• Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
• Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) – dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia

Type of support/provision made at Farne Primary School

• All staff have received training and use the Newcastle Mainstream Guidance in supporting the needs of all pupils with cognition and learning difficulties.
• Staff support access to the curriculum and to develop the skills for independent learning e.g. through changes to classroom environments, use of IT, support staff, specific interventions etc.
• Staff use a wide range of resources to promote multi-sensory, practical, creative and independent learning.
• Staff seek specialists advice and the expertise from SEND OS (Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Outreach Service) to ensure the needs of children are clearly identified.
• Additional processing/thinking time for responding to questions, completing tasks, sharing ideas.
• Staff assess pupils for access arrangements for SATs testing and provide appropriate arrangements.
• Differentiated curriculum, concrete apparatus, visual prompts and other are used to enable pupils to make progress.
• Strategies to promote and develop literacy and mathematical skills with increasing independence.
• Small group differentiated daily phonics using Read Write Inc is used within Early Years and Key Stage 1.
• Within KS2 we use the Fresh Start Intervention to target reading and writing skills for children who have fallen below age related expectations.
• Staff operate a Keep Up, Catch Up strategy this targets specific areas of learning which children may find difficult initially and need further support to consolidate their learning. 
• Small group or 1:1 targeted intervention programmes are delivered to pupils to improve reading, writing and maths skills.
• Along with first quality teaching and interventions we also use IT based programmes used to reduce barriers to learning where possible.
• Use of support materials and resources such as Numicon or other concrete apparatus.
• Provision of table top resources to promote independence and ensure that learning is multi-sensory and practical.
• Strategies and resources to support dyslexic pupils eg. coloured overlays for reading, word banks to support spelling of key words.
• Within each class, we have an SEND Toolkit with specialised equipment to ensure children can overcome their barriers to learning. 

Updated September 2022