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Pastoral Support

Enabling access to learning and the curriculum

Access to additional targeted teaching by trained staff:

  • In all year groups
  • Regular intervention programmes in class
  • Flexible to meet the needs of the current cohort of children.
  • Delivered by trained staff and line managed by subject leaders, senior management team and the SENCO.

Strategies/programmes to support speech and language where appropriate:

  • Support strategies put in place both as part of everyday class based teaching and as additional group or individual support if appropriate
  • Speech and Language Therapist support – small group & 1:1
  • Speech and Language Therapist advice disseminated to & followed by teaching staff
  • Specific differentiation or modification of resources
  • Support with introduction of new vocabulary e.g. for a new topic
  • Mind maps for pre-learning of concept and topic words
  • Range of visual support

Strategies to support/develop literacy including reading

  • Differentiated phonics groups
  • Extra guided reading groups for children requiring additional support
  • Small group intervention programmes to enable children to ‘catch up’ if they are not making expected progress
  • Parent workshops to help parents understand how reading is taught in school and enable them to help their child at home

Strategies to support/develop numeracy

  • Small group intervention programmes
  • Small group intervention programmes to enable children to ‘catch up’ if they are not making expected progress
  • Maths Booster club
  • Access to specialist Numeracy Teaching if appropriate

Strategies/support to develop independent learning

  • Alternative  recording methods
  • Visual timetables for class & individuals
  • Range of visual support and visual scaffolds
  • Regular ‘celebration of success’ opportunities
  • Success criteria used in every lesson
  • Timers to help children with time keeping
  • Resources clearly labelled and accessible in all classes.
  •  Individual targets where appropriate to the age and ability of the child