Our Shine Cultural Passport

At Overseal Primary school we value everyone. We want all children to achieve. It is also part of our school vision for every child to have the opportunity to shine. When devising our curriculum, we think very carefully about the rich and broad experiences we want our children to have access to as they moved through the school. The aim of our cultural, shine passports is to enable children the chance to shine, to build cultural capital through experiences they may not otherwise have had and to simply deliver a fun-filled and positive primary education experience. Every child deserves a positive primary education and we feel our Shine passports are one way to help us deliver this. 

We have carefully planned a host of experiences to add to the children's cultural capital. These can range from: author visits, theatre trips, a visit to a university, learning to ride a bike, everyone having the chance to learn to play a flute, to smores on a camp fire and enjoying a teddy bears' picnics. As our curriculum evolves, these experiences may change. 

Below are examples of our Shine, Cultural passports. 

Pupil Voice

'My favorite day was going to the university so you can see what you are working towards.'

'The residential was a fun experience. We did things we wouldn't do day to day like rock climbing.'

'I think learning to ride a bike is important because some people can't.'

'Our day with the author, Ryan Vernel, was really good.'