Tumblewood
Community
Life Skills Development . . .
Project workers in Tumblewood Community work with
individual young people and spend time with them in
classrooms to support learning. As a result there is often
a one to one pupil staff ratio in class. Due to the small
structure of Tumblewood Community it is possible to
undertake in depth individual work with young people
who have issues and anxieties arising from physical,
emotional and sexual abuse.The teaching staff work with
high-risk behaviours, exploring and identifying presenting
patterns and assisting to change pupils cycles of negative
behaviour.
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Self portrait completed in workshop on self identity
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Opportunities may be offered to integrate pupils into
local mainstream schools and work experience is
encouraged in the community for year 10 and 11 pupils.
An example of this is a local Community Farm, a
resource that offers a GNVQ 1 in animal care and
encourages pupils to interact with other young people
of a similar age in team building tasks. Strong links with
the Trowbridge Connexions resource has been instrumental
in the success the school has had in supporting pupils at Trowbridge
FE College and where appropriate work based placements.
