Adventures to Remember and Big Hearts (Community Projects)

At Hardwick, we are proud to offer opportunities to both grow and give back, outside of the traditional curriculum offer. We do this through our two programmes: Adventures to Remember and Big Hearts. 

Adventures to Remember

‘Building Childhood Memories That Last a Lifetime’

At Hardwick, we believe that the time children spend with us throughout their Primary Education is precious. Whilst achieving their very best academic outcomes, we also want children to build lifelong memories, lasting friendships and engage in a rich set of experiences from which they can draw upon throughout their lives.

In response to this, we are launching our ‘Adventures to Remember - Building Childhood Memories That Last a Lifetime’ trips and visits creating special childhood memories that go beyond the curriculum - experiences that shape a child’s sense of wonder, adventure, and joy. This is one trip or visit each year (within a budget of £20) that builds childhood memories and experiences for example: taking a train journey to Oxford to visit a museum, visiting the theatre, a walk in the woods and a forest school session.

Year Group	Experience
Nursery	Teddy Bears Picnic and Parachute Games
Reception	Visit to Fairytale Farm
Year 1	Forest School
Year 2	Cotswold Wildlife Park
Year 3	Warwick Castle
Year 4	Visit to the Pantomime at the theatre
Year 5	Train to Oxford Natural History Museum
Year 6	A residential week at a working farm, staying in a manor house

 

Big Hearts

At Hardwick, we are at the centre of an amazing and unique community here in Banbury. Each year our children work in our community to help those around us. We have big hearts and give back to the community whenever we can.

Nursery & Reception	Harvest Festival Donations for St Peter’s Church, Banbury
Year 1	Lay a coin snake with donations raising money for The Horton Hospital
Year 2	Make Christmas Cards for our Local Retirement Home – Green Pastures
Year 3	Raise Money for Children in Need through organising events and non-school uniform day.
Year 4	Santa Run for Katharine House Hospice, raising money for our local Hospice
Year 5	Fundraising day for the GLF Foundation, supporting families in need in our community of schools.
Year 6	Sell poppies to raise money for the British Legion