Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
For children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), we recognise the importance of ensuring all children achieve their full potential; emotionally, socially, physically and academically. We ensure they are fully included in all school activities, seeking external support and facilities when needed.
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SEND News
special educational needs disability policy local offer.pdf
Accessibility Plan
accessibility plan january 2022 25.pdf
Glossary of Support
Sensory Circuits
Sensory Circuits is a series of activities designed specifically to wake up all the senses in readiness for the busy day at school. Sensory circuits help to improve: balance, coordination, awareness of body position and sensory integration. It leads to improvements in alertness and co-ordination in class and a “just right” state of mind through a series of alerting, organising and calming activities.
Speech and Language groups
These 1:1 or group sessions are for children who either have a speech or communication difficulty. Their difficulty can be either in their receptive and/or expressive language. Activities are run by our internal Speech and Language specialist daily.
NELI
The Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) has been found to improve children's language and early literacy skills and is a program designed for children in reception year (4-5 years). The programme takes place daily with selected children.
Reading/Comprehension groups
An intervention to help improve a child’s reading accuracy plus their understanding of different types of texts. A variety of fiction and non-fiction books are used, including play scripts and poetry. Questions are answered verbally and in a written format. This links to our Little Wandle phonics programme.
Maths booster
This intervention supports children who require additional help with a particular concept in class.
Timestable Rockstars
TTRS is a carefully sequenced program of daily timetables practice designed to improve speed of recall. Each week concentrates on a different times table, with a recommended consolidation week for rehearsing the tables that have recently been practised every third week or so.
Lego Therapy
A practical activity involving 3 children. The children are given set roles-an engineer, a supplier and a builder and they work together to build a Lego model.
It helps children to develop problem solving skills. It also develops their speaking and listening skills, as they are encouraged to provide directional language, receive and follow instructions. They learn to tolerate being corrected by others and to engage in interaction with their peers.
Drawing and Talking
We have two members of staff fully trained to deliver the Drawing and Talking intervention. Drawing and Talking utilises drawing as a way to help pupils express their feelings differently and helps support children with their anxieties or worries. Sessions take place weekly for selected children across all year groups.
Play Therapist
Play therapists help children to make sense of difficult life experiences, or complex psychological issues through play. Our Play Therapist visits every Tuesday afternoon.
Keyboard skills/Touch Typing skills
We use Touch, Type, Read and Spell, a structured progressive programme which introduces keyboard skills and touch typing to aid and improve touch typing speed as well as supporting with reading and spelling.
Volunteer Readers
Our volunteer reader support comes in to support with reading on a 1:1 basis every week on Tuesdays.
Accelerated Reader
Accelerated Reader is a program which encourages our pupils to independently choose and read books at their own level and pace. Each book they choose has online ‘reading practice’ quizzes to allow children to demonstrate their understanding of what they have read. Our teachers use these quizzes to track each pupil’s progress and set appropriate goals.
Social Skills Groups
Talkabout for Children is a UK primary school program that enhances social skills, self-esteem, and emotional well-being through interactive activities, supporting children’s personal development and positive relationships.
BEAM
The Balance Education & Movement (BEAM) programme supports children's gross motor skills.
Hamish & Milo Wellbeing Programme
The Hamish and Milo Programme is a therapeutic resource designed to support children’s emotional well-being, using engaging stories and activities to help them explore and express their feelings, build resilience, and develop positive social skills.
Social stories
These are personalised stories which are drawn up with the child to suit their particular need and/or anxieties. The child will read this daily and at specific times of need. They are used to: prepare children for change and new events, help them overcome anxieties, help them become aware of what is required in set social situations and reinforce good behaviour.
Clever Fingers
Clever Fingers is an activity package created and designed, by Occupational Therapists. It is used to support children with poor fine motor skills and difficulties in: dressing, using a knife and fork and scissors, as well as handwriting. Children work for about 10 minutes, either individually or in a small group, from a “Clever Fingers Box” which has been put together to meet the child’s individual needs. Activities include threading, posting, construction toys and plasticine moulding.
Further advice
For advice and/or support on SEND, please contact our school Special Educational Needs Co-coordinator, Rachel Hodges on 01622 726364 (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) or email rhodges@east-farleigh.kent.sch.uk
Useful Links
To provide services for families to help them to do well, stay safe and resolve problems at the earliest possible opportunity, before they become more serious. You can access these services locally at a time and place that suits you. You can find further information, including a parent lealef, via the following link.
Information about dyslexia services
Gives children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities and their families information about what support services the local authority think will be available in their local area.
Mainstream Core Standards (Parent Version)
A leading UK charity for people on the autism spectrum and their families. They provide information, support and pioneering services, and campaign for a better world for people with autism
Parent Information, Advice and Support Kent (IASK) - free, impartial and confidential information, advice and support about special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) for children, young people up to age 25, parents and carers. For parents.
