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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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  • April 26, 2024 Famau had a fab time meeting. nick at the Willow Collective in Rhyl where they helped with bagging wood chippings, admired the fantastic wood products and explored the plants in the poly tunnel pic.twitter.com/kEXAYFXd9O— Ysgol Tir Morfa () April 26, 2024
  • April 26, 2024 # ytmserenExploring messy play with wild animals from Africa, gloop is the best way to explore. pic.twitter.com/n2FXKFaPrp— Ysgol Tir Morfa () April 26, 2024
  • April 26, 2024 Every morning Dosbarth Llandegla practice their Mathematics and Numeracy independently with Addition by Heart. pic.twitter.com/viO9WCd4Nx— Ysgol Tir Morfa () April 26, 2024
  • April 26, 2024 Big thank you to Alec from who came to Dosbarth Llandegla to tell us all about COPA1 and the 1st environmental summit on Yr Wyddfa. Llandegla will pitch an idea to reduce single-use-pollution to hopefully turn the idea into reality pic.twitter.com/IEkYRnz0Dg— Ysgol Tir Morfa () April 26, 2024
  • April 26, 2024 A fantastic week practicing our communication skills ☀️#ytmcom pic.twitter.com/wuaJEGOo1N— Ysgol Tir Morfa () April 26, 2024
  • April 25, 2024 ‘Megs veg‘ sensory story and mark making caterpillars and butterflies 🐛🦋🌳⭐️🌈🥕 pic.twitter.com/mdppRU7u8B— Ysgol Tir Morfa () April 25, 2024
  • April 25, 2024 filming on location with . Creating a short movie for our BTEC digital media award. We learnt about using a camera, creating special effects and a few interesting behind the camera tips. pic.twitter.com/rZFpCpYLU0— Ysgol Tir Morfa () April 25, 2024
  • April 23, 2024 Famau year 11 pupils have been working hard towards a Princes Trust module called Well-Being today, researching independently and collaborating with other students pic.twitter.com/jwgxAMzjY2— Ysgol Tir Morfa () April 23, 2024
  • April 22, 2024 are so happy to be back on work experience. The garden and house look incredible. We love the tulips. pic.twitter.com/wOCxIlbGII— Ysgol Tir Morfa () April 22, 2024
  • April 19, 2024 We have been working hard to make our flower shop and garden centre for our Social Enterprise. We took photos of nature, we designed and painted some plant pots, and we have started to design it on Minecraft Education. pic.twitter.com/Le9vcnowDc— Ysgol Tir Morfa () April 19, 2024
  • April 19, 2024 Famau has been learning about safety at home, in the local environment, at the beach, at the train station and when crossing the road pic.twitter.com/xCcMov91PC— Ysgol Tir Morfa () April 19, 2024
  • April 19, 2024 Mark-making ‘Handa’s Surprise’ fruit and animals. 🦒🦓🍍🍊🍔 pic.twitter.com/FolPlDNrQz— Ysgol Tir Morfa () April 19, 2024