SEND

Inclusion Manager contact details: 

Mr Burchett (Inclusion Manager) 

01634 230998 

office@stmargaretsjnr.medway.sch.uk

SEND Governor: Mrs Chrissy Hornby 

SEND Information Report:

At St Margaret’s Church of England Junior School, we strive to ensure that all children progress and achieve to the very best of their abilities. Our expectations are high; our aim is for our children to leave us fully equipped for the next stage of their education, confident, happy and successful. We firmly believe that this starts with Quality First teaching; this aims to ensure that every child is a happy, independent learner who aims high and achieves well.  However, sometimes children will need a little additional support. Some will require that support for just a short time whilst others will need more long term intervention. This is where our SEND and Pastoral Team may be involved.  The SEND Information report that is attached below will give you all the details of how we will support your child at our school.  

The Local Offer:

The Code of Practice:

Medway's SEND support guidance

http://www.medway.gov.uk/pdf/Medway%20SEND%20Support.pdf

SEND categories:

Some children have needs or disabilities that affect their ability to learn. For example:

• social, emotional and mental health - ADHD, anxiety etc.
• cognitive & learning - dyslexia, dyscalculia etc.
• communication and interaction - ASD, social communication difficulties etc
• sensory or physical needs or impairments - dyspraxia, hypermobility, sensory processing difficulties etc. 

Glossary of SEND Terms

Who to talk to if your child has special educational needs:

If we identify your child as having special educational needs, following the correct procedure for accurately identifying a need, we will contact you to discuss our concerns. Initially this contact may be made by your child’s class teacher but you will be introduced to our Inclusion Manager (Mr Burchett) who will discuss our concerns in greater detail.  We will endeavour to work in partnership with you and your child on the planning and reviewing of effective and impactful additional support in order for them to progress to their full potential.

If you believe your child may have special educational needs please arrange a meeting with your child’s class teacher at the first instance or you are welcome to contact Mr Burchett; Inclusion Manager (see contact details above). 

There are external support services available for parents/carers of children with SEND. The contact details for these services are set out below:

• Children and Family Hubs in Medway – website: https://www.medway.gov.uk/info/200170/children_and_families/323/choosing_childcare/4
• Medway Autism Group and Information Centre (MAGIC) – phone: 01634 570706, website: http://medway-magic.org/
• Medway SEND Information, Advice and Support Service – phone: 01634 566303 website: https://www.family-action.org.uk/what-we-do/children-families/send/medway-sendias/
• School health service – website: https://www.medwaycommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/our-services/a-z-services/child-health-service
• St. Augustine’s Parent Support Group for Parents of Children with ADHD – phone: 01634 851312, website: https://staspsg.wixsite.com/adhd/upcoming-meetings
• The Challenging Behaviour Foundation – phone: 0300 666 0126, website: http://www.challengingbehaviour.org.uk/
• Young Minds – parents/carers helpline – phone: 0808 802 5544, website:
  http://www.youngminds.org.uk/

Useful Links

Austism 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/15655232

Dyslexia or dyslexic traits

The offers advice to parents in helping their child at home whether it be for homework, handwriting, spelling etc.

https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/advice/children/my-childs-education

Dyspraxia 

This may be a site that offers parents some help: 

https://dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/

Homework refusal

http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/learning/help_gradeschooler_homework.html?tracking=90456_A# and

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Your-Kids-to-Do-Their-Homework

Children with ADHD

Hints and tips:

https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/parents-guide-to-support-a-z/parents-guide-to-support-adhd/

Speech and/or Language difficulties

There are many strategies which can be put in place at home. The following site may be useful:  http://www.talkingpoint.org.uk/

Communication difficulties

Support can be carried out discretely using many activities which any child would enjoy: http://www.thecommunicationtrust.org.uk/resources/resources.aspx

Social Communication difficulties 

    https://www.autism.org.uk/

How to write a social story

Social stories are short descriptions of a particular situation, event or activity, which include specific information about what to expect in that situation and why:

http://www.autism.org.uk/socialstories

Eye Exercises for Better Visual Health

These activities are offered as a fun way to help sharpen "learning-related" visual skills that are critical for success in school.  If a child has deficits in visual information processing, these simple exercises alone are not sufficient to correct a problem.  Please do not confuse these exercises with vision therapy.

http://www.eyecanlearn.com

Sensory Processing difficulties - https://childmind.org/article/sensory-processing-issues-explained/

Anxiety issues - https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/parents-guide-to-support-a-z/parents-guide-to-support-anxiety/

Cognitive Quick Tips: Visual Memory at home and in the classroom

We need visual memory skills for basic tasks such as recognising letters (differences between b, p, and d, for instance), reading, spelling, maths and the list goes on.