What is Sky Class?

Some of your questions answered

Who works in Sky Class?
• Lesley Elsdon (Deputy Director for Inclusion)
• Helen Welford (Advanced Teaching Assistant)

What is Sky Class?
• A Learning Support Unit in the Inclusion Community

What is ‘Virtual Sky Class’?
• Where students access external packages such as work or college placements, which are set up and monitored by Sky Class staff. Other students may follow independent learning schemes to boost their attainment levels.

What are our core aims?
To raise attainment by enabling all students to access the curriculum at their level. The ‘Every Child Matters’ agenda is at the core of our work to ensure that every child is treated as an individual.

Why is it called Sky Class?
• To encourage high aspirations in all our students ie ‘Reach for the Sky’ taking all learners beyond their vision of capability. We truly believe that ‘Everyone can fly’

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Who is Sky Class for?
• Students who need a personalised learning programme to boost their attainment levels. This can be anyone at all who is deemed to have ‘special needs’ including ‘Gifted and Talented’ students

How are students referred to Sky Class?
• By senior members of staff who have identified underachievement through their rigorous tracking systems.

How long are students in Sky Class for?
• As long as they need to be; until they can ‘Fly solo’

What do students do in Sky Class?
• Each package is totally individualised to cater for the needs of the student
• Packages are designed to address the emotional needs of students as well as meet and challenge their academic abilities leading to recognised qualifications/Levels wherever possible (GCSE, Entry Level, SATS ASDAN Bronze Award or COPE L2, Wider Key Skills)
• The Sky Curriculum aims to address the ‘Every Child Matters’ Agenda
• Some students in Sky also access external provision
• We aim to make learning as active, practical and as relevant as possible. Students enjoy a range of fun activities such as external visits. The students regularly entertain their teachers and members of the local community to coffee or even lunch!

How does Sky Class fit in with the rest of the school and the community?
Sky Class is an integral part of the school. We work closely with everyone, including parents, local business people, outside providers such as Yorkshire Coast College, external agencies. We also work ‘hand in glove’ with all staff in the school to ensure that we address the needs of every individual.

Download the Sky Class Vision here

News

Sky Students Entertain their teachers for lunch

On Wednesday March 19th students in Sky Class cooked a three course Italian meal for some of their teachers. These students were Paige Howarth (Year 8) Kylie Howarth (Year 9) and Jade Williams (Year 10). The students were completing two ASDAN challenges whilst also improving their own learning in Food Technology, Maths and English. The girls made a delicious meal of Brochette as a starter, a choice of Lasagne or Spaghetti Bolognese for the main course and sumptuous chocolate gateaux for a dessert. They then finished the meal off with coffee and chocolates. All the guests said that the food was beautifully cooked and that they thoroughly enjoyed their visit to Sky Class. The girls had an excellent opportunity to display their wonderful social skills as they looked after their teachers to a standard that any Italian restaurant would be proud of!

Raincliffe Support Mucktubs Nursery

On Wednesday 12th December students at Raincliffe School held a coffee morning for staff to raise money for the children at Mucktubs Nursery. They made cakes and served tea and coffee to their teachers. They also baked and iced a Christmas cake, which they had as a raffle prize. In total they raised £42.50. They have also made another cake for Mucktubs to raffle at the nursery.

Laura Brady, a Sky Class student involved in the coffee morning said ‘I have really enjoyed taking part and am pleased that the money is going to a good cause’

The students, who are part of ‘Sky Class’, Raincliffe’s Learning Support Unit will be presenting the money to the staff at Mucktubs Nursery on Friday 14th December 2007 at 11.00am.