KING'S AVENUE
A LOOK AT
King Avenue’s Curriculum
Intent
It is extremely important to us that the pupils at The Avenues are happy and are placed at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that every child is unique, and we celebrate their success in the most meaningful way for that child.
Our core values are the ethos and culture for all. We want our pupils to be curious, with the ability to work together, and to be nurtured throughout their journey at school.
Together we will open the door for a journey of self-discovery, so that all our children blossom and grow and find their place in the world.
Our aim is to encourage and nurture our children throughout their own unique and personal journeys by:
- Scaffolding foundations for positive behaviour and social interaction
- Modelling and facilitating communication and language
- Encouraging self-help and independence
- Working collaboratively with families and professionals
We focus on the skills and knowledge that our pupils need for life and ensure that children learn and develop well, are kept healthy and safe have the knowledge and skills they need to access the curriculum.
CURIOSITY
Our ambition is for children to explore, to ask questions and to play by following their natural curiosity.
TOGETHERNESS
We aim to work in partnership with parents, carers, and professionals to ensure all children develop and progress.
NURTURE
Our ambition is to create a safe, secure, and caring setting with sensory rich experiences for children to develop social, emotional, and behavioural skills.
Implementation
The Avenues’ curriculum is structured in a progressive way. The implementation of our curriculum is in response to our intended mission statement as identified by our school values.
Through careful planning and delivery, our curriculum is differentiated and personalised to meet the needs of our learners, enabling them to reach their potential and celebrate their successes. We believe our pupils deserve the best provision possible and therefore we have high expectations and regularly review and evaluate the curriculum to ensure it is fit for purpose.
We strongly believe that our provision:
- Is broad and balanced with the flexibility to meet individual needs.
- Reflects progression and is differentiated to support the range of learners that we have.
- Promotes spiritual, moral, social, cultural, and physical development.
- Promotes creativity in learning.
- Engages parents in partnerships that will enhance the pupil’s cognitive, emotional, and social development.
- Operates within a clear framework of planning, assessment, and reporting.
Our offer is underpinned by a personalised approach to meet the needs of our pupils. We provide a specialised curriculum which utilises a range of teaching methods, additional specialist services, interventions, therapies, approaches, and strategies to promote and encourage good progress and access to the curriculum.
At our Early Years Foundation Stage settings, children are taught using the EYFS Statutory Framework. There are seven areas of learning and development:
The prime areas are: Communication and language, Physical development and Personal, social and emotional development.
The specific areas are: Literacy, Mathematics, Understanding of the world and Expressive arts and design.
Through careful assessments and observations, including information provided by parents and other settings, children’s development levels are assessed. Each child has a personalised learning programme, including individual targets in the areas appropriate for their stage of development. Children’s learning is largely play-based using high quality, age-appropriate resources. Children are supported to join in both child-initiated and adult led activities.
Our practice is informed by the EYFS Framework, it is adapted to meet the needs of each individual child and consider their individual milestones from their Educational Health Care Plan.
The teaching of reading and phonics is done primarily through the delivery of the Read Write Inc. Programme. Reading skills are then further developed across all areas of the curriculum. Book bands are used to provide graded books for home.
Impact
There is a clear assessment cycle within the provision and progress is measured using formative and summative approaches. We have identified a clear progress pathway for all our pupils despite their starting point or barriers they may have. This pathway is ambitious in its trajectory. The assessments listed below inform planning and targets for personalised learning for each pupil.
- Early Learning Goals/Development Matters
- PECs
- EHCP targets
- Occupational Therapy
