Post 16 - The Key
Spring Term overview
Towards Employment
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In English we are working on our functional reading skills. We will be working on our comprehension skills and developing an understanding of how to interpret information from text. We will do this through reading a variety of texts including fiction, recipes, shopping lists, and poems. In maths we will be working on understanding money, time and number. We will be doing this in practical ways using problem solving skills and putting our knowledge into context. |
Independent living
This term we will be focusing on how we use domestic appliances. We will continue learning about washing machines to increase our independence, whilst also learning how to safely use a toaster, kettle, oven and, for some pupils, an iron. We will also continue with our weekly cooking sessions where pupils will be working to make themselves healthy snacks and meals, cleaning up after themselves and using the correct utensils.
Community Inclusion
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This term we will be continuing our travel training, travelling safely in the community and using public transport with increased confidence and independence. Our weekly visits into the town centre will continue, alongside additional visits to local colleges and Post 19 providers to assist transition. Money skills will be a large focus of these visits, where pupils will have the opportunity to problem solve, use money in every day settings and develop their understanding of a simple budget. |
Health
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We will be thinking about friendship and what makes us happy. We will be looking at positive attitudes and how we can be a good friend. |
We will also be focusing on making choices, where we need to make choices and the positive and negative impact of making choices.
Extended and Enriched
Pupils will have the option of of art, PE or forest schools every week. Some students will be continuing with their Duke of Edinburgh activities, whilst some will be taking part in either cooking or another activity that they choose as a group. We will be thinking about other activities and trips that we want to over the course of the term, linked to the activities and topics that we are doing in school.
Careers
In careers, we will be continuing with some sessions with Andy from the DWP. We will continue to develop our teamwork skills and work on our communication to improve our ability to do so. We will continue with our Friday morning café sessions with some students taking part in work experience. Some students will be looking at Customer service and the importance of this and will then move on to horticulture. We will also be working on communication skills in the work place and solving problems in order for us to be able to do this in the real world.