Impact: Pupils following the pre-formal pathway will know how to:
Keeping Healthy and Safe
My Communication
My Body
My World
My Creativity
My Independence
<<<< notice, attend, respond and anticipate >>>>
accept ‘new’ and ‘different’
share an experience
interact
be content, healthy and safe
reject
show preferences
communicate ‘more’
know there is another
interact
attract attention
experience and express emotions
understand that they exist
maintain physical abilities (with support)
reach physical potential (with support)
show interest
make something happen
explore with purpose
persevere
understand object permanence
show interest
make something happen
explore with purpose
persevere
understand object permanence
reject
show preferences
communicate ‘more’
attract attention
make something happen
explore with purpose
What pupils need to know within the pre-formal pathway will overlap and can be developed through all curriculum areas and sessions.
Impact: Pupils following the informal pathway will know how to:
Keeping Healthy and Safe
My Communication
My Body
My World
co-regulate
manage when something changes
manage emotions with support
follow key routines
enjoy immediate personal successes
show interest in others, building relationships through exploration
request and accept help from others
understand that actions affect others
express preferences
express some needs and wants
Initiate
make choices
listen and respond to others
follow simple instructions
use effective strategies to communicate, expressing core and familiar words
co-regulate
navigate familiar and less familiar environments
enjoy some physical activities
use simple tools and equipment with purpose
reach physical potential, towards meaningful independence
be curious
explore in new ways
try something new
persevere
solve simple problems
show interest in others, building relationships through exploration
use objects purposefully and appropriately
My Creativity
My Independence
My Literacy
My Numeracy
be curious
express preferences
Initiate
make choices
explore in new ways
try something new
listen and respond to others
follow simple instructions
use simple tools and equipment with purpose
accept help from others
Request help from others
eat and drink with some prompting
complete some simple self-care tasks
use simple tools and equipment with purpose
follow key routines
manage when something changes
navigate safely to some familiar places
use effective strategies to communicate, expressing core and familiar words
recognise familiar signs in the environment
know what happens next (stories and routines)
listen and respond to others
enjoy sharing stories, songs and rhymes
use simple tools and equipment with purpose
make marks with intent
be curious
explore in new ways
try something new
persevere
solve simple problems
combine and build with objects
notice connections, patterns and relationships (spatial reasoning skills)
use counting behaviour, such as making sounds, pointing or saying some numbers in sequence
follow key routines; know what happens next
What pupils need to know within the informal pathway will overlap and can be developed through all curriculum areas and sessions.
Impact: Pupils following the semi-formal pathway will know how to:
Keeping Healthy and Safe
Communication
My Body
My World
Form relationships with others, working together to develop and extend ideas and find solutions to any conflicts that arise.
Show resilience and perseverance in the face of challenge.
Understand that actions can have positive and negative consequences.
Identify, understand and express emotions clearly.
Have a sense of value of self and own identity, while still having membership of and responsibility within a community.
Give or not give consent.
Identify dangers and risks and have strategies to stay safe
Lead a healthy and active life: eating healthily, looking after own body and managing personal needs independently
Communicate ideas, make choices, listen and respond to others and use questions to extend and check their understanding
Articulate ideas and thoughts in a manner that is suitable for the audience
listen carefully and why this is important
communicate to help work out problems and organise thinking and activities
Have a basic understanding of own body, how it works and changes that will happen.
Lead a healthy and active life: eating healthily, looking after own body and managing personal needs independently
Have overall core strength, stability, balance, spatial awareness, co-ordination and agility in order to complete physical activities and sports.
Use hand-eye co-ordination and fine motor skills to complete set tasks and use a range of tools competently, safely and independently.
Make sense of the physical world and the community around us.
understand a culturally, socially, technologically and ecologically diverse world.
Have an understanding of own life-story and family’s history, and recognise significant individuals and events who have made contributions to the world.
Understand different occupations and the roles different people play in their lives.
use technology in everyday life, also being aware of potential dangers.
Creativity
My Independence
My Literacy
My Numeracy
Have an artistic and cultural awareness
use a wide range of media and materials
Formulate own ideas and then recognise there are different ways to express them
Create collaboratively; sharing ideas, resources and skills
Have confidence in performance through music making and dance, both individually and in groups.
dress and undress independently and appropriately for context
eat and drink independently, understanding cultural expectations
safely navigate to some local facilities with minimal or no support
use local facilities independently. Including the shop and café
use equipment and techniques safely and effectively when cooking
Prepare and cook simple, nutritious snacks or meals
Use learnt functional English skills and apply these skills in everyday life to support interaction, organisation and problem solving.
Read and write with sufficient fluency and accuracy to be able to access learning, maintain independence and improve employability skills.
Have an interest in and love of reading.
Use and apply learnt functional maths skills and knowledge in everyday life to support learning, independence, problem solving and improve employability skills.
Achieve functional skills qualifications or higher in the areas of formal learning. Those doing a specific GCSE would typically be outsourced to other provisions.
