Learning

Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) helps pupils develop communication skills and confidence in an increasingly connected world. At Evelina Hospital School, pupils build their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills through interactive lessons, songs, games and real-life conversations. Dedicated language-learning platforms further support progress. Learning a language encourages curiosity, broadens cultural understanding and helps pupils communicate ideas effectively, fostering a greater appreciation of different people, cultures and global perspectives.

Our post-16 provision supports students aged 16-19 to continue their education during medical treatment, helping them stay on track with qualifications, further study and career goals. Working closely with schools, colleges, families and healthcare professionals, the school ensures continuity and smooth transitions. Students can achieve AQA awards and Functional Skills qualifications, benefit from guest speakers and STEM ambassadors, and access tailored careers guidance, employability workshops and Morrisby career assessments to support future pathways.

Science at Evelina Hospital School encourages our pupils to make sense of the world around them. We want them to be curious and to ask as many questions as they can. Online resources, practical experiments, visitors and group work are methods we use to enhance their learning experience. We provide an outstanding personalised education for all pupils, so that they can achieve positive educational outcomes and feel valued, nurtured and respected.

At Evelina Hospital School, physical education (PE) provides opportunities for all pupils to achieve their maximum active potential. In our school, PE involves enjoyment, healthy competition and encourages lifelong commitment to an active and healthy lifestyle. We provide an outstanding personalised education for all pupils, so they can achieve positive educational outcomes and feel valued, nurtured and respected. Our aim is to master basic movements and to develop flexibility, coordination, strength and balance with our PE lessons, which are delivered and adapted to our pupils’ needs.

At Evelina Hospital School, PSHE has an important place as part of our broad and balanced curriculum. We are passionate about pupils developing life skills and confidence to achieve their goals. Pupils engage with the three strands of our PSHE curriculum which are Health and Wellbeing, Relationship Education and Living in the Wider World. We equip pupils with knowledge to make informed and healthy decisions. We have established links with external agencies to offer enrichment opportunities linked to PSHE topics including The Parliament Education Outreach Team and the Migration Museum and are always looking for new ways to inspire our students.

At Evelina Hospital School, we are fortunate to be able to offer maths to all pupils in the form of one-to-one or small group lessons regardless of ability, experience or age. Pupils engage in a personalised learning experience with a strong focus on informal assessment and activities chosen specifically for each child, inspiring young people to appreciate the beauty and enjoyment that maths has to offer. Our team applies a combination of strategic schemes of work designed for maths mastery, creative and interactive maths activities, and a variety of problem solving activities allowing all children to access the National Curriculum at their own level of ability.

At Evelina Hospital School, the humanities have an important place within our broad and balanced curriculum. We are passionate about pupils developing their knowledge and skills in history, geography and religious education. Their engagement with these areas of the curriculum enable pupils to understand the world around them and their place within it. We hope to support pupils to relate better to others, recognising where we have come from, where we are now and where we aspire to be! We have established links with external agencies to offer enrichment opportunities linked to humanities topics including The Florence Nightingale Museum, The Museum of London and The Migration Museum. We also link up with the hospital chaplaincy team to develop pupils’ understanding and knowledge of their own religion and others. We are always looking for new ways to inspire our students.

WITHDRAWAL FROM RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Parents may withdraw their child from religious education provided they give written notification to the school. We are happy to discuss any concerns that parents may have regarding any aspect of the curriculum content or the teaching of religious education at the Evelina Hospital School.

Design and technology (DT) is a popular and engaging part of our curriculum, combining practical skills with creativity, science, engineering, computing and art to solve real world problems. Pupils learn to design and make high-quality prototypes and products for specific users, apply knowledge and critique and evaluate past and present designs, understanding their impact on daily life and global sustainability. Pupils also have opportunities to design and create products through 3D printing, textiles and food technology lessons. Through practical, creative projects, there are many opportunities to gain AQA Unit Awards.

At Evelina Hospital School, we aim to provide a broad, balanced, diverse and inclusive EYFS curriculum. We value each child in our school and encourage them to develop a love of learning in a nurturing and stimulating environment. We follow the children’s interests and provide them with opportunities to follow their imagination and creativity. We work in partnership with parents, carers, medical staff and children’s home nursery/school to plan exciting and engaging activities to meet each child’s individual needs. In order to support our children in their early development we provide a combination of child-initiated learning and adult-directed teaching.

With English lessons, we encourage pupils to develop their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. We are very fortunate to have several external visitors and enrichment opportunities across the academic year, including readers, writers and actors facilitating interactive sessions. We provide outstanding individualised learning for all pupils in order for them to achieve positive educational outcomes and feel valued, nurtured and respected.

Computing at Evelina Hospital School occupies a special place within our cross-curricular approach to teaching and learning. While pupils are with us, they benefit from a state-of-the-art, technology-rich learning environment, which supports access across all subject areas.

From communication aids to multi-sensory tools, our teaching staff are well-prepared to enhance learning experiences and support a wide variety of needs.

In addition, our discrete computing lessons embed core skills in computer science and the safe use of information technology, while encouraging pupils to reflect on their lives online in a rapidly changing digital world.

We provide outstanding, individualised learning for all pupils to help them achieve positive educational outcomes—and to feel valued, nurtured, and respected.

At Evelina Hospital School, the arts have a vital role as a curriculum subject as well as an area which is used therapeutically, delivering activities through which children and young people can express themselves and their feelings. The arts consist of curriculum lessons in art and design, drama and dance as well as lessons from specialist providers in music. Visiting experts provide enrichment opportunities for pupils to learn in the arts. At Evelina Hospital School, all pupils feel valued, nurtured and respected. We provide an outstanding personalised education for all pupils, with endless possibilities to achieve positive outcomes in their learning.