As part of school life, South Wingfield offers many different experiences to every child during their time here. We want children to have a rich set of experiences and as well as having a broad and balanced curriculum, we want them to learn to be resilient, face challenges, problem solve, experience team work, learn outdoors and have fun. 

All children participate in Forest Schools at the local woodland, learn to play a musical instrument, perform in a choir and take part in sporting competitions. 

Recently, the children have experienced the following activities:

• Tough Runner
• Tough Rower
• A visit from a planetarium
• Balanceability training
• Bikeability training
• A theatre visit
• Outdoor problem solving, stream walking and orienteering

Pupil leadership roles

As part of their personal development, children can take on roles across school. These include being an MP on the pupil parliament, a librarian, a mini sports leader, a Makaton expert and a sports captain. 

Our curriculum is carefully designed to encourage creativity from rich, stimulating experiences, appealing to all learners. We want to encourage this creativity through 5 strands.

• Physical spontaneity - the enjoyment of movement when learning, in all its forms.
• Social spontaneity – to converse and interact socially, not just listen to adults speak.
• Cognitive spontaneity - the ability to solve problems without being told what to do.
• Trial and error - getting it wrong and trying again, not following a predefined set of steps but exploring and experimenting to solve the problem.
• Overtones of joy - have memorable experiences that light up childhood. If we can support our children to have more positive experiences of life than negative then they are much more likely to thrive. We have our top 50 experiences!

Top 50 experiences 

• Perform in a choir
• Forest School
• Be an evacuee for the day
• Act in a concert
• Visit the theatre
• Take part in a bowling tournament
• Compete at a sporting event
• Visit places of worship
• Work alongside an artist
• Stay away from home
• Go back in time in South Wingfield
• Develop circus skills
• Play a tuned instrument
• Follow a map
• Walk through a stream
• Go orienteering
• Drive a go-kart
• Be a tough runner
• Row in a race
• Perform a Christmas concert
• Design and make a meal
• Run a charity event
• Build dens and structures outdoors
• Explore how chocolate is made
• Learn to swim
• Create art from nature
• Release butterflies
• Dissect an organ
• Learn to dance with a dancer
• Work with an author
• Tend and nurse a plant
• Light a fire outdoors
• Go on a picnic
• Feed a baby animal
• Explore space and time
• Use Stone Age tools
• Be a super hero for the day
• Explore crime and punishment
• Be a book character for the day
• Run a cafe
• Design a milkshake
• Have a street party
• Raise money for charity
• Debate your point of view
• Paddleboard
• Become an author
• Learn to ride a bike on the road
• Write your own menu and make the food
• Stargaze
• Learn first aid