Supported learning

Our courses will help students live a full and more independent life by offering a mixture of interests and skills in a supportive environment.

Full-time courses

We offer full-time programmes covering vocational skills, functional skills and personal social development.

These include:

• Skillbuilder at Leamington
• Countryside Skills at Moreton Morrell
• Skills for Employment Learning and Life (SELL) at Rugby
• Art in Rural Skills, Animal Care or Horticulture (FLAIR) at Pershore
   

Part-time courses

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)

The ABI programme is a specialist course that has been designed for adults of all ages who have acquired a brain injury. Students are encouraged to develop an independent attitude and approach in moving forward with their lives whether it is in a social, emotional or working capacity.

Wider Horizons

Provides personalised learning opportunities and choices to enhance life skills through communication, practical skills and self advocacy.

Programme includes: ceramics, art, craft, cookery, drama, computers, horticulture, woodwork, communication, personal development and needlework.

In addition, three separate two-hour sessions are held at the Moreton Morrell Centre for supported learners: Monday – maintenance skills; Wednesday – horticulture; Thursday – estate skills.

Conservation

Programme includes: topical environmental issues, environmental constructions, wildlife surveying, bird identification, creating and maintaining wildflower areas, seed collection and dispersal, and literacy/numeracy skills encouraged by supported learning through group work, assignments and recording activities.

Practical Gardening

Programme includes: plant propagation, vegetable growing, plant identification, planting hanging baskets and containers, plant maintenance, cultivation of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, hard landscape skills, woodwork items, literacy/numeracy skills encouraged by supported learning through group work, assignments and recording activities.

Choices Programme

Provides personalised learning opportunities and choices to enhance life skills through communication, practical skills and self advocacy.

Programme includes:  art/craft, cookery, express yourself, ICT, literacy, numeracy, performing arts.

Horticulture and Art

Programme includes:

Art: mixing colours, drawing and painting, develop and create simple modelling techniques, complete mosaic pictures.

Horticulture: potting plants, seed sowing, collecting seeds and fruits, watering plants, harvesting crops, collecting and growing cuttings.

PALS

Art and Land-based Skills – Animal Care or Horticulture

This course will help students improve personal, vocational and basic skills. Literacy, numeracy and ICT skills development is embedded into the programme.

They will develop skills in a small group working at a pace suited to their individual needs. This will help to improve independence and self confidence, develop a positive self-image and gain valuable skills to progress into further education or work.

Programme includes subjects like horticulture and small animal care.

Further units include:

• art and craft
• enterprise activities
• investigating land and environment
• personal development