Semi-Formal

Aims

• To be successful learners who enjoy and contribute to their own learning and make progress and achieve.
• To develop confident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives.
• To develop responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society.

Focus for Learning

• Connecting and responding to key people and familiar activities – e.g. Attention Autism, SCERTS, Intensive Interaction, building relationships.
• Interacting with the environment and world around them – routine, objects of reference, transitions, classroom environment, educational visits, recognizing their impact on the environment e.g. cause and effect.
• Readiness for learning – emotional regulation, sensory regulation, routines, relationships (adults and peers).
• Experiential learning.

Curriculum Areas

• Communication and Attention
• PSED
• Physical Development including swimming
• Mathematics – functional life skills
• English – functional life skills
• Play
• British Values and SMSC
• RE
• Experience based learning (covering science, computing, art, music, design technology, geography, history, MFL- KS2 only)

For more information, please see our Intent and Overview Documents in our Curriculum Overview page.