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Functional Curriculum

The functional curriculum route is for pupils age 5 – 16 and has been planned to show and offer progression over a period of time, but also acknowledges that many skills are lost if not practiced and generalised in different contexts. We aim to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum that is adapted to meet the needs of every pupil and to overcome any barriers to learning using a range of specialist interventions.

Following the Curriculum for Wales framework, our learners access a varied and practically- led curriculum ensuring learning is brought to life, is engaging and most importantly appropriate to the individual learner. The curriculum promotes the four purposes of learning (ambitious, capable learners, enterprising, creative contributors, ethical, informed citizens, and healthy, confident individuals) and teaching approaches reflect the age and learning style of pupils concerned, consolidated by repetition and reinforcement.

Cross curricular links are consciously embedded throughout all activities across the six areas of learning with an emphasis on communication, appropriate behaviour and independence skills. This route slowly builds on the essential skills our young people will need as they progress in their lives and recognises in equal weight the importance of self help and independence skills alongside the more traditional basic skills.

Learning follows a 2-year topic cycle which comprises half termly topics. This process ensures progression but also embeds learning through necessary repetition which checks progress and real understanding and gives opportunities for generalisation which is crucial for our pupils.

Taking our pupils learning out of school and into their local community is a valuable part of our curriculum. It is vital that the skills pupils are learning in class are experienced parallel to the real-life learning experiences so that crucial links are made between the two.

When our pupils reach KS4, an emphasis on their next step becomes the priority and their transition to our Post 16 department becomes a focus. Pupils will start to access the work experience facilities on site with the opportunities to work alongside current P16 pupils. They also have opportunities to acquire accreditation.

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  • March 16, 2024 What a messy afternoon! Pupils activated switches to splat the teachers! 3,2,1…SPLAT! We also searched for mini beasts in the spaghetti hoops. pic.twitter.com/hPUWjK1Yxe— Ysgol Tir Morfa () March 16, 2024
  • March 15, 2024 Dosbarth Tegid had lots of red nose fun today, bush tucker trial completed and lots of being funny to raise money!!! Well done gang!!! pic.twitter.com/GOGI7Q8JwG— Ysgol Tir Morfa () March 15, 2024
  • March 15, 2024 A former pupil, came to chat to our class about inspiration, motivation and compassion. The class was so interested and listened to every word. pic.twitter.com/vFtNW8ou2J— Ysgol Tir Morfa () March 15, 2024
  • March 15, 2024 a fun day in Seren exploring red nose jelly and mark making with leeks.😀 pic.twitter.com/a7f7l86Q1x— Ysgol Tir Morfa () March 15, 2024
  • March 15, 2024 A former pupil, Anthony Hart, came to chat to our class about inspiration, motivation and compassion. The class was so interested and listened to every word. pic.twitter.com/psCS3FMWlu— Ysgol Tir Morfa () March 15, 2024
  • March 15, 2024 This young man deserves a special post this week, he has gained so much confidence in the community and his independence skills are excellent!! Huge well done!! pic.twitter.com/UWLGpXrDcz— Ysgol Tir Morfa () March 15, 2024
  • March 15, 2024 Preparing for Red Nose Day we made Red Nose Day cakes in Dosbarth Tegid this week pic.twitter.com/Sicmah9lHm— Ysgol Tir Morfa () March 15, 2024
  • March 15, 2024 For science week this week Dosbarth Tegid planted cress heads, we are excited to see what crazy hair styles grow!! pic.twitter.com/aeZTw3P3p0— Ysgol Tir Morfa () March 15, 2024
  • March 15, 2024 visited Pili Palas for and our topic this term - Growth. pic.twitter.com/OSTWkwDQuH— Ysgol Tir Morfa () March 15, 2024
  • March 15, 2024 ☀️ had lots of fun this morning completing our bush trucker trail we made an obstacle course in our classroom! pic.twitter.com/BN5mQ7dGVA— Ysgol Tir Morfa () March 15, 2024
  • March 15, 2024 Dosbarth Findeg enjoyed a morning at an inclusive Welsh Rugby festival on Thursday in Wrexham. Many thanks to Welsh Rugby for a fun day. .wales pic.twitter.com/8dB8emkQ2r— Ysgol Tir Morfa () March 15, 2024
  • March 15, 2024 We enjoyed a wonderful performance from the Welsh National Opera. Pupils attended well to the singing, instruments and range of sensory stimuli, and we observed some fantastic interactions. Thank you for visiting us. Diolch. pic.twitter.com/LUxZGROpFU— Ysgol Tir Morfa () March 15, 2024