Archdale School

Purple Pathway: EYFS

We will develop strong relationships with pupils in a safe and nurturing environment. We will provide pupils with the secure attachments they need and encourage child led learning through play and through exploration of a multisensory setting. We will support pupils to develop receptive and expressive communication and support their curiosity in learning, so that they are ready for developing as much independence and functional skills as they progress throughout the school. 

Yellow Pathway

We will support pupils to develop core skills and engagement in communication and attention through observant adults who build strong relationships through intensive interaction type approaches. Pupils’ behaviours will be supported to help them to communicate their basic needs and wants and to develop agency: showing preferences and making choices. Pupils will be given opportunities to strengthen their movements and will work on physical skills both gross and fine motor routinely. Pupils will be encouraged to develop a sense of themselves and their bodies and show an awareness and interest in others and the environment around them.

Orange Pathway

 We will support pupils to become increasingly aware of themselves and their emotions and feelings. We will support pupils to engage in both multisensory and structured early learning activities as well as the world. We will explore co-regulation approaches with an aim of developing longer term self-regulation strategies that help pupils to participate fully in their communities. We will build strong relationships with pupils and help them to communicate things that are important to them and to provide strategies that help them to communicate purposefully and functionally.  It is important that we find ways to develop opportunities for independence skills and provide building blocks that support pupils so that they are ready for the next stage in their learning.

Red Pathway

Pupils develop skills that will support independence and that are relevant for lifelong learning. They will be able to communicate their wants and needs using a preferred method of communication and develop language skills more generally across the curriculum. Pupils will be able to comment on activities and have a range of functional language. They will develop their understanding and application of early maths and literacy and begin to explore increasingly subject specific content.  Pupils will work in small groups as well as individually on a range of structured and less structured tasks. Adults will develop relationships with the pupils and through these positive relationships with adults and classmates, develop a better understanding of their own emotions and feelings allowing them to regulate themselves and sustain friendships. Pupils will also begin to develop an awareness of keeping themselves safe and be prepared for the next steps in learning.