Ty Dysgu Pupil Referral Unit - Curriculum for Wales Summary

Our curriculum has been co-constructed through engaging with all stakeholders and will meet the following requirements:

 

Our Vision

We will provide every young person with the means to succeed. When our learners leave us they will be better prepared to take their next steps in life, learning, or work.

 

Our Mission

Our mission is to ensure that we provide a nurturing learning environment that is memorable, accessible, and inclusive.

 

Our Core Values

Nurturing

Understanding

Respect

Togetherness

Uniqueness

Relationships

Equity

 

Our inclusive curriculum

Our curriculum will raise the aspirations for all learners. 

As a school, we have considered how all learners will be supported to realise the ambitions and aspirations of the four purposes and to progress.  We have considered our ALN provision and how we will meet the needs of all learners.

 

The four purposes

The four purposes are the starting point and aspiration for our school

curriculum design. 

Our school aims to support all learners to become:

 

• ambitious, capable learners, ready to learn throughout their lives

• enterprising, creative contributors, ready to play a full part in life and work

• ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the world

• healthy, confident individuals, ready to lead fulfilling lives as valued members of society

 

The statements of what matters

Our curriculum will provide rich opportunities and authentic learning experiences to develop the key concepts, knowledge, and skills as described in the statements of what matters and in line with the Statements of What Matters Code.

 

Cross-curricular skills

Our curriculum will have a strong focus on developing the mandatory cross-curricular skills of literacy, numeracy, and digital competence. Our curriculum will enable learners to develop competence and capability in these skills and to extend and apply them across all Areas. 

 

Learners will be given opportunities across the curriculum to:

 

• develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills

• be able to use numbers and solve problems in real-life situations

• be confident users of a range of technologies to help them function and

  communicate effectively and make sense of the world

Areas of Learning and Experience

Our curriculum will provide learning experiences through the AoLE of:

 

• Health and Wellbeing

  Learning and teaching will also be provided for each learner, where 

  appropriate and reasonably possible, in the other Areas of Learning and Experience

 

• Languages, Literacy, and Communication

• Mathematics and Numeracy

• Science and Technology

• Expressive Arts

• Humanities

 

Learning, Progression, and Assessment

Our curriculum will support learning through designing learning opportunities that draw upon pedagogical principles.

 

Our curriculum, supported by effective learning and teaching enables learners to make meaningful progress. Over time our learners will develop and improve their skills and knowledge. 

 

Our curriculum focuses on understanding what it means to make progress in a given area or discipline and how learners should deepen and broaden their knowledge and understanding, skills and capacities, and attributes and dispositions and is informed by the Progression Code. This in turn supports our approach to assessment, the purpose of which is to inform planning for future learning. Assessment will be embedded as an intrinsic part of learning and teaching. All learners will be assessed on entry to the provision.

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Welsh and English

As an English medium provision learning will take place in English from the early years onwards.

 

UNCRC / UNCPRD

Our school will promote knowledge and understanding of Part 1 of the UNCRC, and of the UNCRPD, among those who provide learning and teaching.

 

CWRE

Our curriculum will incorporate careers and work-related experiences for all of our learners in an age and stage-appropriate way.

 

RSE

Our school curriculum embraces the RSE guidance and mandatory RSE Code. Our RSE provision will have a positive and empowering role in our learners’ education and will play a vital role in supporting them to realise the four purposes as part of a whole-school approach. Helping learners to form and maintain a range of relationships, all based on mutual trust and respect, is the foundation of RSE. These relationships are critical to the development of emotional well-being, resilience, and empathy. The RSE provision will be presented in an age and stage-appropriate way so that all learners are supported to become healthy and confident individuals.

 

RVE

Religion, values, and ethics (RVE) is a statutory requirement of the Curriculum for Wales and is mandatory for all learners from ages 3 to 16. There is no parental right to request that a child is withdrawn from RVE in the Curriculum for Wales.
As RVE is a locally determined subject, the agreed syllabus specifies what should be taught in RVE within the local authority and our curriculum will reflect this guidance.

 

Review and Refinement

Our school curriculum will be kept under review in order to respond to the outputs of professional inquiry, the changing needs of learners, and social contexts and needs. This will ensure our curriculum is both inclusive and responsive, meeting the needs of all learners.  The reviews will take into account the views of stakeholders and will be signed off by the Management Committee. We will publish a summary of our curriculum and revise the summary if changes to the curriculum are made during the review process.

 

What our Primary curriculum looks like (Ty Dysgu Dowlais 2022-2023)

 

Pupils will focus on their Literacy and Numeracy in the mornings.

 

In the afternoons pupils will work on topics which comprise of several Areas of Learning and Experience (AoLEs). 

 

These topics provide opportunities for cross-curricular links and the application

of authentic real-life skills and knowledge. They may have a local, national or global focus, and will be enriched where appropriate with contributions from community partners, workshops in school, and educational visits.

What our Secondary curriculum looks like (Ty Dysgu Homfray 2022-2023)

The Curriculum for Wales roll out for Secondary learners will be as follows:

 

September 2023 Year 7&8 pupils

September 2024 Year 7, 8 & 9 pupils

Year 10 and Year 11 pupils will continue the traditional qualification pathways

involving GCSEs and Vocational accreditation as appropriate

 

September 2022 - Years 7, 8 and 9

All learners will have access to Literacy and Numeracy through group lessons and 1:1 intervention. 

They will also have access to several Areas of Learning & Experience through subject specific programmes including:

 

• Health & Wellbeing (Strong focus on active learning)

• Languages, Literacy & Communication

• Mathematics and Numeracy

• Science and Technology

• Humanities

• Expressive Arts

 

Where appropriate learners start building qualifications through Agored

Cymru units and/or the WJEC Humanities Entry Pathways

 

September 2022 - Years 10 & 11

Pathways will be designed to suit the capabilities of individual learners.
The following courses are offered for 2022-2023:

 

• GCSE Mathematics

• GCSE Numeracy

• GCSE English Language

• GCSE Biology

• Vocational qualifications in PSE/PE accredited by Agored Cymru

• Opportunities to access courses and additional qualifications in a practical setting such as Construction

 

Headteacher:  G F Meade       Date: 22.07.2022 

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Chair of Governors:  C Davies 

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Review date: July 2023