Newark Orchard is part of CIT Academies
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Informal Curriculum

Our aim within our In-formal Curriculum is to provide children and young people with complex needs to learn how to safely navigate the world with as much independence as possible, promoting communication positive interactions and emotional and sensory regulation.

The provision is personalised to each pupil, centred on what the child needs, knows and can do. Each child has Personal Learning Goals (PLGs), derived from a variety of sources (EHCP, the assessment circle and professional reports).

Personal Learning Goals (PLGs) are woven into the termly planning. Each term has a topic. Topics are chosen to provide context and are relating to real life events.

Each child has an ‘Engagement Profile’ and a ‘What Matters to Me’ document to ensure personalised learning and provision and activities that are motivational and purposeful for each pupil.

Summary Needs

– Complex Severe Learning Difficulties.
– Autism Spectrum Development.
– Complex Communication Needs.
– Complex Emotional & Sensory Regulation Needs.
– Significant Attention Issues.

Approach

– Personal Learning Goals.
– Personalised Learning through Engagement & Regulation.

Integrated Learning

– World Experience: International Days.
– STEM Experiences.
– Communication & Interaction.
– Problem Solving.
– SMSC.
– British Values.
– Careers.

Areas of Learning

– Engagement & Attention.
– Physical & Sensory Play.
– Discover Nature.
– Holistic Therapy.
– Events & Enrichment.

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