Welcoming Local Schools to Primary Enrichment Workshops – Nov 2025
Exploring a variety of topics and experiences, the School has been brimming with local primary school children attending Primary Enrichment workshops; from Design and Science, to Photography and Music.
Free of charge and offered to schools in our local community and beyond, our Primary Enrichment Programme workshops are tailored to suit the age of those attending, boosting interest and learning in STEAM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths). They encourage children to develop new skills and gain hands-on experience across various curriculum subjects, strengthening and broadening knowledge – through fun and engagement.
Providing an exciting and dynamic mix of topics and skills, appealing to many, our workshops intend to bring genuine joy and enjoyment to children as they learn and to support teachers to deliver key factors on the primary curriculum; complimenting and supporting what they are already delivering in school. 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.
Design Workshop with Mellis Primary School
Our Design Workshop with our Head of Design, Mrs Cracknell, saw the Year 5 and 6 children set about designing and making wooden book ends, using a variety of techniques and workshop tools – all under the watchful eye of our teachers and support staff. It was a super opportunity for children from Mellis Primary School to spend time in our Design workshop, and to use tools and machines they hadn’t seen before. Part of the workshop embed key health and safety considerations, encouraging confidence and new skills. The children were extremely pleased with their finished items, happily taking them home to enjoy – but not before they’d enjoyed a delicious lunch in School.
Music Day with Eyke and St Mary’s Primary Schools
Our Music Day saw children learning music in a number of different formats, playing instruments and having great fun in the process. A fun-packed day of learning music from teachers at Woodbridge School, as well as lunch together with all the other students in the dining hall, the children’s day concluded with an informal concert performed for their parents, which was nothing short of delightful and fun.
Photography Workshop with Melton Primary School
Children from Years 5 and 6 at Melton Primary School were excited to attend this workshop hosted by our Art department. Looking at digital studio photography and providing the children with the opportunity to use the school’s equipment, they also met and worked with professional photographer, Ruth Leach. Together in groups they were allocated the roles of Concept Lead, Art Director, Stylist and Photographic Director. They were asked to design a picture for a burger advert that made a statement! Discussing and creating a storyboard, they created their concept and planned the shot! Arranging the components of the burger on a frame strung with finishing line against a black backdrop lit with studio flash lighting, they photographed then added mist using water, before spraying ketchup and mustard!
K’NEX Earthquake Challenge Workshop with St Mary’s Primary School
Challenged with saving the people of San Francisco, children spent time considering and building a tower using K’Nex that can withstand our earthquake simulator! An interactive workshop, children were supported with improving their problem-solving skills, working in teams and ultimately building a model tower. The children had great fun and learned lots about not only construction and considerations to withstand external forces, but about earthquakes themselves; it proved to be a fascinating day with plenty of learning opportunities.
Science Workshop with St Mary’s RC School
Travelling to Woodbridge School by minibus, as if that wasn’t exciting enough, children from Year 5 at St Mary’s Primary School were thrilled to be learning in our science labs together, where they donned their lab coats and protective goggles! After completing a risk assessment for the experiments they were about to do, they got started, under the watchful eyes of the teachers and some of the Woodbridge School students who had joined them to help provide support. Working with different materials, they tested and experimented the afternoon away, attempting to solve the mystery of who broke into the Woodbridge School labs. Using investigative techniques to solve the crime, as well as problem solving skills, they applied laboratory techniques to search and analyse the clues found at the crime scene!
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 or visit woodbridgeschool.org.uk/community/primary-enrichment/.
