The curriculum is all the planned activities that we as a Post-16 provider (“college”) organise in order to promote learning, personal growth and development. It also includes the ‘hidden curriculum’, or what the learners learn from the way they are treated, what they observe, and expectations around behaviour. We aim to teach learners to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to achieve their full potential as positive, responsible adults.
Values
At Buzz we strive to make our learners passionate for learning and make their learning as fun, meaningful and as relevant as possible. We offer learners a good education in a safe, calm, creative, inclusive and stimulating environment. Every learner is valued as an individual and we aim to nurture well-rounded, respectful and confident learners who develop skills for life-long learning.
Staff nurture learners on their journey and encourage them to be creative, unique, open-minded and independent individuals, respectful of themselves and of others in our college community, the widerlocal community and world. We take our responsibility to prepare learners for life in modern Britain very seriously and ensure that the fundamental British Values are introduced, discussed and lived out through the ethos and work of our college.
Our curriculum promotes respect for the views of each individual learner, as well as for people of all cultures. We value the spiritual and moral development of each person, as well as their intellectual and physical growth. We organise our curriculum so that we promote co-operation and understanding between all members of our community.
Buzz’s values permeate all areas of college life and are reflected by our ethos: Be All You Can!
Curriculum intent
Buzz is clear in its mission of achieving the very best for every learner. We have considered its context to develop a curriculum which shows a progression of knowledge and skills appropriate to individual learners’ abilities within the context of their destinations and potential career routes. All learners have access to a broad and balanced curriculum which reflects learners’ ages, ability and support needs.
The curriculum is designed to stretch, challenge and meet the learning needs of all learners and provide them with rich and stimulating cultural capital experiences, which lay the foundations for future learning, employment and life. It provides opportunities to develop academic functional skills from Pre-Entry Level to Level 3 as well as having a strong focus on personal development
opportunities.
Learners study the full curriculum and are supported to achieve to their optimum both within classroom teaching and through additional targeted support and intervention (See learners’ Individual Learning Plans).
Learning is planned and adapted to enable learners to broaden, deepen and accelerate their understanding and development of skills and knowledge. Learners are challenged to think in depth and widen their learning across the curriculum. Regular formative assessments identify learners/ groups of learners for differentiated activities. Extra support and interventions are provided for learners as necessary and in line with Buzz’s SEND policy. Buzz’s curriculum is inclusive and aims to promote a growth mind set in all our learners in line with Buzz’s ethos: Be All You Can!
