Enriching our children's lives

At St Rose, we want to provide our children with experiences that will enrich their lives, enhance our curriculum and provide them with opportunities to visit places that some may never be able to encounter. Regardless of background, we want to develop their strengths, skills and interests through their time in our school and give all our children the chance to thrive and succeed.

Through our carefully planned curriculum, we have made meaningful links which enable our children to be able to immerse themselves in the different topics.

VR headsets allow us to take our children to far off places, explores different elements of the past and develop their language skills through immersive classroom experiences.
All our children have two opportunities to enjoy our Forest School area as part of their DT curriculum. Scheduled for different seasons in the academic year, they can develop their tool handling skills whilst also enhancing their team-building skills through the variety of activities designed for them.
Our academic calendar has workshops scheduled that take place in school, delivered by external companies, which provide our children with the chance to learn new skills and information from experts and these are then transferred into the classroom.
Our annual retreat day, either during the season of Advent or Lent, enables the whole school to take the time to reflect and consider the importance of this liturgical season and the part that we need to play in it.
Our class visits have been carefully chosen so that our children are able to visit local places of interest that enhance their curriculum, along with providing an experience that they may not be able to have outside of school.
We have a calendar of sporting events that provide all our children with the chance to take part in a range of different activities.
We offer our children the chance to perform in different concerts through our links with our local Catholic secondary school and the Birmingham Youth Proms.
Our after-school club program gives our children the chance to meet with other children from other year groups and develop their skills in different sports, choir, and sign language.

The table below details the wide variety of opportunities and experiences we provide our children in St Rose.

