Craighalbert and the Scottish Curriculum

The aims of the Craighalbert Centre are very similar to the more general aims of education. The Centre provides an opportunity to develop young people able to take a full part in the world in which they live. This education will encourage those children at the Craighalbert Centre to play an active role in their families and communities. At the Craighalbert Centre the philosophy, principles and tools of conductive education are used within the context of national advice on the curriculum, thereby enriching the practice.
The programmes of work are planned thematically and in close reference to the national guidelines such as:

• A Curriculum Framework for Children 3 to 5
• The 5 - 14 Guidelines
• The Elaborated 5 –14 Curriculum
• Effective Provision for Special Educational Needs
• A Manual of Good Practice for Special Educational Needs
• Support for Learning

The children have Individualised Educational Programmes (IEP).

The teaching resources, including reading and maths schemes, used within the Craighalbert Centre are the same as those used by their peers in any other school in Scotland. Hence, when the children move on, they will be familiar with the materials they encounter.

Policies

The centre has written policies in place in all areas of its work.
These include;

• The Childrens Day and the Curriculum
• Learning and Teaching
• Curricular areas
• Communication and Language
• Mathematics
• Knowledge and Understanding of the World
• Emotional, Personal and Social Development
• Physical Development and Movement
• Expressive and Aesthetic Development
• Religious and Moral Development
• IEPs

Copies of all policies are available from the centre on request.