All schools in Scotland organise learning and teaching according to the Curriculum for Excellence. We also have additional support from the newly devised Milestones to Support Learners with Complex Additional Support Needs. These frameworks support schools to identify and plan learning experiences which promote the development of Successful Learners, Confident Individuals, Responsible Citizens and Effective Contributors.

 

At Castleview School, we aim to create the optimal learning environment to ensure children experience learning opportunities which are meaningful and impactful and develop the skills and
attributes our children need to live full, productive and fulfilling lives.

We do so by:
• Ensuring a consistently high quality of interaction between staff, children and their environment.
• High expectations on the children to communicate by whatever means available to them.
• Having a sound knowledge of the child’s strengths and development needs, capitalizing on their strengths by appropriate use of multisensory approaches.
• Building on existing skills and developing new skills.
• Providing appropriate opportunities for learning in the local community.
• Keeping our focus on building the skills, talents and attributes of our children.
• Ensuring our children experience consistently high standards of teaching and support.
• Fostering the best working relationships with our partner services to ensure that our children access every support and therapy appropriate for them.

Children’s Plans have a focus on Health and Wellbeing and Communication. Teachers work with partners to provide a holistic assessment of each child, plan their next steps, design experiences to attain agreed outcomes and evaluate progress.

 

We recognise that the curriculum is the sum totality of the experiences which are planned for the children and young people
through their education, therefore the curriculum includes learning through:
• The ethos and life of the school as a community.
• Interdisciplinary projects and studies.
• Opportunities for personal achievement.