send and Inclusion
SEND at Belmont Junior School
Belmont Junior School's SEND offer:
You can find out how we support children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) at Belmont Junior School by reading our policy.
Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) are applied for if a child or young person requires extra support to make good educational progress. The key stages of the process are: Identifying, Assessing, Planning, Actioning and Reviewing. This website aims to explain each of the processes for parents: https://ehcpjourneys.com/
The Inclusion Assistant Head and SENDCo:
Katherine Prodromou
Tel: 020 8888 8261
Working days: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
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This is me, Katherine, the SENDCo at Belmont Junior School
Home Learning:
Please see below links for additional learning that may be helpful for those with Special Educational Needs.
Speech, Language and Communication :
- Try the free app Bitsboard.
- Visit http://www.do2learn.com
- Have a look at the resources on: https://www.speechandlanguagekids.com/free-materials/
- Colourful Semantics have a wealth of resources for free - these are mostly to support early language but there are some useful resources to support sentence construction: https://integratedtreatmentservices.co.uk/our-approaches/speech-therapy-approaches/colourful-semantics-2/
- The Communication Trust has many links to different resources for parents as well as schools (some free) as well as offering some free training which is very interesting: https://www.thecommunicationtrust.org.uk/
- I came across these free vocabulary-game packs made by Stephen Parsons at Word Aware. There is a pack for families to use at home. You can access the game packs using this link:
Fine and gross motor skills:
- Dough Disco is great for fine motor skills -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj0shfH3pzhrf3dOrSj_pRw
- BBC Dancemat helps typing skills: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr
ASC:
- Free sensory planning with multisensory activities and messy play can be found here: https://www.empoweringlittleminds.co.uk/resources-1
- www.timestables.co.uk is a great alternative to other times tables practice websites. You do not need a login and it does not have the time pressure that some pupils find tricky.
- Pooky Knightsmith has recently been diagnosed with ASC. She has a YouTube channel which she uses to explore mental health: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCouKr8JeXinK6v_nf5dWA1A
Dyslexia and processing:
- https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/ - there are free ebooks which are levelled. Your child's class teacher will be able to advise you as to which level your child is reading at.
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SOS spelling is a dyslexia friendly approach to learning spelling. A step by step guide can be found here: http://bettertuition.co.uk/simultaneous-oral-spelling/
Social Emotional and Mental Health:
- You can find some ideas for wellbeing apps here: https://www.theschoolrun.com/best-wellbeing-apps-for-kids
- Information about Mental Health in children: https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/a-to-z/c/children-and-young-people
- Pooky Knightsmith (see ASC): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCouKr8JeXinK6v_nf5dWA1A