Extra curricular activities and enrichment
As a school, we are proud of the varied and progressive extra-curricular provision established. Everything offered by school supports our commitment to the wider development of our children's abilities. We take the responsibility to contribute to a child's personal development and welfare as seriously as the role we play in teaching a child academically.
All classes have special 'topic' visits, that enrich their learning. In addition, we use our school minibus to visit local areas or attend sporting competitions. We also welcome visitors to our school and value the contribution they make to our curriculum. The following table details the wide variety of experiences we have on offer.
As children progress in to Key Stage Two, they have the opportunity to attend an outdoor and adventurous residential trip. These trips provide valuable learning experiences to challenge their confidence, determination and ability to work in a team. For children in Year 3 and 4 they can attend an extended residential day, as where children in Year 5 and 6 have extended days or the option of a two-night residential stay.
Sport
Sport is an integral part of life at Minworth and we aspire for all children to enjoy taking part in PE and school sport.
We have an excellent and ever improving PE and sports provision that includes:
- Two specialist PE Teachers who deliver high quality PE in each class every week.
- A wide range of extra-curricular sports clubs, the majority of which are free for children to attend.
- Affiliation to the Sutton Coldfield District School Sports Association.
- A partnership with other local schools to share good practice and plan and prepare cross-school activities.
- Links to the Wilson Stuart School Sports Partnership that helps bring schools together for cross school competitions and training.
- A partnership with Bike North Birmingham who work to promote sustainable and environmentally friendly modes of transport, through fun projects and activities.
- A partner with Rugby Tots, who provide a lunchtime club.
- Termly enrichment events to encourage participation and enjoyment in sport.
- Yearly swimming for Key Stage 2, with children in year 3, 4, 5 and 6 swimming each academic year for 8 weeks.
Music
Music, and the manner in which it enriches the curriculum and children's learning, is a prominent aspect of life at Minworth and is something that we know creates life long memories and skills. To this end, we offer the following commitment and provision:
- During their time at Minworth, every child will learn to play a musical instrument.
- We have a specialist teacher to teach whole class guitar in year 4.
- We subscribe to and partner with the Birmingham music service.
- We offer every child the opportunity to participate in our active school choir who participate in events at venues such as the annual music service ensemble gala evening at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham.
All children at Minworth are taught to sing in music lessons and our weekly singing assembly. We also run an extra-curricular school choir where children are given the opportunity to perform live whenever possible!
Clubs on Offer
On average we offer close to 2000 hours of clubs to our children, with the vast majority of these being free. Our commitment to finding a hobby that interests our children means that on average 97% of children participate in a club. The following are just some of the clubs we have offered over the last couple of years:
- Athletics
- Basketball
- Badminton
- Board Games/puzzles
- Boccia
- Coding
- Cricket
- Debate
- Drama
- Dance
- Dodgeball
- Drawing
- Football
- Forest School
- Gardening
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Hockey
- Indoor Fitness
- Jewellery making
- Junk Modelling
- Lacrosse
- Lego
- Netball
- Multisport
- Origami
- School Newspaper
- Spanish
- Rounders
- Rugby
- Rugby Tots
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Yoga
Our Sport Coaches frequently speak to our pupils to discover what clubs they would like to try.