Our Curriculum
Our curriculum at Park Lane is continually evolving to meet the individual needs of all our learners. It focusses on delivering a broad range of skills across all Areas of Learning and Experiences (AoLEs) in a way that is meaningful to pupils from 3 to 16 and beyond.
These are:
- Expressive Arts
- Health and Wellbeing
- Humanities
- Languages, Literacy and Communication
- Mathematics and Numeracy
- Science and Technology
Our curriculum takes a thematic approach over a 4-year cycle. At Park Lane pupil voice is essential to creating meaningful learning experiences, when developing the topics that would be included in this cycle, learners were involved in deciding what would be included.
Topics are adapted for each age range so that pupils have opportunities to revisit themes at different stages of their lives as they move through the school.
The Thrive philosophy is a key component to supporting all learners ensuring they feel safe, secure and have their needs met daily so that they are able to reach their full potential.
Our curriculum aims to be person centred, offering bespoke opportunities and rich learning experiences for all pupils whilst acting as a vehicle for developing each learners’ individual targets and focussing on what matters for our learners now and in the future.
The Curriculum for Wales guidance sets out:
- the proposed curriculum requirements set out in legislation for all learners aged 3 to 16, to ensure all schools cover the same core learning and to secure a consistency of approach for learners across Wales.
- guidelines for schools in developing their curricula.
- expectations around assessment arrangements to support learner progression.
The purpose of every school’s curriculum will be to support our children and young people to be:
- ambitious, capable learners, ready to learn throughout their lives
- enterprising, creative contributors, ready to play a full part in life and work
- ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the world
- healthy, confident individuals, ready to lead fulfilling lives as valued members of society
The Four Purposes have been adapted into our “I can…” statements at Park Lane to make them more accessible for our pupils and to support in developing a shared understanding.
The Four Purposes underpin all that we aim to achieve for all our pupils at Park Lane and are central to our curriculum offer.
