CURRICULUM AIM

What does the Curriculum empower our students to achieve?  

What do we see during this stage of their learning? 

The curriculum is designed to help students realise:

• Transition into further education, employment and supported or independent living provisions
• Confidence and self-esteem
• High levels of responsibility and respect in society

CURRICULUM TARGETS

• To empower students to manage their emotions appropriately
• To empower students to make suitable social interactions
• To empower students to develop personal independent activity
• To empower students to demonstrate intellectual capacity

LEARNING FOR LIFE & WORK

What areas of learning for life and future work / training do we develop through the current curriculum?  

• Social and emotional development
• Personal development and independence
• Financial awareness and capability
• Employability
• Supported living
• Responsible citizenship

KEY ELEMENTS

What are the fundamental components that underpin skills and knowledge across the curriculum?

• Personal understanding
• Personal health and well-being
• Respect for others
• Personal challenge
• Ethical awareness

• Citizenship
• Cultural understanding
• Media awareness
• Equality and diversity

• Employability
• Financial awareness
• Life-long learning

CROSS-CURRICULAR SKILLS & THINKING SKILLS

What cross-curricular skills do we value?

What range of thinking skills are used to develop learning?

Ensuring learning difficulties and disabilities are matched to thinking skills.

• Independence & responsibility
• Self-esteem & confidence
• Self-worth & self-value
• Respect for self and others
• Social engagement
• Interaction with peers, adults and the public
• Communication skills
• Flexibility & organisational skills
• Reading and writing
• Numeracy & ICT
• Role models to younger pupils
• Assisting staff with activities for KS3 and KS4 pupils

Students are given opportunities to learn how to: 

• Define a problem, enquire and predict outcomes
• Understand cause & effect
• Make connections, investigate, sort and classify, sequence and summarise
• Memorise, recall, compare, contrast, imagine, modify and make deductions
• Draw inferences, reason, explain, evaluate and create

AREAS OF LEARNING

Suites / topics / opportunities etc.

• Core
  English, Maths, ICT, Personal Social Development (PSD), Financial Awareness
• Vocational
  Hair & Beauty, Film & Media, Sport & Leisure, Community Enterprise
• Options
  Cooking, Gardening, Local Studies, DIY previously students offered Music, Creative Studies and PE
• Offsite activities
  College link programme, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Independence Skills in travel, accessing the community, shopping, personal care and moving on. Gym and fitness
• Complimentary activities
  Where appropriate – physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, occupational therapy, riding for the disabled and work experience

LEARNING EXPERIENCES

How are students engaged and their learning optimised to help with real-world challenges?

• Collaboration and partnership working
• Investigation & problem solving
• Relevant to daily experiences 
• Challenging and enjoyable
• Media-rich and creative
• Integrative and engaging
• Encouraging independence
• Active and hands-on
• Student-led / student-centred 
• Choice based and personalised
• Supportive and caring
• Culturally diverse
• Positive reinforcement
• Differentiated and reflective
• Structured yet flexible
• Understanding boundaries
• Knowing about expectations

ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING

How does assessment aid the students’ learning?

Through assessment in 16+ we:

• Build an open relationship between the students, teachers and support staff
• Have clear learning intentions shared with students
• Share and negotiate success criteria
• Have whole group and individual target setting
• Take risks to enhance learning
• Advise on what to improve and how to improve it
• Enable peer and self-assessment
• Celebrate success
• Encourage peer and self-evaluation of learning

ATTITUDES & DISPOSITIONS

What attitudes to learning and dispositions are clearly evident across the 16+ Curriculum?

• Compassion – Achievement – Respect - Responsibility
• Care and concern for others
• Willingness to challenge self
• Commitment and determination 
• Openness to new ideas and suggestions
• Understanding of progressional routes
• Where there is choice there is consequence
• Team spirit
• Flexibility