Cultural Capital & SMSC

Brookside Cultural Capital and SMSC Overview 2025-2026

It is our intention to develop the SOCIAL, MORAL, SPIRITUAL and CULTURAL understanding of every pupil. Key and Special events have been planned to raise awareness for many meaningful events/causes that also provide the children with opportunities to think about how the community of Brookside Primary School can help others.

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.

SPRING TERM
CONFIDENCE Try New Things
	DETERMINATION Work Hard & Concentrate	AMBITION Push Yourself	CREATIVITY Imagine	RESPECT Understand Others	RESILIENCE Don’t Give Up
Event		SMSC Value		Intent
Rights, Responsibilities and Rules Class and School Assemblies throughout the term		Social & Moral		To support distinguish between right and wrong To develop the children’s ability to make judgments about how to behave and to consider the actions of others in the school community as a whole
Good to be Green Treat Class and Individual Rewards for good behaviour and remaining ‘Green’		Social & Moral		To support distinguish between right and wrong To develop the children’s ability to make judgments about how to behave and to consider the actions of others in the school community as a whole
No Outsiders Lesson taught each half term through using picture books		Social & Moral		To raise awareness of the ‘Protected Characteristics’
KS2 First Aid 8th January 2026 Assemblies and Workshops		Social & Moral		To give children skills to act in an emergency
Martin Luther King Day 19^th January 2023 Whole School Assembly		Social & Moral		To raise children’s awareness in race equality
Y4 Trip to Weaver Hall 19^th January 2026 Museum Led Workshops		Social & Cultural		To give children the opportunity to develop and contextualise their learning of Anglo-Saxons
Y3 Trip to Norton Priory 21^st January 2026 Museum Led Workshops		Social & Cultural		To give children the opportunity to develop and contextualise their learning of Stone Age Britain
MHST Wellbeing Assembly 20^th January 2026 Whole School Assembly		Social		To understand the importance of looking after our mental health using the 5 ways of wellbeing
Y5 Road to RAIT 21^st January 2022 Workshop		Social & Cultural		To give children the opportunity to develop STEAM skills and look at future career prospects
Y2 Trip to Lady Lever Art Gallery w/c 27^th January 2026 Museum Led Workshops		Social & Cultural		To give children the opportunity to develop and contextualise their learning of local artists
Y6 Trip to Part Sunlight 30^th January 2026 Museum Led Workshops		Social & Cultural		To give children the opportunity to develop and contextualise their learning of local artists
Mine to Magnet 2nd February 2026 Class based Workshop		Social & Cultural		To give children the opportunity to develop STEAM skills and look at future career prospects
Children’s Mental Health Week (9^th – 15^th February 2026) Whole School Assembly Class based activities linked to PSHR(S)E Curriculum		Social		To understand the importance of looking after our mental health using the 5 ways of wellbeing
Y4 H2O Workshop 10th February 2026 Class based workshop		Social & Moral		To understand the importance water and saving water
Safer Internet Day Smart tech, safe choices – Exploring the safe and responsible use of AI 10^th February 2023 Class based activities linked to Computing Curriculum		Social & Moral		To reinforce the e-Safety message To ensure pupils are aware of the dangers online and how to respond to these
Chinese New Year (17^th February – 3^rd March 2026) Whole School Assembly		Cultural The Year of the Rabbit		To understand and accept diversity around the world
Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) Lent 17^th February 2026 Whole School Assembly Class based activities linked to RE Curriculum		Moral & Cultural		To understand that Easter is an important event in the Christian Calendar To promote tolerance to others
Y4 Let’s Walk w/c 24^th February 2026 Indoor and Outdoor walking activities		Social		To learn essential road safety skills as a pedestrian
Y5 Bikeability w/c 2nd March 2026 Indoor and Outdoor Cycling Activities		Social		To learn essential cycling skills and how to keep safe riding a bike
World Book Day 5^th March 2026 Activities linked to developing a love of reading – peer reading		Social, Moral & Cultural		To raise awareness of Literary books from the past and present To promote a Love of Reading
The Festival of Holi 3^rd March 2026 Whole School Assembly		Spiritual & Cultural		To gain an understanding of different religious festivals and to learn how they are celebrated
International Women’s Day 8th March 2026 Whole School Assembly Learning Log activities in some year groups		Moral		To raise awareness of the ‘Protected Characteristics’ (Gender Equality)
UKS2 Hoops4Health 11^th March 2026 Assembly & class workshops		Social		To understand the importance of looking after our physical and mental health
St Patrick’s Day 17^th March 2026 Whole School Assembly		Social & Cultural		To raise awareness of why St Patrick’s Day is celebrated in Ireland
Red Nose Day 20^th March 2026 Wear something Red for a donation		Social and Moral		To raise awareness of child poverty and other factors effecting children in the UK and Europe

SMSC & Cultural Capital 2025-2026

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SMSC & Cultural Capital 2025-2026

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