Creative Curriculum Time
Creative Curriculum days are scheduled for one day each half term for children in Prep and Pre-Prep and are designed to enrich and enhance the subjects they study in the National Curriculum. They cover topics that the children would not normally be able to explore fully within their normal timetable. All the activities for the day are cross-curricular but revolve around a common theme. Below are some examples of recent CCT days.
Safer Internet Day - 'Too Good to be True!"—focused on protecting ourselves and others from scams online'.
The day was marked with a wide variety of activities, carried out by all pupils across the school. Topics included phishing, online identity, managing online information, cyberbullying and managing purchases online.
Kind Brave Brilliant—The whole school explored the meaning behind our school motto of Kind Brave Brilliant. The Prep and Pre-Prep children were split into groups of different ages and the activities ranged from random acts of kindness bookmarks, which were taken to Tonbridge Library, being brave in sensory circuits, to writing and learning brilliant songs, dances and pieces of drama.
The Prep groups also participated in a collaborative piece of artwork in tribute to Ruby Bridges, an American civil rights activist, who they learnt is not only brave and brilliant, but also very kind through the charity work she does.
Flotsam—Centred around the wordless book Flotsam by David Wiesner. Students participated in various activities, including creating under-the-sea models, exploring tangrams, and taking magnified photos. They learned about the history of photography, made cyanotype prints, and built junk box cameras. Pupils composed songs inspired by Flotsam, debated lost property dilemmas, and created digital illustrations. In science, they designed canvas bags to raise awareness of plastic pollution, and in English, wrote creative pieces based on the book.
The children are split into groups of mixed ages and progress through four aged-appropriate activities within the day. The activities are designed to be fun but challenging—encouraging the children to go on a journey of guided discovery using their critical thinking and creative skills.
“Creative Curriculum days enable pupils of all ages to work well in group scenarios and use their initiative to try and find answers themselves before seeking further help from an adult”