Home | Login to Magellan | Login to Frog | Register your interest ABOUT NEWS 11-16 SCHOOL SIXTH FORM PARENTS ADMISSIONS WORKING HERE CONTACT US Character Education and Enrichment Home / About / Character Education and Enrichment Underpinning our School ethos and provision is a focus on character education and enrichment. We want to equip pupils with the experience and skills to make wise choices that will enable them to enjoy a happy, fulfilled life, whatever routes they take after they leave our School. Character Education Character Education is about acquiring and strengthening virtues – traits that sustain a well-rounded life and a thriving society; values such as compassion, humility, sensitivity, creativity, curiosity, determination and resilience. Supported by the University of Birmingham’s Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, we are developing a brand new curriculum and resources for timetabled lessons to support the development of character. However, this focus will also run through our form periods, house system, meal times, and all enrichment activities. In an educational system that can often focus on a 'life of tests', we want University of Birmingham School graduates to have the confidence to deal with the tests of life outside of a school environment. Enrichment Our extended school day allows plenty of time for clubs, societies and trips, and all of our staff will be expected to lead activities for our pupils. Currently, we are partly led by the interests of our Year 7 and Sixth Form students. There is an interesting, wide-ranging programme of enrichment activities which runs throughout the school year, whether that’s additional sports clubs or languages, music and arts activities, visits to the University campus, trips to Birmingham’s museums and performances, or further afield to London, Cornwall and beyond. Links to the University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham School is fortunate to have strong links with its ‘parent’ University to enhance the delivery of our curriculum and our enrichment activities. Details of specific and recurring activities are continuing to be developed as we develop our relationship with the University, however, this includes use of facilities such as the new Sports Centre with its 50m swimming pool and the state of the art Bramall Music Building, as well as guest lectures, student mentors, guidance on careers and University admissions, and professional development for our teachers. Copyright © 2015 Follow on Twitter Follow on Facebook CONTACT University of Birmingham School, 12 Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6QU. Tel: 0121 796 5000. Email: reception@uobschool.org.uk QUICK LINKS Admissions Information for parents News Register your details Back to Top