In addition children in all classes have access to extension work, and gifted children are treated as children with special educational needs. It is the aspiration of the Beechwood staff to deliver the school curriculum for each individual child at the level that is appropriate. The National Curriculum Science programme is the basis for sex education in the Junior and Middle Schools. In the Senior School sex education and social awareness are taught as part of the Personal, Social and Health Education programme. The fully equipped workshop provides the means for younger pupils to develop their creative capabilities.
Older children apply creative and technical thinking to high standards of craftsmanship.
As well as sharpening the inventive mind, this important subject teaches pupils to see a project through from conception and planning to fruition. Information and Communication Technology Contemporary education requires a fundamental familiarity with computers. All age groups have access to the two Computer Rooms where multi-media PCs are linked to the whole school network and the Internet. As well as learning word processing and design and publishing skills, pupils are able to use computers in the classroom as a subject resource. Music Music has traditionally played an important part in Beechwood school life.