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July 2010

Manchester Communication Academy’s Curriculum

The curriculum will follow a regular weekly routine that combines core subjects with a range of learning programmes and activities designed to build practical and work-related skills. Science and technology, maths, English and languages will be taught in the morning with creative and aesthetic and health and wellbeing taking place in the afternoon.

The practical learning sessions will all include a focus on the importance of numeracy and literacy and will be designed to reflect and support the individual needs and interests of each child. The sessions will include:

* Speaking for Ourselves: running on Thursday afternoons during our first half-term, this project engages children in working in teams to provide real solutions to genuine issues and to build their communication skills and confidence.  These will include presentation skills, how to undertake research and using specialist ICT equipment.
* Enterprise Zone: on Thursdays during the second half term learners will be able to specialise in an area that may be of particular interest to them from horticulture, textiles and printing to forensics and producing a student magazine.  They will also be guided through a range of useful enterprise exercises including setting up a business or a community project.
* Guided Sessions: taking place each Friday morning the aim of these sessions is to identify and work with children in any areas of key need or talent. This will range from developing reading skills to supporting gifted children in developing their ICT, languages and critical thinking qualifications.

It is very important to us that our parents and carers are involved in their child’s progress as much as possible and every half term we will send you an update which will include:

* An assessment of work and progress to date
* A plan of what your child will be doing next
* Advice as to how you can best support your child to make progress.

In addition parents, carers and children will also be able to log on to ‘Realsmart’ at any time to see how their child is progressing and view their work.  So no more wondering what your child does all day!

Please let us know if you have any questions about our curriculum or if you can give you any help in supporting your child’s learning.