The vibrant curriculum at Green Park School meets the needs of learners from ages 3 to 19. This includes EYFS, right through to appropriate Accreditation Routes that include ASDAN.

 

We intend to offer students the best possible education during their journey through school. The National Curriculum and Development Matters are the starting points in developing our Knowledge Rich Curriculum that gives pupils the opportunity to develop relevant knowledge, skills and understating needed for Lifelong Learning and Independence. All our pupils have complex barriers to learning detailed in their Education, Health and Care plans (EHCPs) and these are also taken into consideration when planning a meaningful curriculum for students.

 

We develop and update staff skills by ensuring that we have a strong CPD (Continued Professional Development) programme to enhance skills, knowledge, and expertise.

 

We adopt a ‘Disciplined Approach to Creative Innovation’ where thematic and discrete subject planning is used to help pupils access exciting learning opportunities. We seek to promote exciting learning environments where pupils are engaged and driven to learn – teachers provide stimuli that captures pupils undisrupted attention steering their learning and challenging teachers to creatively adapt a secure curriculum to help pupils achieve outstanding results. Although pupils' individual needs are a priority, their Statutory rights to a broad and balanced curriculum are consistently monitored by School Leaders who develop, monitor and review the Knowledge Rich Curriculum on a regular basis. Learning for Life and the development of Functional Skills remain important in the Curriculum. This includes Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural development as well as gaining an understanding of the society in which they live where British Values and its impact on the life of individuals within society are incorporated as they prepare for adulthood.

 

Our Area of Need and School Improvement Teams have worked together to produce curriculum schemes in all areas of learning including creative subjects and humanities. They are a planned sequence of work that match the range of Learning Styles and Pathways at Green Park. There is a strong emphasis on Functional and relevant learning that will promote Learning for Life for all students. Learning activities are tailored to the individual interests and needs of students and lessons are designed to promote curiosity and an innate interest to learn.

 

For more information on our curriculum use the links below. You can also contact our Curriculum Leader – Mrs Esson, Deputy Headteacher, 01902 556429 or email greenparkschool@wolverhampton.gov.uk

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Approaches to Teaching

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We offer a personalised curriculum considering children’s specific interests and diverse learning needs. Classes have students with broadly similar Learning Styles.

 

• Sensory Learners

• Focused Learners

• Structured Learners

 

Staff are encouraged to take a practical and creative approach to teaching.

 

We use a range of specific teaching methods including PECs (Picture Exchange Communication System); TEACCH; Intensive Interaction; Attention Autism; Lego Therapy; Rebound Therapy; Makaton signing; and reward-based strategies.

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Areas of Learning and Development

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Areas of Learning and Development are planned in the following way.

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