What is Enrichment?

Enrichment “…aims to improve outcomes for all children through access to rich and rounded experiences that broaden their horizons and prepare them for life…. highlighting the importance of: access to nature, sport, the arts, culture and heritage; knowledge to better understand the world; and skills to prepare for the future”.                                                                                                                                                                        Every Child Should Website, 2022  

Enrichment includes new, treasured and/or enjoyed activities that enrich children’s lives and help them find and decide where their interests and passions lie.
To help us shape enrichment ideas for children to experience at MSA, we have used information from Every Child Should, National Trust ’50 things to do before you are 11 3/4‘, the Department for Education Activity 
Passport, as well as what we know about the experiences our children do or do not have outside of school in our local area, or that we want them to have before they move on to their next stage of Education.

Enrichment activities provide opportunities to try new and varied activities that may not strictly fit into the curriculum, but that develop character, resilience, and motivation - and encourage children to pursue 
wider goals. It helps to teach life skills that benefit children beyond the classroom and can develop an appreciation for cultural and community issues, and social responsibility. 
As well as being fun, enrichment sessions are intended to raise self-esteem and confidence, develop skills in team work and independent learning, broaden their horizons and ignite a passion for a previously 
unknown pursuit. Enrichment activities also support our aim of helping children to keep mentally healthy, and to find activities that support their own mental health and wellbeing. 

For more information about our Enrichment offer in EYFS & KS1, please click on the link below. 

Future Me Week

We hold 'Future Me' week in June each year.  All children in Reception, Year One and Year Two take part in different activities through the week.  Future Me week focuses on how all the different subjects that they learn, can help them in jobs they may like to have in the future.  

We know our children are young, and of course we do not expect them to know exactly what they want to do for their job when they are older yet.  But in line with our DREAM Team value 'Akira the Anteater - Aspiration', we want to help them have a greater understanding about how what they are learning now in school, could help them be whatever they want to be in when they grow up.

As part of Future Me Week children:

• take part in a daily assembly with a visitor (a family grown up/someone from the community/from the local area) sharing their job and what subjects/skills they use in their job.
• read fact files about family grown ups in school containing information about their job and what school subjects/skills help them in their job.
• take part in activities related/linked to different jobs.
• consider what skills/subjects they enjoy and what kind of jobs they may like to do when they are older.
• dress up on the final day of 'Future Me Week' as their 'Future Me' in the role/job they may like to do when they are older.