My child has difficulties with learning and literacy.
This can include:
- Reading and spelling
- Learning new information and concepts
- Working with numbers
- Working memory
- Concentration
- Students may have conditions such as Specific Learning Difficulties, dyslexia, general learning difficulties, AD(H)D.
- Students may present with difficulties that do not have a specific title
What can St Lawrence offer?
All students at St Lawrence can access
- Quality First teaching with appropriate differentiation (including best SEND practice).
- Visual aids and timetables to support key vocabulary, concepts and themes.
- Differentiated reading groups.
- Differentiated Maths groups
- Differentiated phonics groups in KS1.
- Access to assessment for identification of significant needs.
- Dedicated and caring staff who value all students regardless of ability.
Support for targeted groups of students may include
- Blocks of 1:1 small group lessons that focus on a range of needs such as literacy, comprehension and spelling in the Learning Centre listen here.
- Where needed, help from an external agency (e.g. Specialist Teaching Services, Educational Psychologist).
- Teaching Assistant support in some lessons.
- Comprehension groups.
- Handwriting groups
- Year 6 Maths Club
- Reading with dogs
Targeted individual support may include
- On-going tailor made 1:1 tuition, led by a specialist teacher or teaching assistant.
- Where needed, help from an external agency (e.g. Specialist Teaching Services, Educational Psychologist).
- External agency advice where needed.
- Precision Teaching
- NESSY
- Numicon
- Power of 1/Plus 2
- Read Write Ink
- Exam Access Arrangements.
- On-going monitoring and regular feedback to parents and students (at least termly)
*Please note: These options need to be agreed upon for each student in conjunction with parents/carers and then regularly reviewed/modified.
