Woodlands is a 50 place specialist provision for children with communication and interaction difficulties, including Autism. Children need to have an Education, Health and Care Plan to access our provision. We take children from Reception to Year 6.
Our Classes
There are 5 classes in Woodlands and a maximum of 10 children in each class.
Rabbits Class - These are our youngest children and are in Year R, Year 1 or Year 2
Hedgehogs Class - These children are in Year 2 or Year 3
Squirrels Class - These children are in Year 2, Year 3 or Year 4
Badgers Class - These children are in Year 4 or Year 5
Foxes Class - These children are in Years 5 or Year 6
The Nest
This is our multi-purpose room. We use this room for the children as an extra space where they can do arts, crafts, cooking and a variety of activities. The children also use this room for PE and to eat their lunch.
The Curriculum
In Woodlands we follow both the EYFS Curriculum and the National Curriculum. Alongside this we also have a focus on the children developing those important skills for life too. Each term we have a topic across the unit and we link our learning to this. Three times a year we have Woodlands Wonderful Wednesdays where we invite parents and carers to come in and share the children's learning and join in activities linked to our topic.
TEACCH Approach
We use this structured approach which is a framework to support the achievement of children's educational and therapeutic goals. The framework includes:-
- Physical organisation
- Individualised schedules
- Work (Activity) systems
- Visual structure of materials in tasks and activities
Coffee Mornings
We hold these termly where parents and carers are invited to meet up and discuss any issues, concerns or just have a general catch up. These are sometimes hosted by other professionals including our Speech and Language Therapist or Occupational Therapist.
Out and About
We have a school mini bus and use this regularly to take the children out to a variety of places for example going to the supermarket to buy food for our snacks.
News
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