Project Conquer

an you conquer Cogenhoe?

In the 2019-2020 academic year, teachers, parents, Governors and pupils at Cogenhoe Primary all worked together to design and develop 100 non-academic skills, attributes and activities that all pupils will achieve by the time they leave in Year 6. Each year group will have 15 steps to achieve and these will be interwoven and celebrated alongside our whole school curriculum.

We understand that our pupils sometimes lack confidence, resilience and the understanding of certain skills which really will help to prepare them for the wider world. Our steps in each year group will help and give children the opportunity to work independently and in partnership with their parents and teachers to become well-rounded, informed and confident citizens, ready to contribute positively to the world around them.

Some of the steps are purely and simply just for fun! They are things that we are all guilty of taking for granted at times and we must still place importance on them and acknowledge them in this world and in our lives.

All of our pupils will be able to clearly demonstrate each step at least three times before a skill can be completed. All pupils will be presented with a special book which they will use to record all of their notes, pictures, photos, drawings and comments in.

Please see our steps below:

Pre-School

1. Put on my own coat
2. Help to make a snack
3. Climb or balance at the park
4. Play a throw and catch game with a friend
5. Help to tidy up
6. Play hide and seek with a group of friends
7. Splash in a puddle
8. Use cutlery appropriately
9. Say please and thank you at the right time
10. Take turns in a game and share

Reception

1. Cut up own food using a knife and fork
2. Tidy my things away when I have finished with them
3. Collect something (conkers, leaves, stamps, magazines etc)
4. Get changed by themselves and do up buttons
5. Zip up your coat
6. Fold your clothes in a neat pile
7. Put your shoes on the right feet
8. Go to the toilet by myself, flush and wash my hands properly
9. Grow something from a seed
10. Pay for something in a shop using money
11. Do something that scares you (crawl through a tunnel)
12. Sing or say at least 3 of nursery rhymes
13. Build a den
14. Clear my own things away from the table after a meal
15. Talk to adults using full sentences

 Year 1

1. Make my bed
2. Have a technology free day
3. Know and write my own address and full name
4. Visit a farm and feed an animal
5. Apply sun cream when needed
6. Sing and dance in the rain
7. Make a sandwich
8. Play eye spy
9. Brush and style own hair
10. Have a night away from home with family or friends
11. Say hello in three languages
12. Go star gazing
13. Blow my nose with a tissue and put it in the bin
14. Hold the door open for somebody
15. Try a new food

Year 2

1. Tie my shoe laces
2. Ride a bike without stabilisers
3. Use scissors
4. Make a hot drink with an adult
5. Climb a tree (with adult supervision)
6. Make a phone call
7. Write a shopping list and buy some items
8. Plan and have a picnic
9. Walk or run a mile
10. Cross the road safely
11. Help with the washing up/dishwasher
12. Share a traditional board game with a friend or adult
13. Visit and take a book out of your local library
14. Become an Eco Warrior at home and at school (turning lights off when you leave a room, turning the water tap off when you are brushing your teeth etc)
15. Visit a museum

Year 3 

1. Swim a length confidently
2. Know how to and what happens if you dial 999
3. Lay the table for a meal
4. Make my own packed lunch or one for somebody else
5. Get muddy and jump in puddles
6. Watch a sun set
7. Tell someone the way to school or to a local shop
8. Go outside and find 5 different trees and name them
9. Design and make a game for you and your friends to play
10. Skip with a rope
11. Play a card game with family
12. Make a home for some wildlife
13. Help with the recycling
14. Get your own bag ready for school or an event
15. Change my own bed covers

Year 4

1. Grow something that you can eat
2. Make something following a recipe
3. Help with the laundry (pegging washing out, or hanging on airer or putting away)
4. Go on public transport (train or bus)
5. Wrap a present
6. Learn and know my parents’ mobile number
7. Tie 3 different knots
8. Play pooh sticks
9. Support a charity and raise at least £30
10. Help with the housework (vacuum, mopping, dusting)
11. Have a water fight
12. Fly a kite
13. Polish a pair of shoes
14. Have an adult read me a whole story
15. Order my own food at a restaurant

Year 5 

1. Roll down a hill
2. Use a tin opener
3. Set my own alarm clock each day
4. Recite a poem off by heart
5. Have a tug of war
6. Have a walk around a country park
7. Find and enter a competition
8. Read a magazine
9. Plan something an assembly or something to share in an assembly
10. Help in the school office for a lunch time
11. Water plants
12. Sew a button on
13. Bake a cake
14. Wash and dry my own hair
15. Help an older relative/person with a task

Year 6 

1. Cook a simple lunch
2. Have responsibility for my own hygiene
3. Ride a bike safely on the road
4. Organise my own equipment for the day (pack my own bag)
5. Take a walk in the woods (with an adult)
6. Write and post a letter
7. Write and send an e-mail
8. Plan and cook a meal for the family
9. Find out about your family history
10. Go camping or spend the night in a tent
11. Go a whole week without technology
12. Read a timetable
13. Use the washing machine and help sort the washing
14. Use the iron and iron my uniform
15. Build your own assault course and complete – can you beat your score