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Year Group	What is the experience?	What type of experience is it?	How does it link to our curriculum?
Nursery	All about me	In school workshop	Understanding the world – All about me
	British Science Week Workshop	In school Workshop	Understanding the world – Understanding my body
	World Book Day / Poetry Day	In school workshop relating to either World Book Day or Poetry	Literacy
	African Drumming Workshop	In school workshop	Expressive Arts
	Advent / Lent Retreat	Whole School Faith Retreat	RE
	Forest School	Nature / Fire / Dens	Understanding the world, PSED and PD
	Living caterpillars / Butterfly garden	Life cycles	Understanding the world – growing and changing.
	(Year A) Ash End Farm	Visit to experience the farm	Understanding the world – growing and changing, animals and their babies
	(Year A) Christmas Theatre trip - Birmingham REP (Year B) Pantomime performance in school	To experience a live performance at a theatre	Enrichment and cultural capital Links to literacy
Reception	All about me	In school workshop	Understanding the world – All about me
	British Science Week Workshop	In school Workshop	Understanding the world – Understanding my body
	World Book Day / Poetry Day	In school workshop relating to either World Book Day or Poetry	Literacy
	African Drumming Workshop	In school workshop	Expressive Arts
	Advent / Lent Retreat	Whole School Faith Retreat	RE
	Forest School	Nature / Fire / Dens	Understanding the world, PSED and PD
	Living Eggs	Life cycles	Understanding the world – growing and changing.
	Tamworth Castle	Visit to local historical place of interest	Understanding the world – Kings and Queens.
	(Year A) Christmas Theatre trip - Birmingham REP (Year B) Pantomime performance in school	To experience a live performance at a theatre	Enrichment and cultural capital Links to literacy
Year 1	British Science Week Workshop	In school workshop with theme related to British Science Week	Science
	World Book Day / Poetry Day	In school workshop relating to either World Book Day or Poetry	English
	African Drumming Workshop	In school workshop in week leading up to World Music Day	Music
	Online Safety Workshop	In school workshop during Online Safety week	Computing / RSHE
	Shakespeare Workshop	In school workshop relating to one of Shakespeare’s plays	Link to English during Shakespeare Week.
	Advent / Lent Retreat	Whole School Faith Retreat	RE
	Forest School	Nature / Fire / Dens	Links to DT, Science and Enrichment
	Think Tank Trip	Visit to science museum	Links to Animals and their needs, materials and magnets, human body units in Science
	Faith experience – St Philips Cathedral	Online visit relating to another faith	RE, RSHE, British Values
	(Year A) Christmas Theatre trip - Birmingham REP (Year B) Pantomime performance in school	To experience a live performance at a theatre or in school	Enrichment and cultural capital Links to Reading for Pleasure
Year 2	British Science Week Workshop	In school workshop with theme related to British Science Week	Science
	World Book Day / Poetry Day	In school workshop relating to either World Book Day or Poetry	English
	African Drumming Workshop	In school workshop in week leading up to World Music Day	Music
	Online Safety Workshop	In school workshop during Online Safety week	Computing / RSHE
	Shakespeare Workshop	In school workshop relating to one of Shakespeare’s plays	Link to English during Shakespeare Week.
	Advent / Lent Retreat	Whole School Faith Retreat	RE
	Forest School	Nature / Fire / Dens	Links to DT, Science and Enrichment
	Mount Pleasant Farm	Visit to local farm	Links to Plants and Life Cycles in Science Writing opportunities in English
	Faith experience – Shri Venkateswara	Online visit relating to another faith	RE, RSHE, British Values
	(Year A) Christmas Theatre trip - Birmingham REP (Year B) Pantomime performance in school	To experience a live performance at a theatre or in school	Enrichment and cultural capital Links to Reading for Pleasure
Year 3	British Science Week Workshop	In school workshop with theme related to British Science Week	Science
	World Book Day / Poetry Day	In school workshop relating to either World Book Day or Poetry	English
	African Drumming Workshop	In school workshop in week leading up to World Music Day	Music
	Online Safety Workshop	In school workshop during Online Safety week	Computing / RSHE
	Shakespeare Workshop	In school workshop relating to one of Shakespeare’s plays	Link to English during Shakespeare Week.
	Advent / Lent Retreat	Whole School Faith Retreat	RE
	Forest School	Nature / Fire / Dens	Links to DT, Science and Enrichment
	Warwick Castle	Visit to local place of interest	Links to Anglo Saxons
	Faith experience – Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha	Online visit relating to another faith	RE, RSHE, British Values
	(Year A) Christmas Theatre trip - Birmingham REP (Year B) Pantomime performance in school	To experience a live performance at a theatre or in school	Enrichment and cultural capital Links to Reading for Pleasure
	Youth Proms	Choir children singing at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham	Music
Year 4	British Science Week Workshop	In school workshop with theme related to British Science Week	Science
	World Book Day / Poetry Day	In school workshop relating to either World Book Day or Poetry	English
	African Drumming Workshop	In school workshop in week leading up to World Music Day	Music
	Online Safety Workshop	In school workshop during Online Safety week	Computing / RSHE
	Shakespeare Workshop	In school workshop relating to one of Shakespeare’s plays	Link to English during Shakespeare Week.
	Advent / Lent Retreat	Whole School Faith Retreat	RE
	Forest School	Nature / Fire / Dens	Links to DT, Science and Enrichment
	Birmingham Botanical Gardens	Visit to local place of interest	Links to Science
	Faith experience – Birmingham Buddist Vihara	Online visit relating to another faith	RE, RSHE, British Values
	(Year A) Christmas Theatre trip - Birmingham REP (Year B) Pantomime performance in school	To experience a live performance at a theatre or in school	Enrichment and cultural capital Links to Reading for Pleasure
	Youth Proms	Choir children singing at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham	Music
	STACS Stem Event	STEM workshop at St Thomas Aquinas (local secondary school)	Science and DT
	Birmingham Music Service	Learn to play an instrument	Weekly Ukulele lessons as part of Music Curriculum
	West Midlands Fire Service	SPARKS workshop	Links to fire safety in RSHE
Year 5	British Science Week Workshop	In school workshop with theme related to British Science Week	Science
	World Book Day / Poetry Day	In school workshop relating to either World Book Day or Poetry	English
	African Drumming Workshop	In school workshop in week leading up to World Music Day	Music
	Online Safety Workshop	In school workshop during Online Safety week	Computing / RSHE
	Shakespeare Workshop	In school workshop relating to one of Shakespeare’s plays	Link to English during Shakespeare Week.
	Advent / Lent Retreat	Whole School Faith Retreat	RE
	Forest School	Nature / Fire / Dens	Links to DT, Science and Enrichment
	Black Country Living Museum	Visit to local area of interest	Links to Industrial Revolution and the Victorians in History and Bridges in DT
	Faith experience – Birmingham Central Mosque	Online visit relating to another faith	RE, RSHE, British Values, History, Art
	(Year A) Christmas Theatre trip - Birmingham REP (Year B) Pantomime performance in school	To experience a live performance at a theatre or in school	Enrichment and cultural capital Links to Reading for Pleasure
	STACS Stem Event	STEM workshop at St Thomas Aquinas (local secondary school)	Air resistance in Science and DT
	STACs PE event	Sporting event at St Thomas Aquinas (local secondary school)	PE
	Birmingham Music Service	Learn to play an instrument	Weekly Ukulele after school club to continue learning from Year 4 in Music.
	Youth Proms	Choir children singing at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham	Music
	STACS Performances: Christmas Easter End of Year	Opportunity for some children to work with other local catholic schools to perform in a large-scale performance	RE, Music, Enrichment
Year 6	British Science Week Workshop	In school workshop with theme related to British Science Week	Science
	World Book Day / Poetry Day	In school workshop relating to either World Book Day or Poetry	English
	African Drumming Workshop	In school workshop in week leading up to World Music Day	Music
	Online Safety Workshop	In school workshop during Online Safety week	Computing / RSHE
	Shakespeare Workshop	In school workshop relating to one of Shakespeare’s plays	Link to English during Shakespeare Week.
	Transition Workshop	In school workshop to help prepare for transition from Year 6 to secondary school	RSHE
	Advent / Lent Retreat	Whole School Faith Retreat	RE
	Forest School	Nature / Fire / Dens	Links to DT, Science and Enrichment
	National Memorial Arboretum	Visit to local place of interest	Links to World War I in History, Citizenship and British Values in RSHE
	Faith experience – Birmingham Progressive Synagogue	Online visit relating to another faith	RE, RSHE, British Values, History
	Alton Castle Residential	Residential and religious retreat experience	Catholic Retreat in RE and Adventurous Activities in PE
	(Year A) Christmas Theatre trip - Birmingham REP (Year B) Pantomime performance in school	To experience a live performance at a theatre or in school	Enrichment and cultural capital Links to Reading for Pleasure
	Youth Proms	Choir children singing at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham	Music
	STACS Performances: Christmas Easter End of Year	Opportunity for some children to work with other local catholic schools to perform in a large-scale performance	RE, Music, Enrichment

Enrichment wish

In keeping with our focus on the Catholic Virtues, each class has their own 'wish' that they are hoping demonstrates their use of the virtues. As a school, we look to show our use of the virtues in all that we do. With this in mind, we have an 'enrichment wish' for the whole school...

To live out Pope Francis' teaching and help to care for our Common Home.

If you would like to know more about what it means to 'Live wisely, think deeply, love generously' then please click on the picture above to watch a cartoon where the charity CAFOD helps us to understand what Pope Francis asks of us.

Will you play your part to look after our common home?

Can you take simple everyday eco-actions to care for the earth, like turning off lights, reducing water waste and recycling?

And will you live more simply, reducing the amount of things we buy and throw away, so that we don’t take more than our fair share?