Humanities
Religious Education at The Orchard Centre is designed to provoke challenging questions about the ultimate meaning and purpose of life, beliefs about God, the self and the nature of reality, issues of right and wrong and what it means to be human.
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It offers opportunities for personal reflection and spiritual development. It enhances students’ awareness and understanding of religions and beliefs, teachings, practices and forms of expression, as well as of the influence of religion on individuals, families, communities and cultures.
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RE has an important role in preparing young people
for adult life, employment and lifelong learning.
It enables students to develop respect for
and sensitivity to others, in particular those
whose faiths and beliefs are different from their own.
It promotes discernment and enables students to combat prejudice.
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At KS4, students follow the AQA GCSE in Religious Studies (Specification A), studying units on:
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Christianity
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Sikhism
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Relationships and families
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Religion and life
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Religion, crime and punishment
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Religion, human rights and social justice
Lawnswood Campus
The Orchard Centre
Lawnswood Campus
Nightingale Home and Hospital Service
Services
Who are we?
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Lawnswood Integrated Therapy Service (LITS) is a specialist provision consisting of Counselling Psychologists and trained Counsellors offering a range of therapies which include Humanistic, Cognitive-Behavioural, Psychodynamic and Systemic modalities. Clinical work is underpinned by evidence- based practice.
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Our services
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‘LITS promotes the holistic approach that underpins the aims and objectives of Lawnswood Campus, and focuses on the social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs of the students’
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All students referred to Lawnswood PRUs require attention to social, emotional and mental health needs. LITS focuses on providing a specialist provision to students who access our service. These include:
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Assessment work
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Clinical reports
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Regular one-to-one therapeutic work
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Specialist group work
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Consultation with parents/carers
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Commitment to the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) system
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Collaborative clinical practice with CAMHS
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Our strengths
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Accessibility of an in-house clinical team
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Immediacy of crisis support
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Networks with CAMHS
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Flexibility and frequency of clinical appointments
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Student engagement – Efficacy of a school-cased service
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Referral system
Referrals are completed by the Head of Centre and Pastoral Team. All referrals are discussed in our LITS Referral Allocation Meetings. Client waiting lists are managed rigorously using standardised risk assessments.