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ARB

Welcome to our ARB

The Area Resource Base is an integral part of Saltash Community school and provides a safe and supportive learning environment for young people from the age of 11-16 with additional learning needs and who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EНСР).

Curriculum:

The curriculum offer includes a range of subjects to develop knowledge and understanding of the world and, in turn, developing and promote independence, confidence, teamwork and communication.

Everything we do is designed to enable young people to reach their full potential and thrive as they move through their education journey.

Maths and English are embedded throughout the curriculum, enabling repetition and reinforcement of learning, embedding fundamental skills for life.

The curriculum is tailored to meet the individual needs of students and progress is tracked through a structured student journey process to support students to reach their full potential.

Tutorial Programme:

Through a weekly tutorial programme, we aim to engage students in a spiral curriculum of topics and themes that will support them throughout their time in the ARB and life beyond school.

Themes include:

  • Fundamental British Values
  • Radicalisation and Prevent
  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Personal and online safety
  • Relationships

As well as classroom-based lessons, students learn in varied environments on and off-site.

The ARB organises enrichment activities, developing student knowledge, skills, confidence, resilience and a sense of fun and fulfilment in learning.

These include:

  • The use of the uniquely placed school grounds to explore the world around us to enhance and bring lessons to life.
  • Visits to Mount Batten Water Sports Centre to develop teamwork skills and guide young people on how to access opportunities outside of school.
  • Visits to further education colleges and placements to support transition into the next steps of education.
  • Participation in local and County-wide sports competitions to encourage the values of respect, friendship, communication and determination.

Aspirations:

The ARB aims to create an outstanding student-centred learning environment where students are enthusiastic about their learning and committed to developing the skills required to access mainstream lessons when and where appropriate and prepare them for adult life.  

Dedicated and caring staff aim to provide the most conducive learning environment possible to maximise the potential of all students.

We believe that all of our students have the ability to become active and valued members of their communities, and we will work hard to ensure that we support learners to gain the independence, skills and understanding necessary to enable this to happen. 

OfSTED:

In our most recent OfSTED visit, inspectors made the following observations about the teaching and support provided to students by Trematon ARB:

“Skilled teaching assistants support pupils well”
“Pupils with SEND who have EHC plans are making strong progress; many of these are in the ARB”
“Pupils within the ARB demonstrate high levels of achievement in relation to their starting points”.

Philosophy:

Trematon ARB values every child as an individual: our setting encourages every child to achieve their full potential and to develop an intrinsic desire to learn and participate in school, family and community life. We provide a calm, caring environment in which academic, social, emotional and sensory needs are met. We aim to develop the children’s self-esteem, self-awareness and self-confidence by promoting and building on the children’s strengths and interests, developing strategies and skills that will prepare them for the next stage of their development and life.

The ARB team:

The ARB benefits from an experienced and professional team who receive regular training in order to maintain high standards and expertise. The current team is as follows:

Parents and Carers:

The ARB recognises that the parents and carers play the most significant role in their child’s development. We work in partnership with parents and all other agencies to ensure continuity of approach for all concerned. The ARB seeks to promote the full involvement of parents through:

  • Regular daily updates through the “Class Dojo” application where student progress and achievements can be shared with parents and carers.
  • Formal and detailed Education, Health Care Plan annual reviews.
  • Open communication by text, phone or email at any time during the working day.

Curriculum and Routines:

The students are taught a broad and balanced curriculum which aims to promote the academic, spiritual, moral, cultural, emotional and physical development of all children. The students have full access to the National Curriculum, including the Foundation Stage, through relevant and stimulating lessons which enable every child to reach their full potential. The subjects are modified and differentiated so that they are appropriate for the age and stage of each child, and accessible for all. Emphasis is placed upon communication skills, social skills and the development of independence, life and thinking skills.

The Environment and Facilities:

Our facilities were newly refurbished in 2022, providing us with excellent indoor and outdoor learning environments. Each of the streamed teaching groups is taught in a separate classroom to encourage distraction-free learning and for students with sensory needs there is a fully equipped sensory room and quiet room which they can access. There is also a separate dining area and kitchen which is used as a social space and teaching resource for life skills and food tech lessons.

Our outdoor space features a covered play area, a raised area with picnic benches, a vegetable garden and greenhouse. We are also creating a pond to encourage our resident wildlife. One highlight of our outdoor space which our students really enjoy is our chicken run. Our chickens were all hatched and raised at the ARB, and they are often brought inside so that students can interact with them.

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