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Curriculum
Ensuring your child learns what they need to progress.
Curriculum
Ensuring your child learns what they need to progress.
Optional Curriculum
Ensuring your child learns what they need to progress.
PSHCE
Our programme for PSHCE and RSHE follows jigsaw, a comprehensive DfE approved programme that covers all statutory requirements.
At Forest Park school it is our intent that all children will be ‘lifelong learners’ with the confidence and ability to develop their skills and understanding when having new experiences, meeting new challenges and finding themselves in unfamiliar situations. We offer a nurturing learning environment in which each child is encouraged to develop their full potential and where their achievements and successes are celebrated and rewarded. We believe that PSHE Education is central to the educational entitlement of all of our children. Although it will be taught in part through discreet lessons, elements of PSHE permeate all aspects of school life. We encourage our pupils to play a positive role in contributing to the life of the school and the wider community. In so doing we help develop their sense of self-worth. We teach them how society is organised and governed. We ensure that they experience the process of democracy in school through the school council.We teach them about rights, respect and responsibilities. They learn to appreciate what it means to be a positive member of a diverse multicultural society. PSHE is very closely linked to Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural development (SMSC). Explicit opportunities to promote pupils' development in these areas are provided in the framework for personal, social and health education (PSHE). A large part of the curriculum is experiential as it is important for children on the autism spectrum to be able to make cohesive links that are not abstract. A fully immersive experience is required. Examples include through World Book Day, author and external visitors attending school and a range of trips and visits which enrich and complement children’s learning.
Geography
Take a look at our Geography curriculum.
We believe that students deserve a broad, progressive and ambitious Geography curriculum, rich in skills and knowledge. Which stimulates curiosity and a wonder of their world and prepares them well for future learning or employment. Despite the barriers some learners may have, we strive to give our students opportunities to experience the world around them. Trips and visits create cultural capital and bring Geography to life. Literacy is at the heart of our school, as a golden thread we explicitly teach the acquisition of vocabulary through each subject.
History
Take a look at our History curriculum.
We believe that students deserve a broad and ambitious History curriculum, rich in skills and knowledge, which immerses students in a range of cultures and opens students minds to an enquiring and critical outlook on the world. Literacy, reading and the acquisition of vocabulary are explicitly taught through History; as one of our schools golden threads we ensure that students can use language effectively to express their ideas and opinions.
Science
Take a look at our Science curriculum.
We believe that students deserve a broad and ambitious Science curriculum, rich in skills and knowledge, which ignites curiosity and prepares them well for future learning or employment. Or KS3 curriculum is diverse and creative, showing how science impacts on our everyday lives. At KS4 we offer GCSE Biology as well as entry level Science. Science is closely linked with our outdoor classroom area, students can develop a real understanding of science and our natural world through the experiences we can offer. As one of our schools Golden threads, we actively teach reading and literacy in all of our lessons. We understand the importance of good communication, both spoken and written, and explicitly teach our students to be able to express themselves and communicate effectively.
Maths
Take a look at our Maths curriculum.
We believe that students deserve a creative, challenging and ambitious mathematics curriculum, rich in skills and knowledge, which ignites curiosity and prepares them well for everyday life and future employment. All students will study maths at GCSE or at Functional Skills level .We strive for every student to be able to use everyday maths confidently and competently. Our relentless focus on reading and vocabulary, one of our golden threads, is evident in our mathematics curriculum.
English
Take a look at our English curriculum.
We believe that students deserve a broad and ambitious English curriculum, rich in skills and knowledge, which ignites curiosity and prepares them well for future learning or employment. All of our students will be rigorously assessed on entry, this will ensure that staff are fully aware of specific barriers an individual may have and allow for our staff to plan for strategies to enable each student to learn and make progress.
We strive to make English an enjoyable and creative experience, giving all student at all levels access to works of literary significance. Literacy is a life skill, as one of our golden threads; we explicitly teach vocabulary to all students at all levels to encourage mastery.
Digital Skills
Take a look at our Digital Skills curriculum.
Computing
Take a look at our Computing curriculum.
We believe that our students should have the opportunity to follow an IT and Computing curriculum that prepares them for life in modern Britain and take advantage of opportunity this can offer them in both Britain and the wider world.
Good quality IT skills enable student to engage positively within the modern work place, while Computer Science skills enables students to take an active part in the design, development and creation of new technologies to be used in the world in which they live.
All of our students will have a chrome book and learning experiences across the curriculum will include use of ICT. A skill for the modern world, our students will be competent in the safe use of IT systems.
