Activity Passport
Integrated into our Creative Curriculum is Landywood’s Activity Passport - a list of fifty opportunities our pupils will experience to further enhance their personal development. This gives the children opportunities to explore vision and values outside of their locality, through visits and visitors beyond their immediate experience, which can provide inspirational cultural and social experiences. These include enriching overnight experiences in Years 2, 4, 5 and 6 visiting different UK locations and further developing their cultural capital.
Landywood’s Activity Passport plays a vital role in ensuring equity for all pupils, particularly disadvantaged children including those with SEND, Pupil Premium and EAL, by guaranteeing access to a wide range of meaningful experiences that some children may not otherwise encounter. Cultural capital refers to the knowledge, experiences, language, behaviours and skills that children draw upon to succeed academically and socially, and which often advantage those from more affluent backgrounds. Through carefully planned opportunities such as visiting museums and art galleries, attending live theatre, meeting authors and members of the wider community, and taking part in residential visits, the school deliberately develops pupils’ cultural capital in an inclusive and accessible way
These experiences broaden horizons, enrich vocabulary, build confidence and independence, and strengthen social and emotional skills, all of which are particularly impactful for pupils who face additional barriers to learning. By embedding these opportunities within the curriculum, Landywood ensures that every child leaves primary school with shared experiences, essential life skills and the confidence to engage with the wider world, enabling them to transition to the next stage of education on a truly level playing field.
At the end of Year 6, parents receive photographs of their children completing the activities, celebrating individual achievements, strengthening home-school relationships and allowing families to share in and value the rich experiences that contribute to their child’s personal development and cultural capital.
