At Claystone School children can access the curriculum through three different personalised approaches, these are:
Expose: Children learning through the ‘expose’ approach are supported to access the engagement model which covers the following five areas; exploration, realisation, anticipation, persistence and initiation.
Explore: Children who are learning through the ‘explore’ approach are supported to develop their attention and listening skills, develop play skills with adults and peers and expand their understanding and use of language. Sensory and self-regulation, understanding their feelings.
Enquire: We expect children who are learning through the ‘enquire’ approach will be able to demonstrate much greater independence at school. These learners will access individualised and universal learning and therapeutic experiences. They may be more readily able to offer greater awareness, and autonomy when interacting with their learning or therapy. They will also be working on developing their repertoire of social and leisure-based interests as well as honing important self-directed learning and organisational skills.
There is complete flexibility between the model, and we know that as their learning needs change the curriculum will also need to adjust to those changes.
Our Wellbeing Team has been key to the creation of the curriculum. The school recognises that for our children and young people to make progress then there needs to be more emphasis on therapeutic intervention. Our curriculum responds to this need and holds the curriculum delivery whilst driving impact.
At Claystone School, we base our teaching philosophy on the belief that learning is not just the acquisition of skills, but rather that true learning affects the way a child thinks and understands the world and operates within it.