Cognition and Learning Needs
- Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
- Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) – dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia
Type of support/provision made at Farne Primary School
Staff use a wide range of resources to promote multi-sensory, practical, creative and independent learning.
Tasks are appropriately adapted to ensure all children are able to access and achieve with increasing independence.
Use of materials and resources to ensure learning is multi-sensory and practical and promotes independence.
Additional processing/thinking time for responding to questions, completing tasks, sharing ideas.
Opportunity for pre-teach and reinforcement sessions.
Topic vocabulary is introduced in advance and reinforced throughout.
Additional support in class from the class teacher/teaching assistant.
Small group or 1:1 targeted intervention programmes to improve skills in a variety of areas, e.g. phonics groups, Fresh Start, Wordshark, Precision Teaching.
Staff use the ‘keep up, catch’ up approach to instantly address learning needs.
All classes have access to an SEN Toolkit which has a selection of specialised equipment to support pupils learning and overcome their barriers.
Provision of table top resources to promote independence and ensure that learning is multi-sensory and practical.
We use ICT to reduce barriers to learning where possible.
We promote alternative approaches to capturing and recording work, for example pictorial rather than written.
We use specific strategies and resources to support pupils with dyslexia e.g. word banks to support spelling of key words, Rainbow Arc, reading rulers.
We ensure children who need it are given additional processing/thinking time for responding to questions, completing tasks, sharing ideas
We seek support, advice and training from SENDOS and other outside agencies, including Educational Psychologist, to ensure any barriers to success are fully identified and responded to.
Multi-agency involvement with the family as required
We assess pupils regularly and report progress to parents and staff.
Differentiated and, where applicable, individually personalised homework.
Updated September 2024