Alderley Edge Community Primary School

Cultural Capital

What is Cultural Capital?

Cultural Capital is the child. Now think of the child as a Jigsaw. That child or Jigsaw is made up of all the experiences that make them who they are. This includes traditions, cultures, religions and backgrounds. Every child and every practitioner will have different pieces or cultural capital that make up their jigsaw. It is our job as practitioners to give all children as many opportunities and experiences as possible, in order to give them the missing pieces to their jigsaws to help shape their understanding of life and how they live it.

 

Cultural capital is the accumulation of knowledge, behaviours, and skills that a child can draw upon and which demonstrates their cultural aware

 

 

ness, knowledge and competence;  it is one of the key ingredients a child will draw upon to be successful in society, their career and the world of work.

Cultural capital promotes social mobility and success.

 

Cultural capital gives a children a wide base on which to develop. We build on their cultural awareness from home, their beliefs and

 own experiences, and enhance it through opportunites provided by school. The more cultural capital a child has the more it helps t

 

hem achieve goals and become successful, and not limted by wealth or financial capital.

 

Cultural capital is having expreinces and opportunities that give chidlren the desire to aspire and achieve.

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Alderley Edge Community Primary School Church Lane, Alderley Edge, Cheshire SK9 7UZ
01625 704510
Headteacher | Mrs Lindsey Walsh
SENDCO | Miss Melanie Rose
Designated Safeguarding Lead | Mrs Lindsey Walsh
Bursar | Mrs Suzanne Broadrick