Supporting Local Primary Schools with our Primary Enrichment Workshops – March 2025
Encouraging primary school children to develop new skills and gain hands-on experience across various curriculum subjects, our Primary Enrichment Programme workshops are great fun and engaging – the perfect way for children to learn and develop!
Strengthening and broadening not only children’s learning and knowledge, but supporting primary schools teachers in the delivery of key factors on the primary curriculum, our workshops complement and support what teachers already deliver in school. Free of charge, transport can also be provided and our workshops can also be hosted in schools, to ensure maximum opportunity and participation.
Tailored to suit age/year groups, workshops offer an engaging and dynamic mix of topics and skills accordingly; boosting interest and learning in STEAM subjects, the programme offers over 25 different workshops covering a variety of different subjects and activities. From Art Sculpturing, Crime Scene Investigation, Computational Thinking and Drama Workshops, to Music and Design, Geography Field Studies, as well as playing with LEGO at our LEGO Fun Day, and shows such as A Journey into Space and Kitchen Chemistry.
Attending workshops takes children out of their classrooms and own school and allows them to experience and become confident in new environments; another aspect of growth and development that is just as important as learning.
Our entire School community is involved in supporting the programme and the workshops; from teachers sharing their experience, passion and enthusiasm and taking their own time to plan and contribute to the workshops, to students chaperoning, participating and contributing; in turn supports development of their confidence, leadership and teamwork skills.
At least 20 primary schools participate each year; our programme is always fully booked. Cumulatively, approximately 1,900 children attend workshops each year, meaning by the end of this academic year 13,342 children will have taken part in workshops as part of this programme since its introduction. And this number is going to grow, as we have begun to introduce a similar programme for Senior school students, Secondary School Enrichment which we’ll share more information about soon.
Since our last Primary Enrichment roundup in December, the School has been brimming with local primary school children attending for various workshops. We’ve shared details of some of those workshops below, as a taste of what you can expect from Primary Enrichment at Woodbridge School.
LEGO Fun Day
An event for all the family, this workshop is hosted in School at the weekend and open to the community. Supported The Brickologists, this is always an extraordinary experience for children and adults alike to play and build with LEGO. From free build areas for Duplo, LEGO and LEGO Bionicles, to minifigure hunts with small prizes, it was a brilliant and lively workshop which saw children (and adults!) take part in a Brickoff Lego Challenge with prizes for the best models built, to car building and downhill race tracks. This regular event attracted people from across the School and the region, and as per usual, was thoroughly enjoyed!
Mandarin and Spanish Languages Workshops
Grundisburgh Primary School joined us in School to take part in our Mandarin and Spanish workshop. With activities relating to each of the countries separately, children learned about the languages, the countries and their culture; singing songs, learning about traditions and making Spanish carnival masks, as well as learning about how Mandarin characters were invented, meaning of a series of radicals and competitions to see who could assess the most characters successfully.
Celebrating the Festival of Light
Exploring Hinduism and Judaism, this workshop focused on light and its special meaning and message across the world. Children from Years 3 to 6 from our own Prep School thoroughly enjoyed making their own Hindu Diya lamp which they were able to take home with them.
The Science of Science Fiction
Supported by Sirius Astronomy, children from Years 3 to 6 from several different primary schools as well as our own Prep School, came together for our ‘Science of Science Fiction’ show in our Seckford Theatre. This enthralling, educational and exciting show used flames, marshmallows, ladders, oil, water, lasers and plenty of willing volunteers to unmask the untruths and explain the truths within the ‘Science of Science Fiction’. Children learned how rockets work, why astronauts wear space suits and how to make an invisibility cloak!
Coming up in the next few weeks as we head to the end of Lent term, our Netball Tournament and Multiskills Tournaments will take place:
Netball Tournament
Our Netball Tournament for children from Years 5 and 6 offers an introduction to the full seven-aside game, which is played from Year 7 upwards at all Senior schools, so gives them an insight into what children have in store in sports beyond primary school. With seven different primary schools taking part, children will take part in a round robin format tournament, a perfect introduction for children to experience the full 7 vs 7 game in preparation for their next step to senior school sport!
Multiskills Tournament
Over 130 children from Year 1 at local primary schools are set to join us for a multi-skills festival, where they will take part in a carousel of different sporting activities. As well as having great fun together, and making new friends, children will work on developing co-ordination alongside many other sports skills. Our own Sports Leader students will be on hand, helping to manage the day, and talk to the children about the different sports on offer from Year 7 onwards in senior school.
This is just a selection of the Primary Enrichment workshops on offer through our programme, and the learning and fun had by children attending. If you’d like to find out more, or enquire about your school attending in future, please email primary_enrichment@woodbridgeschool.org.uk.
