Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

At St Anne’s Infants’ School we believe that all children should be equally valued in school.  We are committed to creating an environment where all pupils can thrive and develop. We work in partnership with parents/carers and other agencies to provide appropriate support for our pupils so that they can fulfil their potential. Our 'Local Offer' is outlined in the document attached.

 

If you would like to discuss the needs of your child or have questions or concerns, please get in touch with our Deputy Head/SENDCo (Mrs Jo Moss) who can be contacted via the office.

 

 For information about SEND and the support available from the Local Authority, please visit: www.bristol.gov.uk/page/children-and-young-people/education-children-special-needs

 

You can also take a look at Bristol's Local Offer by visiting the 'findability' website. This site contains information for children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities and their families: http://www.bristol.gov.uk/bristol-local-offer

 

The following link takes you to the Supportive Parents website.  This is a really useful group which can offer support and advice on a wide range of issues. http://www.supportiveparents.org.uk/

 

Please click the links below for our published local offer, policy, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Report and our Graduated Response for pupils requiring support.

Here are some useful links:

 

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS RESOURCES BLOG : Advice, learning activities and recommended toys, books and resources for children with SEN - https://senresourcesblog.com/

 

Speech, Language and Communication:

This is a really useful website with lots of ideas to support Receptive and Expressive Language - https://www.communicatetolearn.org/

 

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 to support early language and 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/

 

Fine and Gross Motor Skills:

Dough Disco is great for fine motor skills - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj0shfH3pzhrf3dOrSj_pRw

 

ASC (Autism Spectrum Condition)

CEAT have added resources to their page for families to use: https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/livewell/local-offer-for-children-with-sen-and-disabilities/education/supporting-send-in-education/pupils-with-asc/resources-for-parents-parents-and-family.aspx

 

Free sensory planning with multisensory activities and messy play can be found here: https://www.empoweringlittleminds.co.uk/resources-1

Free resources available from Social Thinking: https://www.socialthinking.com/free-stuff/books-thinksheets

 

Dyslexia and Processing:

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:

Please see the files below for resources to support 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

 

Sensory Needs

https://inclusiveteach.com/2020/03/20/150-sensory-learning-ideas/amp/?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR0suObVSentBHmkty8OFew616Du4BULJzza__y6XQVFN8dngN1yOcSKEdc

The following document has been created to support our families during lockdown.  It contains useful ideas and strategies to support your child at home: