Welbeck’s personal development provision is bespoke and is specifically designed to meet the context of our pupils and the community we serve.

UNICEF Rights Respecting

Rights Respecting develops pupils’ health and well-being. It is interwoven into our curriculum, developing a community where global children’s rights are learned, taught, practised, respected and promoted, with inclusion at its heart (Click here).

Contemporary Issues

At Welbeck, we develop  pupils’ awareness and  understanding of local and global issues that affect them through a wide variety of learning opportunities and media forms. Pupils discuss and reflect on issues, develop their empathy and tolerance, and decide how best to present this, such as through stop motion videos and Creative Arts week (click here).

Schools of Sanctuary

Welbeck is an accredited School of Sanctuary (click here).  We actively develop our pupils’ empathy and tolerance for people of different cultures and beliefs, many who have come to Nottingham seeking asylum and refuge. Creative Arts Week and International Refugee Week are just a few of the celebrations our pupils engage in.

Community and Sustainability

Alongside developing pupil awareness of global diversity, we develop a deep appreciation and pride for  our local community here in the Meadows. We work closely with local and voluntary groups such as Green Meadows and local business partners to support the delivery of our curriculum.  Our pupils are active in the community, supporting and leading on local environment matters through our eco-clubs, litter picking and community projects.

Global Citizens

How we do this: PSHE lessons, assemblies, 50 Things, Topic lessons, School Council

PE Specialist provision

Our specialist PE lead works across the whole school, leading on PE lessons, lunchtime and after school extra curricular clubs and providing targeted support to pupils and high quality CPD for staff. Termly assemblies are held to celebrate pupil successes and for pupils to learn about food choices, physical activity, first aid and balanced lifestyles.

Forest School, Allotments and our gardener

At Welbeck, we take pride in growing fresh vegetables and fruit. Pupils are taught from EYFS how to sow and harvest crops from our allotments by our gardener and teachers, as well as how to name and recognize each plants. Pupils are taught how to cook and enjoy eating this fresh produce in DT lessons and clubs (click here).

Parental workshops

Parental workshops are run to support parents in how they care for their children’s health. Workshops on eye care, oral care and sleep build on what children have been taught by external providers such as Specsavers.

Healthy Minds and Emotional Wellbeing

Our ‘The Story Project’ PSHE curriculum develops pupil understanding of their mental and emotional wellbeing, their own and others’ emotions, healthy coping strategies and how to seek appropriate support. Pupils are taught how to adopt healthy behaviours and strategies from an early age, such as good communication, problem-solving, healthy coping skills and resilience, and how to seek trustworthy support when they or their friends need it.

Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds

How we do this: PSHE lessons, assemblies, PE and Topic lessons, School Council

School Values

Our character curriculum and school values underpin everything we want to see realised in each pupil as they grow– confidence, resilience, respect, enjoyment, independence, responsibility and excellence. Staff members explain, demonstrate and model the highest expectations of these values through role-play opportunities, our ‘The Story Project’ PSHE lessons and weekly assemblies.

Relationships

Our pupils learn how to identify the characteristics of  healthy, successful relationships, the qualities of good friendships and  the skills needed to make friendships work. This understanding and skills are developed using our structured ‘The Story Project’ lessons , assemblies and a wide variety of strategies such as circle-time, role-play and reflection.  Every year we celebrate Anti-bullying week across our whole school

Sex and Relationships Education

Information of our Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) and how we support and teach pupils to understand and manage the physical and emotional changes of growing up can be found on our RSE policy here.

Being safe

To succeed in life and fulfil their potential, pupils must feel safe. We develop their understanding of everyday safety through water safety assemblies, road safety workshops and topic and PSHE lessons. This is complemented with visits to fire stations, police stations and the Bikeability programme in UPKS2.

Tolerance and Respect

How we do this: PSHE lessons, assemblies, Topic lessons, School Council

Gifted and Talented

Every pupil is on our Gifted and Talented register. Talents range from academic to sports to hobbies. Staff develop these talents through in/after-school extra-curricular provision, enrichment opportunities and pupils representing our school. Our annual Talent Show is a highlight of the year.

Celebrating Achievement

Feeling a sense of achievement and receiving recognition for hard work and perseverance are key to developing a pupil’s confidence, resilience and a life-long love of learning. Our pupils’ achievements are recognised through our weekly achievement assemblies and parent invited ‘End of Term’ awards.

Role Models

Our pupils are surrounded by positive female and male role models from their own lives, community and wider world. Assemblies showcase positive role models, as do themes in Rights Respecting, Black history Month, and International Women’s week. Year 6 pupils take on playground responsibilities for younger pupils, and they enjoy visits from past pupils who speak about secondary school.

Children’s University

Outside partnerships place a key role in our outstanding enrichment provision and Children’s University courses. Our pupils have consistent high-quality experiences of working with outside partners in the delivery of extra-curricular, enrichment opportunities which develop their understanding of careers and goals, as well as being aspirational role models to them (Click here).

Economic Education

Every pupil develops their economic understanding through ‘The Story Project’ PSHE lessons and through participation in ‘My Money Week’ in summer term, developing their understanding of how local businesses and enterprises operate and the crucial role they play in supporting communities.

Fulfilling our potential

How we do this: PSHE lessons, assemblies, Enriched curriculum, SMSC