Enjoy, Respect, Achieve
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Ordinarily Available
The strategies we use and environment we create for children within our classrooms every day supports individuals, groups and whole classes with a variety of needs and presentations.
All children benefit from:
High expectations of all pupils with ‘gentle pressure’ (appropriate to the individual) to achieve next step goals
High expectations for punctuality and attendance
Being taught age-appropriate emotional regulation skills and brain development
(a parent
pack is available)
Praise for effort and positive choices - class, group and individual
Predictable routines (including the use of visual timetables) and warnings of
change
wherever
possible
Having clear, consistent and explainable
boundaries
Support to develop respect for themselves, other people and property
Regularly reviewing classroom
layout and
seating plans
Validated phonics scheme with aspects of a morphological approach
to spelling
A spelling curriculum that includes aspects of morphology
and etymology
Use visual and auditory teaching input, wherever possible
Being taught in ‘spirals’, where learning is
regularly and
purposefully
Within the Ordinarily Available offer, some children may need:
Time with a teacher or teaching assistant to support social and emotional needs
Specific resources e.g. wobble cushion, fidget resource, headphones
Sensory / wiggle breaks – whole class, group and individual opportunities
Use of sand timers or clocks to understand expectations
Small group provision for specific subjects/topics
Additional time/reduced expectations on output for classroom-based tasks
Talk-time for a specific need
Tasks broken into smaller chunks/ instructions given in steps
Word banks (specific to individual needs/next step targets)
Use of voice recording devices
Use of typing to record own writing
Use of a distributed practice approach (a ‘little and often’ approach to learning)
Different writing tools e.g. specialist pens and pencils
Coloured writing paper and/or overlays for those with specialist assessments
Use of high interest, low reading age books
Reference resources for letter and number formation
