All children are valued, respected and welcomed to the school whatever their additional educational need. We will support their learning and ensure they are fully included in all school activities, making full use of externally provided facilities where appropriate.

You will find below some brief information about the various additional programmes we deliver to support all learners, where appropriate. If you wish to discuss your child’s support programmes please do not hesitate to get in touch with the Teaching Assistant running the group or with Mrs Tarrant [Inclusion Manager].

Hi-5s
Hi -5s is a 5 minute-daily intervention for pupils who would benefit from extra reading, and reading activities. The short but regular nature of this support helps the pupils to make firm and steady progress in this area. This is usually delivered by the class Teaching Assistant.

Speechklink
A speech programme which targets sounds that children have difficulties in producing. Children are tested within the school using this specialised computer programme and then our Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) delivers the suggested individualised programmes. There are occasions when the tests show that a child needs to be referred to a Speech and Language Therapy for additional guidance and/or intervention.

Speech and Language
Individualised programmes submitted by a Speech Therapist assigned to this school which is delivered by our HLTA. These are for children who have been referred, by the school or by a medical professional, to be assessed by the Speech and Language Therapy Service. These programmes can include speech sound production, language development and social skills, depending on the child’s needs.

EAL - English as an Additional Language
This is for children who have a first language other than English and may need further intervention with their English language understanding in order to aid their academic development. Our EAL Administrator uses guidelines given by Specialist Teachers for Minority Ethnic and Bilingual Achievement which follow the National Curriculum programmes.

Fizzy
The Fizzy programme has been developed by Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists. It is graded and measurable in three stages and works on three specific areas- balance, ball skills and body awareness.

Brain Gym
Brain Gym is an educational movement-based programme, which uses simple movements to integrate the whole brain, senses and body; preparing the child with the physical skills they need to learn effectively. It can be used to improve a wide range of learning, attention and behaviour skills. Mrs Minster runs both the Fizzy and Brain Gym sessions with the assistance of the class Teaching Assistant.

SLS – Specific Literacy Support
This is a small group intervention program that focuses on phonics, spelling, handwriting and further speech and language development. These multi-sensory sessions are led by Mrs Barnett, Mrs Minister or Mrs Jesson and are based on specially written teaching material.

Wordshark and Numbershark
These are computer based programmes which help reinforce spellings and maths skills. Wordshark is a complimentary programme to SLS which is tailored to a child’s individual reeds. Children included in SLS support will also be accessing Wordshark.

Toe by Toe
This is a highly structured multi-sensory individual reading programme which is specially designed for children diagnosed as having specific learning difficulties.

Teaching Emotional Literacy
Emotional Literacy sessions are delivered to all year 4 pupils. They are designed to help young people in understanding their feelings and teaches them the vocabulary to express themselves.

Emotional support
This intervention is accessible to all pupils who may be experiencing difficulty with some aspects of home/school life e.g. a family bereavement which may impact on their school life.

Drawing and Talking Therapy
This is a programme delivered usually in exceptional circumstances. It enables young people to express deeper worries in a supportive 1:1 environment.

Anger management
This is provided to help young people understand why they are angry and how to deal with it in a positive way.

Lunchtime social club
This facility runs every Monday to Thursday and allows 16 children to take it in turns to socialise. The sessions run for 15 minutes and 4 children attend each session. The sessions comprise of board games, card games and computer games on the interactive whiteboard, as well as the children bringing their own games and ideas to the session.
The club is open to pupils across all year groups. Our aim is that the children attending learn how to interact more successfully with their peers in social situations by learning amongst other things, how to initiate social interaction, how to take turns, what makes a good friend, how to win and how to lose.

Communication and Friendship Skills
In Unit 1 we look at the various aspects of communication and in Unit 2 we look at the various aspects of friendship. We explore these through drama, discussion, games, role play, short tasks and worksheets. Each unit comprises of 10 sessions and is for selected Year 4 pupils. Upon successfully completing a unit the children are awarded a certificate in assembly. The children often refer to these sessions as being in Mrs Nunn’s Group.

Fine motor skills
Fine motor skills are vital to the development of many competencies in young children. Activities are divided into sections focusing on warming up, hand and finger strength, manipulation and eye-hand co-ordination. Clever Fingers and Take Ten programmes are used together with scissor skill activities and fun and games which are delivered by Mrs Jesson.

The Pyramid diagram below shows how these skills build progressively on top of each other.