1:1 Outdoor & Practical Skills Mentoring

 

Our Vision

To offer a highly personalised, hands-on educational experience that empowers young people with SEN to build confidence, independence, and real-world skills through practical outdoor learning.

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What We Offer

Inclusive Pathways Education delivers 1:1 curriculum grounded in the principles of outdoor education, therapeutic mentoring, and experiential learning. Each learner is supported by a dedicated mentor who builds trust, adapts tasks to individual needs, and encourages meaningful engagement through personalised, sensory-rich experiences.

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Key Features of the 1:1 Curriculum Offer​

🌿 Tailored Mentoring

- Consistent, compassionate adult support from a skilled practitioner
- Learner-led pacing with attention to energy, mood, and sensory regulation
- Emphasis on relational safety, emotional co-regulation, and gradual skill-building

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🔨 Practical Outdoor Curriculum

Weekly rotation will focus on:
  • DT/Construction
  • Bushcraft
  • Whittling
  • Outdoor Cooking
  • Camp Craft
  • Hand Tool Skills
  • Horticulture
Builds toward a capstone project: the creation of a personal bushcraft basecamp with handmade furniture, tools, and a productive growing space

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📚 Academic Tutoring

- Flexible delivery of core subjects (English, Maths, Science) linked to functional, real-world applications
- 1:1 support for EHCP outcomes and curriculum access
- Opportunity to work toward Entry Level, Functional Skills, or GCSE content based on need and readiness

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🧭 Skill Progression Through Project Work

- Scaffolded learning steps with visual prompts and hands-on modelling
- Weekly practical outcomes (e.g., building a mallet, growing vegetables, cooking over fire)
- Culminates in student ownership over their own bushcraft site

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🏕️  Immersive, Sensory-Rich Environments

- Sessions held in calm, natural settings to reduce anxiety and support focus
- Activities designed to engage multiple senses: touch (tools, soil, wood), smell (cooking, plants), sound (woodland, birds), and sight (natural changes across the seasons)

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🌱 Personal Development Outcomes

- Improved self-regulation, focus, and resilience
- Increased confidence in taking initiative and solving problems
- Gentle exposure to risk-taking in a supported environment
- Opportunities to develop communication, teamwork, and leadership (through 1:1 collaboration)

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🔧 Tailored Work Experience Support

- Supported introduction to local work experience placements
- Practical skills preparation: punctuality, communication, dress code, task responsibility
- Mentoring during placement with goal setting, reviews, and next-step planning

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Who This Is For

- Neurodivergent learners (e.g., autism, ADHD, PDA profile)
- Students disengaged from traditional settings
- Young people requiring flexible, outdoor-based therapeutic learning
- Learners working towards Entry Level/Functional Skills or personal progress goals

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Additional Opportunities

- Field trips to Devon & Somerset nature sites
- Portfolios of skills with photos and self-reflection