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An exceptionally well-considered, highly motivational and inclusive curriculum
Our Curriculum
The curriculum at Beckfoot Hazelbeck has been written to meet the very specific needs of our students.
We want to motivate and engage our students so that they can enjoy their learning and ensure success so that learners remember their learning and use it in their everyday lives, as we provide them with the tools and knowledge to prepare them for adulthood.
Our curriculum aims to develop students’ confidence and resilience, as they develop the foundations for their future learning. They will learn in a positive and respectful culture that teaches them to be kind and thoughtful, to use their voice effectively to communicate their needs and their thoughts.
Creative Arts
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The arts and intended to expose all of our students to as many artistic experiences throughout their school life as possible, perfectly matched to their individual abilities, which will ultimately impact their future life.
Here at Hazelbeck, we truly believe that the arts are a driving force to unlock hidden barriers and enable our students to reach their full potential.
At Beckfoot Hazelbeck, we believe that teaching pupils to use technology in a safe manner is essential in our technology-driven world. We teach pupils key computing skills, including ICT for entertainment, creating art, ICT for communication, ICT for everyday use, ICT for research, multimedia, and using ICT safely and online safety.
The Life skills curriculum covers a wide range of topics to enable our students to lead a life as independent as possible.
This covers basic cooking skills from exploring ingredients for sensory students leading up to making a meal for independent learners, including food hygiene and safety, e.g., avoiding cross-contamination and safety such as the safe use of cooking equipment It gives opportunities for students to smell, touch, and taste a variety of ingredients. Students will learn to make healthy snacks and independent learners will make meals.
Housekeeping will be covered to enable students to be as independent as possible at washing clothes, ironing and generally keeping the house clean and tidy, along with financial management and looking after their personal belonging.
Students will learn about personal hygiene to be as independent as possible and to know that they need to wash daily and to keep themselves clean They will also learn how to keep themselves healthy by making healthy food choices and staying active.
Students are taught how to use English and Communication for a range of purposes, including formal and informal use. Giving young people the key skills in communication and English enables them to access material in all curriculum areas and provides a foundation for their learning throughout their educational career and beyond so that they can actively participate within their community and build a sense of self-worth.
Students are taught reading, writing and communication through a range of narrative texts. There is a strong focus on non-fiction texts looking at information texts, instructions, reports, persuasive writing.
At Beckfoot Hazelbeck, the maths curriculum focuses on ensuring accessibility, fostering confidence, and building practical skills that are meaningful to their everyday lives. The goal is to provide a curriculum that meets diverse needs, promotes independence, and nurtures a positive relationship with mathematics.
Maths at Hazelbeck is individualised and differentiated. EHCP (Education, Health, and Care Plan) targets are used to inform maths lessons. Precision planning lessons that break down learning into manageable steps, allowing for frequent repetition and reinforcement. Differentiating content to suit varying levels of ability within the classroom. Practical, hands-on learning is provided to prioritise linking maths to real-life situations (e.g., counting change, reading a bus timetable, managing money on a budget, measuring cooking items). The use of multisensory approaches, such as visual aids, auditory cues, and kinaesthetic activities.
PE Curriculum content will always be varied and adapted to student’s needs. for some students, their PE lesson will follow a more formal approach, for others, lessons will be more free-flowing, to allow for exploration and enjoyment of physical activities. The nature of a concept based Physical development curriculum allows the curriculum content to be revisited and built upon in daily activities, allowing students to build a physically active lifestyle.
The following opportunities and experiences are available to enrich our curriculum, sports day, rebound, school sports day, therapy rooms, swimming, walking and community access.
Topics include: Locomotion, healthy eating, leadership, control of movement, leisure activities, participation, and skills and techniques.
Everything we do at Beckfoot Hazelbeck is personalised, purposeful, and meaningful. Students will learn the knowledge and skills to empower them to flourish in their future lives, while they are encouraged to overcome barriers and know and remember more, so they can succeed.
Students will learn from and about religions and worldviews in their local, national, and global communities. The purpose of RE is to develop the spiritual and moral identity through discussion and study of religious beliefs and practices. We also run a range of whole-school events to support learning in this area.
We aim to inspire curiosity and wonder by ensuring that students develop the knowledge and skills to safely and sustainably enjoy all that our earth offers us. It emphasises the explicit teaching of life skills in familiar contexts such as the home, the garden, the local community, and beyond for greater independence and living. This area covers humanities and science.