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UpperSchoolCurriculum

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PersonalisingtheCurriculum

TheUpperSchooloffersanumberofpathwaysforstudentstoattainexternallyaccreditedqualifications.ThemainqualificationsthataresupportedareEntryLevelandGCSE.WealsouseASDANPersonalProgressinconjunctionwithourPost16Department.TheASDANPersonalProgressqualificationisequivalenttooneEntryLevelandisintendedtocaptureandrewardstudentachievementforlearnerswithamorecomplexprofileofneed.Studentsmaystudytowardsonesuiteofqualificationsatasimilarlevelortheymaystudyacombinationofdifferentqualificationsthatbettermatchtheirabilitylevelsandpersonaldevelopmentalneeds.ItispossibletocombineASDANPersonalProgressEnglish,ComputingandMathsunitswithanAwardlevelqualificationinPSHEatEntryLevel.MoreinformationisavailablefromthissectionoftheASDANwebsitehttp://www.asdan.org.uk/courses/qualifications/personal-progressThemainunitscoveredbystudentsintheUpperSchoolwhoareworkingtowardsthesequalificationsare

• Developingwritingskills• DevelopingICTskills• EarlyMathematics:sequencingandsorting• Understandingwhatmoneyisusedfor• Developingindependentlivingskills:havingyoursay• Developingindependentlivingskills:beinghealthy.

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In Upper School we are reintroducing thematic learning through topic lessons that will focus on learning in the Humanities. These

lessons will provide a backdrop to cross curriculum learning, allowing opportunities to foster group working and social skills across the

key stage. Class teachers will be able to individualise their students’ timetables through learning opportunities allowed by these

lessons, such as chances to include sensory activities within the classroom based learning.

Topic Themes for the year.

AutumnTerm SpringTerm SummerTerm

Dreams

Studentswilltakepartinathematicapproachthatdrawsontheconceptof“Dreams”.Studentswillstudytextssuchas“TheBFG”tolearnabouttheconcept.Studentswillhaveacrosscurriculumandcreativeapproachtounderstandingthethingsthatcanbedrawnfromdreamssuchasemotions,aspirationsandfriendships.Studentswillbeencouragedtoexplorehowtheycanexpresstheiremotionsandhopesforthefuture.

ConflictandResolution

Studentswilltakepartinathematicapproachthatdrawsonunderstandingconflictandfindingresolutions.StudentswillagainusetextssuchasShakespeare’s’Othello‘toexplorearangeofemotionsandpotentialconflictsandhowtheycanfindsolutions.Studentswillhavetheopportunitytodevelopsocialunderstandingandresolutionsthroughacreativeandstructuredapproach.Speechandlanguagewillhaveastrongfocusthroughoutthisterm.

PassporttotheWorld

IntheselessonswewilllookatdifferentculturesanddrawtogethersomeofthelearninginREandotherHumanitiessubjectareassuchasGeography.Studentswillinvestigatedifferentculturesathomeandabroadanddiscoverthesimilaritieswithourschoolanditscultureofautism.Alongsidetheseinvestigationsaboutcultureswewilllookattravelandtransportacrosstheglobeandhowmaterialsimportanttoourculturearetransported.

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Example class timetable including symbols.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

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English

Readandunderstandarange

oftexts.ExplainandCommenthowwritersuselanguageand

structuretoachieveandin:luencereaders

Comparewritersideas

Evaluatetextsadnsupportwithtextual

references

Communicateclearly,effectivelyandimaginatelvewhenwritingOrganiseideasand

informationwithcorrectgrammatical

featuresandcohesion

Constructsentencesforclarity,purposeandeffect,withaccuratespellingandpunctution

Demonstratepresentationskills

Listenandrespondtospokenlangauge,includingquestions

andfeedback

UsespokenEnglisheffectivelyinspeechesandpresentations

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VocaZonalLearning

HorZculture

Woodwork

Teamwork

FoodTechnology

Music

ArtandPhotography

WorkingSafely

HumaniZes

Vocational Learning is part of the Upper School Curriculum that aims to give students more awareness of the world of work and give them key skills for building on when they move on to independent living, college or employment. Students select courses that are of interest to them along with discussion with their parents or carers. As well as course specific skills students learn about relationships in the workplace, timekeeping and safety.

