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Sheringham Woodfields School Prospectus Contents Welcome 4 Our School 6 Admissions 8 What we learn 9 Enrichment 10 Meeting Pupils Needs 12 Speech and Language Therapy & Sensory Support 14 Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy 15 Community Links 16 Lunch and Afterschool Clubs 18 After Woodfields School 20 Behaviour 22 Uniform and School Meals 23 Policies and Sex and Relationships Education 24 Safeguarding Procedures 26 Transport 27 Friends of Woodfields 29 Useful Links 31 4 / SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SCHOOL Sheringham Woodfields School provides a high-quality, rounded education in a happy, warm and Welcome to Sheringham Woodfields School. supportive environment. This prospectus aims to give a glimpse of the excellent education and care we provide for our pupils. We have pupils with a diverse and relevant curriculum that SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SCHOOL range of needs and view every enables all to make progress. one as an individual with their A key part of our work is about own strengths and qualities. preparing our pupils for the Our enthusiastic and creative next steps in their life through staff have a vast range of skills encouraging independence, and experience in meeting life skills and being part of the learners’ needs. community. Through their enthusiasm and If you would like to know more creativity they ensure that pupils about the school please call to have an exciting, challenging arrange a visit. James Stanbrook Head Teacher / 5 6 / SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SCHOOL Our School Our purpose built special school is on the outskirts of the North Norfolk town of Sheringham, surrounded by a beautiful natural landscape of beaches, cliffs, woodland and marshes. We share a campus with We have a teaching kitchen with The Annexe is a part of the High Sheringham County Primary adapted equipment to allow School sixth form building and School and Nursery and everyone to cook. The building has two classes for our older Sheringham High School. also has excellent IT equipment pupils. It is designed to offer a Our pupils range from ages three including computers, iPads, curriculum preparing pupils to to nineteen and come from cameras and switch-operated move on to the next step in their across the county. toys and equipment. life with an emphasis on life skills. SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SCHOOL The main school building has We have a sensory theatre, ball It has an excellent kitchen with spacious classrooms, automatic pool, large range of soft play dishwasher, washing machine doors, height adjustable equipment and a hydrotherapy and dryer and a common room furniture, and wide doors and pool. for pupils to socialise and relax corridors. Outside there is a school garden in. Pupils based in the Annexe and separate playgrounds for also use the specialist areas in It features well-equipped the main building. hygiene rooms, ceiling hoists primary and secondary pupils and many specialist facilities with play equipment, bikes, including a music room with a trikes, sports equipment and resonance board large enough games. for a whole class. / 7 8 / SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SCHOOL Admissions What we learn Our curriculum is designed to promote Pupils are admitted to school via the Local Authority’s policy for the learning and to prepare pupils for the next admission of pupils to special schools. Parents/carers are welcome to steps in their lives. Where possible we visit the school if Sheringham Woodfields School has been suggested follow the National Curriculum but as a possible placement for their child. adapt it to remain challenging, fun and relevant to our pupils. If a parent wishes their son or Contact details can be supplied At all ages there is an emphasis daughter to attend Woodfields through the school or the on enabling pupils to be as they need to contact their Education Department at County independent as possible and so Education Health Care Plan Co- Hall. much of the learning takes place ordinator via the Area Education Please don’t hesitate to phone in practical ways such as cooking, Office. or come to school if you have shopping or in the community. We SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SCHOOL a worry or just wish to visit view Personal, Social and Health to see the school in action. Education as a core subject along Appointments are required if you with English and Maths. wish to have a tour of the school. For more information about the curriculum, see the separate sheet(s) detailing what we learn within each keystage. The school has also implemented a specially- designed curriculum to support those pupils with profound, multiple learning difficulties. / 9 10 / SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SCHOOL • Understanding of the • Understanding and recognition Enrichment consequences of their actions of the wide range of cultural influences that have shaped • Showing a wide range of social our own heritage The school provides an enriching curriculum that promotes the skills in different contexts • Willingness to participate spiritual, moral, cultural and social development of our pupils as well • Willingness to join in a variety in, and respond to as their intellectual development. This includes: of social settings artistic, musical, sporting, mathematical, technological, • Understanding of the beliefs, • Use of imagination and • Understanding the way scientific and cultural feelings and values of others creativity in their learning communities and societies function opportunities • Sense of enjoyment and • Willingness to reflect on their • Exploring and showing respect fascination in learning about experiences for cultural diversity themselves, others and the world around them • Recognition of the difference between right and wrong These themes are studied throughout our curriculum and through a range of themed weeks and days where pupils can try out new and exciting SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SCHOOL things. Much of this is through educational visits. These have included: “Great Woodfields Bake Off”, Pirate-Themed Numeracy Day, Music Week and RE days. / 11 12 / SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SCHOOL Meeting Pupils Needs SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SCHOOL Because we have a mixed intake of pupils we do not organise classes by year but by grouping pupils together who have similar needs and approaches to learning. Normally these pupils will be within 1 or 2 years of each other. Each class is then set up to use a range of approaches appropriate to that group of pupils including: • Signalong • Switch operated equipment • Sensory Integration • Sensory approaches • Symbol based communication • Intensive interaction • Intervenor • Care Plans programmes • Hydrotherapy • Body Signing / • Voice output devices 13 • Rebound Therapy 14 / SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SCHOOL Speech and Language Therapy Occupational Therapy & Sensory Support and Physiotherapy The Speech and Language Therapist is available for some pupils Occupational Therapists work with children who have disabilities to within school on a regular basis. help them maximise their potential towards independence. They Progress is monitored and staff Their role in school is to: work in partnership with parents, carers, school staff and other advised on how to help develop • Provide ongoing assessment therapists to develop and maintain a child’s ability to perform communication skills throughout everyday tasks both at home and at school. the day. • Teaching, advice and The SaLT is available to staff monitoring of the skills and OT assessments enable them Their aim is to help pupils and parents for consultation on specialist approaches to to identify areas in which the reach their full potential whilst ensure that children with vision child needs help and from this preventing or minimising the pupils not on the referral list. SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SCHOOL and/or hearing difficulties they are able to offer advice and effects of injury or impairment. Children’s Services Sensory are able to fully access the ideas. This may involve: Following referral, children are Support Team consists of curriculum. Teachers of the Deaf and • Looking at ways of adapting assessed and advice is given Teachers of the Visually specific tasks regarding their management Impaired. according to medical need. This • Providing specialist equipment may include: • Setting up activity • Setting up a programme of programmes exercises • Liaising with other agencies • Postural management Physiotherapists and • Advice and support Physiotherapy Assistants visit the school regularly. / 15 16 / SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SHERINGHAM WOODFIELDS SCHOOL Community Links Sheringham Woodfields School is proud of SHERINGHAM its community links, seeing the wider community as an extension of the classroom. It is also important that the community is aware of the strengths and needs of our pupils. The school makes many two-way process; many groups learning experiences for WOODFIELDS SCHOOL educational visits within the local and individuals such as theatre our pupils. area and beyond. groups, dancers, artists and Pupils are also actively involved We also Visits are seen as vital to widening musicians visit the school in the in the day to day upkeep of the course of the year. work closely with pupils’ appreciation of different smallholding project The Patch Hilltop outdoor activity centre, people and their environment We also have our school charity (www.the-patch.co.uk). Splash local community fitness but also to learn appropriate shop,