Literacy is at the core of our curriculum. A life skill, and one of our golden threads we actively teach vocabulary and reading through all subject areas.
We provide a broad range of skills and experiences at KS3 which are then further developed as students enter KS4. All students will study functional ICT .Core IT at KS4 is delivered to all students through a series of drop down days, whilst computing and digital media are an option.
Certificate of Personal Effectiveness
Take a look at our CoPE curriculum.
Art
Take a look at our Art curriculum.
Art is a subject that can help us to understand and give meaning to the world in which we live. Art effects everyone’s lives and as such is an extremely valuable subject.
We support our students to aspire through their learning experiences to standards of excellence intellectually, practically, and aesthetically. The curriculum we provide is rich in skills and knowledge. Through our curriculum, we aim to provide students with an experience that is exciting and to ensure that our students combine practical skills with creative thinking, developing highly valuable and transferrable skills for future careers and life.
Students are encouraged to use art as a therapeutic intervention supporting their mental health and wellbeing. Literacy and reading, one of our golden threads is taught explicitly through all subjects across the school, this is no different in art.
Through our art curriculum, students are taught not only how to use formal elements within their art work such as line, tone, colour, space, texture etc., but to also analyse how formal elements are used as powerful communication tools to create effect. Students experience a variety of media, techniques and processes over their studies. In KS3 students will develop their skills and understanding with progressive complexity and sophistication, so that they are able to make informed choices and work with increasing independence into Key Stages 4 and 5.
We support students in learning to co-operate and negotiate and be able to share good practice and learn from others. We actively promote looking at the work of others, celebrating other cultures and encouraging diversity. We develop students’ awareness of the impact of art on society and expect them to achieve by applying a variety of skills from the wider curriculum together with those specific to Art to produce effective and considered artworks.
PE
Take a look at our PE curriculum.
Students follow content according to the National Curriculum for Physical Education. Students can experience a balanced and varied curriculum allowing students to participate in a wide variety of activities covering invasion, racket, striking and fielding, aesthetics and athletics. Use technical terminology with confidence accurately and precisely, building up an extended specialist vocabulary; can apply their mathematical knowledge to their understanding of PE, including measuring, timing, estimating and analysing data. Literacy, reading and good communication are skills for life, as one of our Golden threads, we actively teach reading and vocabulary through all subject areas.
We encourage our students to attend extra-curricular sporting clubs and sporting activities within the local community Despite the challenges that some of our learners may face, we want to develop a lifelong love of sports and physical exercise. We strive to support our students in being able to make positive informed choices around their health, well-being and diet. Throughout our sport and PE curriculum, we link the benefits of a healthy diet and physical activity to mental and physical well-being. Our staff encourage our students to develop their leadership qualities and skills through sport and help them to apply these skills in their every day lives. We offer diversity in our sporting activities and promote students to have an understanding of different sports, their origins, including British and worldwide sporting role models.
Religious Studies
Take a look at our Religious Studies curriculum.
Citizenship
Take a look at our Citizenship curriculum.
Food Tech
Take a look at our Food Tech curriculum.
Textiles
Take a look at our Textiles curriculum.
Animal Care & Personal Development
Take a look at our Animal Care curriculum.
The ASDAN Animal Care course is designed to provide students with practical knowledge and skills related to animal care and welfare. It typically covers a range of topics, including:
1. Animal Health and Welfare: Understanding the needs of different animals and how to ensure their well-being.
2. Animal Behavior: Studying the behavior of various species and how to interpret their needs.
3. Feeding and Nutrition: Learning about proper diets and nutritional requirements for different animals.
4. Housing and Environment: Exploring suitable living conditions for various types of animals.
5. Handling and Care Techniques: Gaining practical skills in handling animals safely and effectively.
The course often includes both theoretical components and hands-on experience, making it suitable for students interested in pursuing careers in animal care, veterinary science, or related fields. It may also promote skills such as teamwork, responsibility, and communication.
Health & Fitness
Take a look at our Health and Fitness curriculum.
The Level 1/2 Technical Award in Health and Fitness is designed for learners who want an introduction to health and fitness that includes a vocational and project-based element. The qualification will appeal to learners who wish to pursue a career in the health and fitness sector or progress onto further study.
Therapeutic Approach
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All of the Forest Park staff will be trained to use:
• PACE - Supporting ACEs
• THRIVE - Right time intervention
• Zones of regulation
• Multi sensory approaches to teaching and learning.
Families will have access to:
• Family support and network
• Thrive for families
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