From the 7 to the 9th of May 2013, We hosted a visit to The Brook Special Primary School on the incusive Broadwaters campus. All partners observed and learned from examples of good practice during incusive Art and Music sessions in partnership with The Willow Primary School. We presented didactic strategies: Sherborne movement and The Sound of Intent. We presented our Curriculum planning and our school-parent coordination network. All partners also observed examples of good day to day practice.

1. COMENIUS PROJECT
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THE BROOK ON BROADWATERS (LONDON – UK)
GOOD PRACTICES:
INCLUSIVE CAMPUS
SHERBONE
DEVELOPMENTAL
MOVEMENT
MUSIC POLICY
MOURNING AND GOODBYE
CIRCLE

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INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Broadwaters is an inclusive campus shared by a mainstream school called
‘The Willow’ and one special needs school called ‘The Brook’.
On the campus, pupils with special educational needs share some of the
activities with their peers from the mainstream school. For example, during
activities of the artistic field pupils from both schools work together in a same
classroom sharing an inclusive lesson. Mainstream students from The Willow
and students with special education needs from The Brook benefit from the
experience of inclusive learning developing a wide variety of skills ranging from
PSHE ( Personal Social and Health eduction), Humanities, Creative skills
(Art&Music).
Students from both schools share common spaces: dining room, play ground...

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SHERBORNE DEVELOPMENTAL MOVEMENT
Sherborne Developmental Movement (SDM) is a form of therapeutic
intervention, which seeks to engage participants in interactive learning, through
shared movement experiences, which have their origins in the normal patterns
of human development. These movement experiences are presented in an
environment that is open to personal response, non- judgemental and firmly
rooted within the concept of achievement and success.
(Hill – 2006)

6. Body Awareness
Centre
•Other parts
•Whole body
Spatial awareness
•General
•Personal
•Spatial concepts Working with others
•Caring
•Being cared for
Working together
•Sharing equally in
all movements
Working against
another
•Testing
•Resisting
Awareness of the
quality of ‘my’ movements
•Strength
•Speed
•Fluency
Awareness of quality
of ‘others’ movements
•Strength
•Speed
•Fluency
Key elements
underpinning the
Sherborne
Developmental
Movement
‘Introductory Day’
practical sessions
Relationships
and Communication
developed through
•Awareness of self
•Awareness of others

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MUSIC POLICY
Music is a powerful, unique form of communication that can change the way
people feel, think and act. It brings together intellect and feeling and enables
personal expression, reflection and emotional development.
As an integral part of culture, past and present, it helps people understand
themselves and relate to others, forging important links between the home,
school and the wider world.
It can develop a sense of group identity and togetherness, and increases self-
discipline and creativity, aesthetic sensitivity and fulfillment.

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MUSIC POLICY
Music is taught both as a discrete subject, and in a cross curricular way. In
order for pupils to learn through their most effective means, and to work to
their strengths and abilities, a multi-sensory approach to teaching and learning
is often used in music activities.
All classes throughout the school use music activities to support other areas
of the curriculum – live and recorded. Music is also used as a ‘sound of
reference’ or auditory cue throughout the school day – to encourage
recognition, awareness, participation, anticipation.
Key skills are taught through music : choice making; gross and fine motor
skills; communication; anticipation; social interactions; turn taking; developing
receptive and expressive communication; responding to instructions…..

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MUSIC POLICY
Aims:
· To offer all pupils a broad and balanced music curriculum appropriate to their
age, ability, need
· To offer pupils of differing abilities, and whose experiences are wide ranging,
the opportunity to develop at their individual level and stage of development
· To provide access to musical knowledge, skills and understanding through
the teaching of music as a discrete subject or within a cross curricular
approach.
· To access the music curriculum in an inclusive context

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MUSIC POLICY
Approaches to teaching
The contribution of music to the whole curriculum is recognized by developing
in pupils the following essentially transferable skills and attributes:
· Delight in a sense of individual and collective achievement
· Communication skills – verbal and non-verbal
· Aesthetic appreciation and discrimination
· Listening skills and sensitivity to sounds
· Imagination and inventiveness
· Intellectual and artistic skills
· The ability to analyse and solve problems
· Social skills e.g cooperation, turn taking, self- esteem, perseverance
· Study skills e.g lengthened attention span, memorizing...
· Self-motivation, self-discipline, self-evaluation
· Access to, awareness, appreciation of a wide range of cultural traditions.

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13. MOURNING AND GOODBYE CIRCLE
COMENIUS PROJECT
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We perform these activities every day with those who face severe and
profound learning difficulties, and have motor impairment and the lack of
communication and autonomy too in our school.
In the Morning and Goodbye Circle children are encouraged to communicate
in a variety of ways including vocalizing, facial expression, giving eye-
contact, eye-pointing...

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MOURNING AND GOODBYE CIRCLE
With these activities we want our children to achieve the following aims:
•To listen and respond, to focus visual/aural attention
•To sustain attention and respond with relevant verbal/non-verbal
"comments"
•To initiate communication and interaction with others
•To listen with enjoyment to stories, songs, rhymes and poems
•To perform simple actions on request within a familiar context
•To track a range of visually/aurally attractive

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MOURNING AND GOODBYE CIRCLE
These activities includes the following structure and sub-activities:
•Register-time: responding to "who's here today?" and having their name
called. Listening to and showing an awareness of/interest in others.
•"Hello Song": greeting teacher, staff and peers, also saying hello in home
language.
•Responding to "how are you today?".
•News from home: looking at home-school books and sharing news.
•Songs that focus on names.

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MOURNING AND GOODBYE CIRCLE
During the Goodbye circle we focus on the following activities:
Reflecting on the activities of the day (daily) and how the children have been
learning (reading the home school diaries). Children have the opportunity to
communicate how they are feeling at the moment using their preferred
means of communication. Favourite action songs and rhymes are performed
as well as Goodby song.