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EnglishASDANCertificateofPersonalProgressDevelopingwritingskills

AutumnTerm SpringTerm SummerTermPLevelsDevelopingcommunicationskills.Listenandrespondtootherpeople.SpeakoruseothermeanstocommunicatewithothersDevelopingreadingskillsShowsomeinterestinreading.DevelopingwritingskillsTrace,overwriteandcopykeyvocabulary.Selectappropriatesymbolsorsignstoconveymeaning

PLevelsDevelopingcommunicationskills.Makingsentencestocommentonsituations.DevelopingreadingskillsPointingatwordstoindicateunderstandingofwhatisbeingread.Matchingobjectstosymbolslettersorwords.DevelopingwritingskillsTobeabletowritetheirname.Formletterscorrectlyandgroupthem.Beingabletoleavespacebetweenwords.

PLevelsDevelopingcommunicationskills.Shareideasofpreference.DevelopingreadingskillsDistinguishbetweenwordspicturesandsymbols.DevelopingwritingskillsMakeashoppinglistusingsymbolsorwords.Writingsentencestocommentonthematicimages.

AQAGCSE&EntryLevelCertificateReadingandComprehension Writing SpokenLanguage• Identifyingandinterpretingthemes,ideas

andinformationinliteratureandotherwriting

• Readingindifferentwaysfordifferentpurposesandcomparingandevaluatingcontentforthesepurposesdrawinginferences;

• Expressingapointofviewsometimessupportedbyevidence.

• Commentingonwriter'schoiceofvocabulary,form,grammaticaland

• Producingclearandcoherenttext:• Writingfordifferentpurposesand

audiences;todescribe,narrate,explain,instruct,giveandrespondtoinformation,andargue;

• Selectingvocabulary,grammar,formandstructuralandorganisationalfeaturestoreflectaudience,purposeandcontext;

• Usinglanguageimaginativelyandcreatively;

• Usinginformationprovidedbyothersto

• Presentinginformationandideas:• Selectingandorganisinginformationand

ideaseffectivelyandpersuasivelyforpreparedspokenpresentations;

• Planningeffectivelyfordifferentpurposesandaudiences;makingpresentationsandspeeches.

• Respondingtospokenlanguage:• Listeningtoandrespondingappropriately

toanyquestionsandfeedback.• SpokenEnglish:expressingideasusing

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ReadingandComprehension Writing SpokenLanguagestructural

writeindifferentforms;

• Maintainingaconsistentpointofview;maintainingcoherenceandconsistencyacrossatext.

• Writingforimpact:selecting,organisingandemphasisingfacts,ideasandkeypoints;

• Creatingemotionalimpact;usinglanguagecreatively,imaginativelyandpersuasively.

StandardEnglishwheneverandwhereverappropriate.

Mathematics

ASDANCertificateofPersonalProgressDevelopingnumberskills:sequencingandsortingAutumnTerm SpringTerm SummerTermPLevelsDevelopingnumberskillsJoininginrotecountingto5.Recogniseuseandidentifynumeralsonetofive.PositionUnderstandingdirectionofmovement.Insideoutsideinon.ShapeRecogniseandname2DshapesMeasureBiggerandsmaller

PLevelsDevelopingnumberskillsOrdernumbers1-10Addingandsubtractingto10or20.PositionUnderstandingdirectionofmovement.Forwardbackwardsupanddown.ShapeRecogniseandname3DshapesMeasureShortandtallMoney

PLevelsDevelopingnumberskillsCountinginintervalsof5.Addingandtakingawaytensandunits.PositionUnderstandingdirectionofmovement.Abovebelowfrontback.ShapeIdentifyandselectshapestomakesimplemodels.MeasureUsearuler

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MoneyIdentifymoneyfromotheritems

Identifyusesofmoney MoneyUsemoneyinrealisticsituations

AQAEntryLevelCertificate

Entry1 Entry2 Entry3Learnersusemathematicsasanintegralpartofclassroomactivities.Theyrepresenttheirworkwithobjectsorpicturesanddiscussit.

Learnersselectthemathematicstheyuseinsomeclassroomactivities.Theydiscusstheirworkusingmathematicallanguageandarebeginningtorepresentitusingsymbolsandsimplediagrams.

Learnerstrydifferentapproachesandfindwaysofovercomingdifficultiesthatarisewhentheyaresolvingproblems.Theyarebeginningtoorganisetheirworkandcheckresults.

Theyrecogniseanduseasimplepatternorrelationship.Learnerscount,order,addandsubtractnumberswhensolvingproblemsinvolvingupto10objects.

Theyexplainwhyanansweriscorrect.Learnerscountsetsofobjectsreliably,andusementalrecallofadditionandsubtractionfactsto10.

Learnersdiscusstheirmathematicalworkandarebeginningtoexplaintheirthinking.Theyuseandinterpretmathematicalsymbolsanddiagrams.

