Curriculum
Ivel Valley School and College Post 16 curriculum is designed to prepare our students for their next steps as young adults. We aim to develop in each student aspiration to succeed and achieve their best, while providing a foundation for lifelong learning.
Lynn Hawkins and Roger Williams are our Assistant Headteachers responsible for the college site.
Lynn co-ordinates the teaching and learning offering at college and is the Post 16 Lead for the Wooden Hill Federation.
Roger is the Deputy Safeguarding lead and co-ordinates the Careers Programme, Pastoral Support and Accreditations.
Our curriculum is based around the four Preparing for Adulthood (PfA) outcomes.
There are a range of opportunities available in Key Stage 5 to enrich their Curriculum, namely:
The college curriculum is a continuation of the school curriculum with a Preparation to Adulthood Focus. A lot of our learning takes place in the community, this supports students to transfer their skills from school/college and home into the public domain at whatever level they are working at.
We continue to use EfL (Evidence for Learning) as one record of assessment, and will send Learning Journals termly, to inform parents / carers of the progress being made.
We also use “dojo app” to communicate with parents, in the same way the school site uses it.
We also encourage our students to have mobile phones to support their learning – using a variety of apps both in the college building and in the community. Please speak to Lynn or Roger if you have concerns about this.
Subjects taught at college include:
Functional English (including Pearsons accreditation Entry Level 1 through to Level 2) – (4 x 50 weekly – 3 lessons are streamed and 1 lesson in form room)
Functional Maths (including Pearsons accreditation Entry Level 1 through to Level 2) – (4 x 50 min weekly – 3 lessons are streamed and 1 lesson in form room)
PSHE and RSE – (3 x 50 min – weekly)
Digital Skills – (1 x 50 min – weekly)
Travel Training – (1 day – weekly)(All students are expected to have a c+ bus pass and will travel regularly on public transport to Bedford and Hitchin).
Food Technology – (1/2 day – weekly)
First Aid – (half a term)
Health & Self Care (Half a term)
Household Tasks (Half a term)
Environment & Community (Half a Term)
Careers and Future Transition (weekly wrapped into the whole curriculum)
SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development) – (3 x 30 mins weekly)
RE (Religious Education) – (1 day per term)
Vocational Options (includes: photography, hair & beauty, woodwork and maintenance, sensory activites, hospitality (cooking) and gardening) – (1 x afternoon a week)
Leisure Options (includes: swimming at Saxon pool, sports in Saxon Hall, Out & About (visiting & exploring local locations), Kareoke, Badminton
