Education | Posted on April 30th, 2025 | return to news
New skills for Broadstone pupils
The ‘University of Broadstone Curriculum’ saw Broadstone Middle School pupils developing new interests and skills.
Pupils at a Broadstone school have had a chance to show off some new skills.
At the completion of their latest ‘University of Broadstone Curriculum’ they held an ‘Outcome Day’.
Every nine weeks, the youngsters in Years 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Broadstone Middle School choose an option to help them develop a new interest or life skill.
They then show off what they have learned or created and parents are invited in to see the results.
Most recently, students at Broadstone Middle School chose from options including ‘Shoe Crew’ which involved decorating footwear, and PomPom Club in which they made pompoms.
Others chose various sporting skills, arts or crafts, performative arts, Dungeons and Dragons or cross stitch.
Harriet Blake, deputy headteacher, said: “The University of Broadstone Curriculum has been going for some years and the children love it.
“They take four options during a year and can’t do the same one twice so they get to experience a variety of courses across their time with us.
“Each teacher decides what they will offer and they take mixed groups from all the years.
“Some of the most unusual options include forensic science, interior design and coding.
“They enable children to learn new skills, develop new interests and skills, as well as gain an understanding of things beyond the National Curriculum.
“The children also meet and befriend those not from their year groups, learn to work in teams and develop new social skills.
“This all goes to supporting their personal development and the sense of community at Broadstone Middle School.
“The latest Outcome Day saw parents come to look over what the children had been doing. The Shoe Crew and PomPom club were particularly popular.”
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