Vocational and Alternative Provision at Newham PRUs
In addition to the curriculum delivered onsite across Newham PRUs, we seek additional curriculum opportunities for our students in response to individual
needs by working together with outside providers. We continue to explore and develop new and exciting learning opportunities, ensuring our curriculum pathways support transition and progression as well as access to appropriate qualifications.
Creating Futures Programme
As part of our 'Creating Futures' curriculum, a selection of Year, 9, 10 and 11 students, from across New Directions PRU & Tunmarsh School, have the opportunity to take part in our exciting vocational learning programme at the Beckton Skills Centre.
Every Friday afternoon selected students are accompanied by school staff to the Beckton Skills Centre where they will work alongside industry professionals and study towards achieving a formal Level 1 Award or Certificate in Motor Vehicle Maintenance. At the end of the session all students are then escorted back to their respective schools for the end of the school day.
Students remain on the programme until they have completed enough units to achieve either a Level 1 Award or Certificate. The minimum length of time to complete a programme takes approximately three months.
This opportunity is open to all students in Year 9, 10 or 11 who have an an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) it will help students to develop key transferable employability skills and subject industry knowledge, which they can then apply in other aspects of their education and future career progression preparation and planning.
Beckton Skills Centre
Beckton Skills Centre has many years’ experience of working with both school age learners, post 16 age groups and adult learners. Training courses are bespoke and can be tailored towards the learners needs, courses are hands on and delivered in either small groups or on a one to one basis. Courses are designed to teach young people key technical motor vehicle maintenance skills.
Topics include;
Health, safety and good housekeeping, vehicle electrical systems, vehicle steering and suspension systems, engine operating principles, lubrication and braking systems and vehicle wheels and tyre systems. Learners who complete the course/programme are awarded City & Guilds Entry
Level 3 Diploma in Vehicle Systems Maintenance.
Introduction to Music Technology
To understand how music software works. Learn and develop skills to understand key words and
music programme systems.
- Tempo/speed
- Beats per minute (BPM)
- Patterns
- Beats and bars
Students record tracks and learn the functions of editing a demo song. The students will explore different genres of music and learn to play different instruments. They will work towards creating a final mixed song to burn onto a CD and present.
APPLE
The education provision at APPLE is Newham PRU’s Alternative PRU Programme based at Lambourne End Outdoor Education Centre, in Romford, Essex. It provides a learning programme run by a team of specialists that supports improved engagement, increased attendance and leads to positive outcomes, for pupils who are unable to engage in onsite group provisions at either of our Newham based schools. APPLE is for those pupils who present with challenging behaviours or specific individual needs whereby a targeted and specialised curriculum is more suited to their learning requirements and is ‘away’ from the PRU. APPLE accepts pupils through an internal referral process and supports pupils with challenging needs to engage positively in education. It is a student centred provision for the most vulnerable young people facing personal challenges in their lives. Behaviour management, social development, inter/intra personal skills, confidence and self-esteem are a key developmental focus. The target for APPLE is to ensure that students are challenged to improve their outcomes thus resulting in a return to the best suited onsite provision or a return to mainstream education. Local and National concerns have identified that disaffected and excluded young people are most vulnerable to the external pressures of gang/youth crime, knife crime, drug related crime, drug misuse and exploitation in various forms. By developing an engaging, flexible, student centred pathway and at the same time creating a positive culture of Learning, Respect, and Personal Development, it provides the key to changing mind sets and creating opportunities for progression. A sense of achievement and common goals within a structured curriculum around Outdoor Education, Sporting activities and other learning experiences is the priority. An experiential approach helps facilitate learning experiences within a wider curriculum on a daily basis, linked to place, real world context and vocational subjects. Our focus with this approach to learning, results in students’ re-engagement with education and allows these pupils to reflect on their behaviours and choices which is key to their development, leading to reintegration to onsite provisions and a return pathway to mainstream schools.
APPLE Team:
Elgan Prosser - SLT
Roman Kutereba - SLT
Kojo Oppong – APPLE Manager
Julia Stover - Senior HLTA and Pastoral Manager
Heather Oldham – English and Art Teacher
Ruhma Kaplan – Maths Teacher
Location:
Lambourne End – Centre for Outdoor Learning
Manor Road
Lambourne End
Essex
RM4 1NB