days (inc Macmillan Cake sale Cancer support, Samaritan’s Purse, Jeans for Genes) through the school year to raise awareness and collect.
The value or and reasons for school rules and rules and laws in wider community
Poets and Author visits.
Emotion Displays in every classroom. ‘How are you feeling today?’
BIKEIT Award
SEND Events
Anti Bullying Week
Book Club
Year 6 jobs
Arts Week – Architects and Illustrators focus (displays)
Science Week
Peer Mediators
Ambassadors – Science/Eco/Arts
Reading Buddies
Dyslexia Club
Dyslexia workshop for Parents
DFSQM (Dyslexia Friendly Schools Quality Mark)
Gift a Book
This is us – Pebbles & Bridge
Art Mosaic
Wood Green
Year 1 Reading Bears
Mrs F Stories on Dojo
Year 6 Peterborough Cathedral visit

Making choices and empowering pupils
Work and projects linked to national events.
World Book Day and whole school book events.
Modern Foreign Languages – French & Spanish
Eco-warriors and achieving the Eco Flag.
Music lessons and instrument tuition.
Sports week and sporting visits.
Competitive sporting events and inter school competitions/Sports Days/Sport Skills events at Hampton College
Yamaha music assemblies.
NSPCC assemblies and workshops.
Language of the half term and languages week.
Excellence in Sustainable Travel
Family support worker and nurture groups.
Summer fete with local community.
Achievement award assemblies.
Community Charity Walk (Macmillan) around Hampton
Respect for all regardless of differences
Macmillan Coffee Mornings
Airport Day
MAG&T science and art sessions
Art curriculum and events
Christmas Fete
Language of the term
Themed lunches.
Careers Week.
Bikeability.
Y6 Summer Party.
Language Buddies.
Y6 responsibilities- Librarians, Ambassadors, Buddy Afternoons.
Safety Challenge
Swimming Gala
Football team
Bedtime stories
Gold School Games Award 2023 2024
Sponsored Walk
Reading Buddy
LEGO Construction Club
Assembly Timetable
British Values
Clicker
Languagenut
Online Author
Jean Willis – Bug Baby Author
Seasonal Fruit tasting
Face Painting
Easter Egg Raffle
Surprise Reader
Fluency Bee
Shoebox appeal
Mood Monsters
Maths Parent Lesson
Recycling Workshop
Healthy Selfies

SMSC in curriculum Hampton Hargate updated November 2024

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