What is Cultural Capital?

Cultural Capital can be defined in many different ways. At Beech Hill, we are committed to giving children a range of experiences throughout their time in our school from Early Years to Year 6. These can include everything from visiting a farm, to taking part in a sports event, to visiting a museum or going on a residential trip. All these varied experiences amount to give the children the knowledge, skills and behaviours they need for life. We will broaden the children's minds and introduce them to new places, cultures and careers that they might have never encountered before. We hope that these experiences will enrich the children's education, give them enjoyment and help the children to become successful in the future. This is what we mean by Cultural Capital. 

Below is a selection of the different Cultural Capital visits and opportunities we offer at Beech Hill:

Nursery

Visiting Santa at the farm

Mini beasts and butterfly magic at Scotswood Nature Gardens

Reception

Pantomine visit at the Tyne Theatre

Nature Treasure Hunt at Scotswood Nature Gardens

Library visit

Beach trip

Year 1

Visit to Gibside National Trust

Learning about trees at Scotswood Nature Gardens

Library visit

Beach trip

Year 2

Sunderland Winter Gardens

Gibside National Trust

Scotswood Nature Gardens

Centre for Life

Library visit

Beach trip

Year 3

Seed dispersal at Scotswood Nature Gardens

Pond dipping, planting and growing at Scotswood Nature Gardens

Badminiton at the Tyneside Badminton Centre

Multi-skills at Walker Activity Dome

Library visit

Beach trip

Year 4

WW2 at the Discovery Museum

STEM at the Discovery Museum

Habitats and pond dipping at Scotswood Nature Gardens

Team building residential at Berwick 

Romans at Vindolands

Swimming

Library visit

Beach trip

Year 5

Wallington Hall National Trust

Careers visitors (eg. police, solicitor, pharmaceuticalist)

Meet an author at the Royal Grammar School

Team games at Walker Activity Dome

Willow craft at Scotswood Nature Gardens

Pizza making at Pizza Express

London Residential

Discovery Museum's STEM careers fayre

Planting and growing at Scotswood Nature Gardens

Library visit

Beach trip

Year 6

Safety works.

Careers visitors (eg. police, solicitor, pharmaceuticalist)

Discovery Museum's STEM careers fayre

Map making at Scotswood Nature Gardens

Robin Wood - end of Beech Hill celebration

Library visit

Beach trip.