Coedwig is a Learning Support Centre for pupils from across the Local Authority with additional Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties. (BESD)
Coedwig is housed in our lower school building and encompasses 2 specialist classrooms, a creative room, communal area, Sensory room, ‘chill out’ spaces and an outdoor play area.
We offer an alternative curriculum which develops pupils’ Executive Functions (mental skills that include working memory, flexible thinking, and self-control), Key Skills (Literacy, Numeracy & digital competency) and Life Skills (cooking, staying safe, using money etc)
Pupils have access to the following interventions: –
- Emotional Literacy Support (ELSA)
- Relationship based play (RBP)
- Sensory Circuits
- Speech & Language Link
- Lego Therapy
- Motional
- Pegs to Paper
- Forest School
Staff work closely with, and have access to support from: –
- School-based Play Therapist
- Occupational Therapy Team
- Well-being Team
- Speech and Language Therapists
- ASD advisory team
- Educational Psychologist
Pupils have weekly cycling sessions and cookery classes.
We use Read, Write Inc and Reading Eggs to develop Literacy skills and White Rose Maths to develop Numeracy skills.
Pupils have lots of opportunities for outside learning.
Cooking Sessions
