Our Curriculum.JPG)
At Eagle House School we aim to give every child equality of opportunity through a broad and balanced curriculum. We work within the framework of the National Curriculum which pays regard to the core subjects (English, Maths, Science, Personal, Social and Health Education and Communication Technology (ICT) and to the foundation subjects (Geography, Music, PE, Art, Design technology and History). Religious Education is also an area of study but it is not a National Curriculum subject.
We aim to incorporate the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies into our Primary Department planning and teaching. Literacy and numeracy are integrated into the normal good practice of our teaching day. During the first few weeks in school, children undergo baseline assessments, which give us an idea of where individual children are starting from. Teachers continually evaluate children's work and record their progress.
The curriculum offered by the Secondary Department aims to prepare our children for life beyond Eagle House School. Pupils follow a curriculum with a strong vocational and life skills focus.
Our aim is to consider the whole child's global development; our teaching is designed to build upon and develop the social, physical, emotional and intellectual abilities of our children. We identify individual needs and plan work and activities which develop the child in a progressive way. We base our teaching on a variety of approaches, choosing the most effective for each child.
There is a strong emphasis on a multi professional approach and all our professionals contribute to the child's individual education plan (IEP) which will include specific targets relating to the child's education, communication and social and behavioural needs.
The approaches we use include - .JPG)
- TEACCH
- Visual support strategies
- PECS
- Makaton
- Social Stories
- Drama
- Intensive Interaction
Each child is taught in a way that meets their learning style using a combination of the above strategies. We make the curriculum as 'real' as we can for each child, through as much experimental teaching as possible. We also help our children to learn in a variety of settings, helping our pupils to generalise new skills outside of the school environment.
Our teaching is presented visually to suit the learning styles of our children and special emphasis is given to supporting our children through transitions with the aid of visual timetables.
Our priority is to engage our pupils in a way that is motivating to them