At Mandeville, our children are at an early stage of development. To support their learning, we have implemented the early years framework across the school.

We have created a tailored curriculum that covers the seven areas of learning outlined in the SEND Code of Practice and the EYFS framework.

Our curriculum has been developed with input from our school physiotherapist, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and music therapists. All staff at Mandeville have the chance to contribute to the ongoing development of the curriculum.

The Mandeville School curriculum has two pathways:

Mandeville Curriculum 1 - Supports children who are working at the engagement levels of learning. The 5 areas of engagement include Exploration, Realisation, Anticipation, Persistence and Initiation.

Mandeville Curriculum 2 - Supports children who are working on ‘I can’ statements and accessing Pre-key stage     standards of learning.

   The seven key learning areas in the Mandeville curriculum include:

1. Communication and Language 
2. Physical Development & Sensory
3. Personal, Social, Emotional & Mental Health
4. Literacy – reading and writing: including developing phase 1, 2 and 3 phonics
5. Mathematics, Cognition & Learning
6. Understanding the World
7. Expressive Art & Design

We use a cross-curricular approach to teaching, which means we connect different subjects to our termly topic. The resources, books, and activities we use are all related to this topic.

Our teaching and learning focus on being practical, useful, and relevant to the pupils.

We help pupils learn how to apply their knowledge in different situations.

Looking after our friends from the London Children's Ballet. 

Imagination and creativity are children’s unique response to what they see, hear and experience around them.  Expressive Arts and Design DFe