Alternative Provision
Alternative Provision Curriculum Vision
In alternative provision, we aim to provide support around individual students and their families linking and working with the Wave and the SEND teams. We aim to give all our students the confidence and self-belief to build on their lives allowing for a successful and happy adult life. We do this through the teaching of life-skills such as money management, social skills such as conflict resolution and self-esteem work. We also support students in completing college or apprenticeship applications to ensure that all AP students remain in education post-16.
AP is a creative way to work with our young people. All our students will have an opportunity to learn essential new skills through life skills, cooking, gardening, construction and physical activity. It is a bespoke programme suited to individuals learning and growing to achieve their success.
How do we help our students to ROAR?
Resilience: We work on building confidence, resilience and self-esteem to enable them to tackle more challenging tasks, lessons, subjects and new skills. We learn life skills and debate/discuss the world around us allowing us to learn and grow.
Open Minded: students become open minded adults and it is our intention to encourage opinions, thoughts and ideas to be able to discuss and learn through each other. We encourage a greater understanding of culture, current affairs and society as it has evolved.
Aspirational: In AP, we may work through underlying issues as students may be suffering with, anxiety, mental health concerns or family problems and try to encourage our students to aim high in their career goals.
Reflective: Students are encouraged to be reflective in each session both individually and with each other. We regularly reflect how their ongoing learning is relevant to their lives. This can be also be done through the mentoring sessions.
In addition to the basic offer that each year group gets in AP, there will be other units of work or themes covered. The implementation these will be very bespoke to the needs of each year group at various points during the school year and is subject to change as we respond to changes in the world, school life or the students’ personal circumstances. Themes that may be covered include friendship, resilience, facing challenges, growth mindset, how we learn, mental health and sleep. Each year group also works towards achieving the Prince’s Trust Award covering topics such as managing money and living a healthy life.
Year 7:
Intent:
Students in year 7 do not enter AP until the Spring term so that we have a chance to identify those who would benefit from an alternative curriculum. Students in all years learn how to cook basic family meals and snacks alongside understanding the costs and health benefits. They will also do extra basic literacy and numeracy work to complement their timetabled subjects.
Year 8:
Intent:
Students in all years learn how to cook basic family meals and snacks alongside understanding the costs and health benefits. They complete art/crafts and creative tasks and will also do extra basic literacy and numeracy work to complement their timetabled subjects.
Year 9:
Intent:
In year 9 students learn basic gardening skills like planting and digging and work on maintaining our school garden. We are currently working alongside Wisley through a mentoring programme to support their knowledge and understanding. Students in all years learn how to cook basic family meals and snacks alongside understanding the costs and health benefits. They will also do extra basic literacy and numeracy work to complement their timetabled subjects.
Year 10:
Intent:
Students in Year 10 are given the opportunity to attend the Sports Direct Gym to complement their Prince’s trust units on leading a healthy and active lifestyle. Year 10 also learn basic engineering skills through building a small electric car and then driving it. Students in all years learn how to cook basic family meals and snacks alongside understanding the costs and health benefits. They will also do extra basic literacy and numeracy work to complement their timetabled subjects.
Year 11:
Intent:
In year 11, students are given the opportunity to gain a further qualification in BTEC construction. This covers initial training in carpentry, plumbing and electrics as well as an understanding of health and safety in the workplace. Students in all years learn how to cook basic family meals and snacks alongside understanding the costs and health benefits. They will also do extra basic literacy and numeracy work to complement their timetabled subjects.
