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Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development

Word cloud of words for SMSC

What is SMSC?

SMSC stands for Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development. Here at CJS we take great pride in developing children's individual interests, personalities, discovering strengths and passions and offering a huge range of opportunities for all. 

What does this look like at CJS?

Here are just a some of the examples of how we develop SMSC at Clanfield Junior School: 

Spiritually:

  • Harvest festival 

  • Visit to church yr 4 and yr5  

  • Autumn, Spring and Summer fun day 

  • Woodland outdoor activities and opportunities to be outside

  • Pond dipping days 

  • Holi festival  

  • Remembrance poems at the church 

  • Remembrance drone and musician event 

  • Year 2 visits for nature adventures 

  • Year 4 and 5 visits to church  

  • Reverend visits  

  • Muslim visitor for Y5 and 6 

  • New reading and writing curriculum which celebrates the environment and supports children with learning about diversity 

  • Virtual author visits and workshops to inspire children with reading and writing 

     

Morally:

  • School values and class rules 

  • House points and STARS assemblies 

  • Brain science assemblies

  • Assemblies linked to protected characteristics and the British values 

  • Trauma aware approach- restorative conversations 

  • Wrist bands for the school values 

  • My happy mind scheme to learn about the brain 

  • SCARF PSHE scheme

  • Golden Tickets at Lunchtime  for our courtyard area

  • Studying the poetry of Benjamin Zephaniah and creating their own linked to the themes of his work (including the environment, diversity and social justice) 

  • New reading curriculum explores environmental issues and diversity 

  • PECAN Workshops around protecting our oceans, climate 101 and sustainability 

  • Pond dipping opportunities with STEM ambassador 

Socially:

  • Volunteering roles such as- library, watering plants, welcome buddies, tuck shop, laptops,  

  • Guide dog visit to year 3 

  • Harvest Festival learning, assembly and food bank donations 

  • Fire visit- year 5 day 

  • Head teacher assemblies on protected characteristics, diversity and discrimination (see themes) 

  • Blind artist assembly and workshops by Clarke Reynolds 

  • School council reps who have led great changes across the school

  • Clanfield Rangers who care for our environment and educate other pupils

  • Community Ambassadors- helping our local community 

  • Helping with Nature adventures for year 2 children from local schools

  • Brent lodge visit and fundraising

  • Remembrance Sunday at the church 

  • Blue Cross Talks- Pets and our wellbeing 

  • JRSO platinum award 

  • Residential trips for yr 4 and yr 6 

  • New school trips linked to our local area and aspirational visits

  • Trips of special interest for children particularly interested in key subjects, such as historians to the Mary Rose Museum, Scientists to HTC. Maths whizzes to Aim High Day and STEM enthusiasts to Churchers College

  • Forces club

     

  • Anti bullying week & odd socks day 

  • VE Day visit to Swallows Court to share stories  

  • Community ambassadors visiting Swallow Court to read with residents 

  • Community ambassadors helping with Stay and Play 

  • Improved outdoor areas with new toys and sports for all children

Culturally:

  • Extra cricket, gymnastic, archery, dance and football enrichment sessions

  • Pop up pool 

  • Circus visit and skipping day 

  • Paddle sports visit 

  • Weekly music songs from different cultures 

  • Sports day 

  • Intra mural Football tournament  

  • Poetry competitions 

  • Author, Petr Horáček (year 3) 

  • Gardening enrichment sessions for all pupils

  • School council meetings and fundraising events

  • Muslim visitor for Y5 and 6 

  • Colour splash celebrating Holi 

  • World Book Week activities 

  • Song of the Week showcasing music from different cultures and genres 

  • Studying the poetry of Benjamin Zephaniah and creating their own linked to the themes of his work (including the environment, diversity and social justice)   

  • Empathy Day Festival Virtual Visit: Lisette Auton, author of The Starlight Rebel - explaining the importance of disability and neurodivergent representation in books, how this inspired her characters and how this relates to empathy. 

  • Visit from Paul Sturgess to discuss diversity and his life story