Theyreadandwritethenumbersinvolved.Whenworkingwith2-Dand3-Dshapes,learnersuseeverydaylanguagetodescribepropertiesandpositions.

Theybegintounderstandtheplacevalueofeachdigitinanumberandusethistoordernumbersupto100.Theychoosetheappropriateoperationwhensolvingadditionandsubtractionproblems.

Learnersshowthattheyunderstandageneralstatementbyfindingparticularexamplesthatmatchit.Learnersshowunderstandingofplacevalueinnumbersupto1000andusethistomakeapproximations.

Theymeasureandorderobjectsusingdirectcomparison,andorderevents.Learnerssortobjectsandclassifythem,demonstratingthecriteriontheyhaveused.

Theyusetheknowledgethatsubtractionistheinverseofaddition.Theyusementalcalculationstrategiestosolvenumberproblemsinvolvingmoneyandmeasures.

Theybegintousedecimalnotationandtorecognisenegativenumbers,incontextssuchasmoneyandtemperature.Learnersusementalrecallofadditionandsubtractionfactsto20insolvingproblemsinvolvinglargernumbers.

Theyrecognisesequencesofnumbers,includingoddandevennumbers.Learnersusemathematicalnamesforcommon3-Dand2-Dshapesanddescribetheirproperties,includingnumbersofsidesandcorners.

Theyaddandsubtractnumberswithtwodigitsmentallyandnumberswiththreedigitsusingwrittenmethods.Theyusementalrecallofthe2,3,4,5and10multiplicationtablesandderivetheassociateddivisionfacts.

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Entry1 Entry2 Entry3 Theydistinguishbetweenstraightandturning

movements,understandangleasameasurementofturn,andrecogniserightanglesinturns.Theybegintouseeverydaynon-standardandstandardunitstomeasurelengthandmass.

Theysolvewhole-numberproblemsinvolvingmultiplicationordivision,includingthosethatgiverisetoremainders.Theyusesimplefractionsthatareseveralpartsofawholeandrecognisewhentwosimplefractionsareequivalent.

Learnerssortobjectsandclassifythemusingmorethanonecriterion.Whentheyhavegatheredinformation,pupilsrecordresultsinsimplelists,tables,andblockgraphs,inordertocommunicatetheirfindings.

Learnersclassify3-Dand2-Dshapesinvariouswaysusingmathematicalpropertiessuchasreflectivesymmetryfor2-Dshapes.Theyusenon-standardunits,standardmetricunitsoflength,capacityandmassandstandardunitsoftime,inarangeofcontexts.

Learnersextractandinterpretinformationpresentedinsimpletablesandlists.Theyconstructbarchartsandpictograms,wherethesymbolrepresentsagroupofunits,tocommunicateinformationtheyhavegathered,andtheyinterpretinformationpresentedtothemintheseforms.

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Science

OCREntryLevelCertificate AutumnTerm SpringTerm SummerTerm

CookingandCleaningFoolingyoursensesBodyWarsFinalFrontierColoursandSmellsFullSpectrumMedicalRays

DeepImpactCasualtyWhat’saddedtoyourfood?HealthyEatingExtinctionBabiesMyGenes

HowFast?HowSlow?GaspingforBreathFibresandFabricsControlSystemsDrivingAlongBodyWars

PushesandPulls.SortingOutStrongStuffDeadorAliveCSIPlusAlternativeenergy

HotStuffRestlessEarthHeavyMetalCreepyCrawliesFoodFactoryAcidandAlkalines

OurElectricitySupplyLetTherebeLight.GettingtheMessageAttractiveForcesNuclearPower/

Dependentonclassandyearstudentswillfollowatleasttwoofthesetopicsperhalfterm.OvertheirtimeinKeyStage4theywillcovermostofthetopicsasappropriatetocompleteexternallyaccreditedqualifications.Studentsareencouragedtoquestion,investigateandexploretheworldaroundthemthroughscience.

PhysicalEducation

OCREntryLevelCertificate

AutumnTerm SpringTerm SummerTermTagRugbyVolleyball

ResistancetrainingHockey

AthleticsBadminton

Additionalphysiotherapyandhydrotherapyactivitiestakeplaceasanintegratedandpersonalisedprogrammeaccordingtoindividualneeds

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TheOakLodgeTherapeuticcurriculum

AutumnTerm SpringTerm SummerTerm

BallGamesPersonalFitness

CyclingSwissball

TrampoliningOutdoorandadventurousactivities

Additionalphysiotherapyandhydrotherapyactivitiestakeplaceasanintegratedandpersonalisedprogrammeaccordingtoindividualneeds