Lower School
What we intend:
• For children to be proud of who they are and what they do;
• To provide equal opportunities for all;
To provide an engaging curriculum;
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• To remove obstacles to learning irrespective of starting points;
• Children to take independent accountability for their learning and behaviour;
• For children to have a sense of self-worth and belonging who can make a positive contribution to their community
In the lower school classes, we want our children to have a big role in creating both their learning and personal journeys in becoming positive members of the community.
All of our children will have some understanding of the curriculum, why they follow the curriculum and what they could achieve in the future.
Next steps are vital – children should be actively involved in achieving and setting their next steps.
Pupil engagement is key!
Lessons are fun, exciting and interesting for all children – practical, hands on, outdoor learning is always a winner.
How we assess progress
Attainment - Beginning at the start of school year we carry out baseline assessments in reading, writing, phonics and numeracy, these are then repeated at the end of every term and data is put on young person's data sheets. This information is then placed on a spreadsheet to show progress made over the academic year. For the non-core subjects' teachers use tracker sheets to update where a young person is, what needs covering and further to support the young person. All young people will also have personal targets related to their EHCP outcomes to work towards that will be updated throughout academic year and recorded on their green sheets. Attendance - This will be checked using behaviour watch on a half termly basis. The students with 95% or more will receive a certificate, the students who achieve 100% will receive a certificate and a small prize as an incentive. Any students below the school percentage the phase leader will contact parents/carers to discuss any barriers that may be getting in the way of the young person attending school and set a target to get their attendance score back to where it needs to be. Behaviour - TAC meetings held half termly (more if required) during these meetings we will look at graphs from behaviour watch to see if they have decreased or increased and adapt the Positive Behaviour Support Plan (PBSP) where needed. During the meetings we will look at whether reward systems need to be in place, if we need further protocols in place but also on the positive side we can see where we can reduce the use of Restrictive Physical Intervention (RPI) and decrease the young person's scales.
Updated May 2023
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