HMO specialist curriculum
Curriculum overview
Curriculum overview
Our offer to all children will be:
Enriching, engaging and enabling
Outcomes
Outcomes
The outcome for all children will be:
We are safe & happy learners
Pedagogy / Age and stage
Pedagogy / Age and stage
We embed the following non-negotiables at
every age and stage of a child’s learning
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Accessible approaches and activities
Appropriate environments
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Restorative practice
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Safe systems of work
SCRUFFY targets
Student led Creative Relevant Unspecified Fun For Youngsters
Encountering & discovering
We are learning to learn
Informal learning stage: EYFS / PMLD (p1-p4)
Children at the earliest levels of
development will access an Early Years
Foundation stage curriculum that
develops a sense of security in their
school environment that is
comprehensible and meaningful to the
learner and to his/her age. The focus is
on establishing positive interactive
relationships with others; proactively
exploring their world; gaining
environmental control skills; gaining the
highest level of personal mobility and
independence. We will reference the
CYC vision for learners with PMLD and
will ensure age appropriate activities
and experiences.
Children will be offered a range of multisensory activities.
Children will be taught to tolerate and
then enjoy a range of multi-sensory
experiences.
Children will offered structured and
unstructured play alongside their HMO &
HMP peers
Children will be immersed in a total
communication environment
Children may be introduced to TEACCH
approach
Children will be introduced to Restorative
Practice in a meaningful context
Adapted from :
Five Acre Wood School 2014 http://www.fiveacrewood.org.uk/
Swiss Cottage School 2014 http://swisscottage.camden.sch.uk/
Children will be taught how to play
independently, alongside each other
and cooperatively with each other.
Children will be taught to communicate
their needs and feelings
Children will be taught to move safely
and with increasing independence.
HMO specialist curriculum
Our offer to all children will be:
The outcome for all children will be:
Curriculum overview
Outcomes
Enriching, engaging and enabling
We are safe & happy learners
We embed the following non-negotiables at
every age and stage of a child’s learning


Accessible approaches and activities
Appropriate environments


Restorative practice

Safe systems of work
SCRUFFY targets
Student led Creative Relevant Unspecified Fun For Youngsters
Experiencing and understanding
We are learning through living
Semi-formal learning stage: SLD (p4-p7/8)
Provision for learners who need to
experience to understand will be based
on the Early Years Foundation Stage
curriculum however it will be adapted to
the age and learning styles of the
children. Children following the HMO
semi-formal curriculum learn best when
their learning is related to their own
experience. Some may learn best
through structured play; some will learn
best through functional activities and
others will respond to thematic
approaches.
Children will be offered a range of total
communication strategies
Children will be taught to be effective
communicators with age appropriate social
skills
Children will experience structured play
activities in the classroom which mirror skills
needed for life
Children will experience opportunities to
practice skills and apply their understanding
in community settings
Children will experience thematic topics
which extend their life experiences and
scaffold their understanding of the wider
world
Children will experience safe ways of
working and learning
Children will be taught numeracy and
literacy in meaningful contexts.
Children will be taught about their world, the
wider world and times gone by in
meaningful contexts using accessible
approaches.
Children may follow the TEACCH approach
Children will be taught to be as
independent as possible in all areas of
physical development
Children will be taught how to keep
themselves safe
Adapted from :
Five Acre Wood School 2014 http://www.fiveacrewood.org.uk/
Swiss Cottage School 2014 http://swisscottage.camden.sch.uk/
HMO specialist curriculum
Pedagogy / Age and stage
Our offer to all children will be:
Enriching, engaging and enabling
The outcome for all children will be:
We are safe & happy learners
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Refining skills & knowledge – adapted National
Curriculum
We are learning for our futures
Learners who access the HMO
formal stage of learning will focus
on the early programmes of study
from the National Curriculum.
Learning will be highly structured
with opportunities to practice new
skills and consolidate prior learning
in practical situations. Learning will
remain tangible and we will avoid
over emphasis on the abstract.
Children may have specific
interventions to address areas of
need.
Children will use a range of total
communication strategies
Children will follow a thematic approach
which facilitates skill development and
acquisition of knowledge.
Children will experience practical
learning where knowledge and
understanding can be applied
Children will experience a range of
inclusive activities that enhance their
self-esteem and/or further their
academic learning
Adapted from :
Five Acre Wood School 2014 http://www.fiveacrewood.org.uk/
Swiss Cottage School 2014 http://swisscottage.camden.sch.uk/
We embed the following non-negotiables at
every age and stage of a child’s learning
Accessible approaches and activities
Appropriate environments
Restorative practice
Safe systems of work
SCRUFFY targets
Student led Creative Relevant Unspecified Fun For Youngsters
Formal stage of learning: MLD (p8+)
Children will be taught to be effective
communicators with age appropriate social skills
Children will be taught numeracy and literacy in
meaningful contexts.
Children will be taught about their world, the
wider world and times gone by in meaningful
contexts using accessible approaches.
Children may follow the TEACCH approach
Children will be taught to be as independent as
possible in all areas of physical development.
Children will be taught how to research their own
interests in a safe way.
Children will be taught how to keep themselves
and others safe from harm.