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Nadine Prescott Carolyn Gelenter
Speech and Language Therapist Advisory Teacher SLCN
To support children with additional needs into their first year of secondary school to feel safe and confident about being in secondary
To support primary and secondary schools to develop resources, activities and programmes in relation to achieving the above outcome for children.
Lots of things happening at once!
Puberty and physical changes
Increase in social awareness – changes toSocial networks
Systematic changes in the way school is organised
Girls
Students with existing behaviour difficulties
Low achievers
Students with poor parental support.
Students with SLCN who experience the most difficulty are those with: Low vocabularies Poor receptive language
(understanding of language)These areas have BIG impact
on accessing curriculum and getting by socially.
To become familiar with the layout of their new school
To become familiar with routines of their new school
To feel confident and safe about attending secondary school
To meet with other students who will be attending their new secondary school, and meet school staff
To gain coping strategies to support their transition to secondary school.
To be able to deliver small group work around transition
To gain strategies to support children with additional needs
To understand the purpose of a transition program
To get to know some of their students.
Increase in the number of children feeling happy about attending secondary school
100% of students reported confidence in finding way around school after groups
Greater awareness of routinesGreater awareness of wider aspects of school life
Less anxiety type questions being asked92% of staff reported increased knowledge about running transition groups
90% of staff found the transition programme useful in supporting students to transition to year 7.
Biggest thing that helps is Positive people who:‘Are easy to talk toListen to meGet to know meMake an effort to talk to meAnswer my questionsHelp me picture where I am going.’
Not having enough information about secondary school
Getting unclear or mixed messages
Bullies
People not listening
Not being able to visit secondary school.
Year 6 identified meeting criteria of:Statement for SLISA or SA+ for SLCNStatement with secondary SLCNVulnerable children
Only for students attending Westminster Secondary Schools
Secondary schools free to organiseout-of-borough children to join
The areas we chose to focus on are based on
what students in Westminster have told us matters to them the most:
Getting lunch
Not getting lost
Knowing where I should be
Finding nice people who can help
Not getting bullied
Homework and getting organised.
Most secondary schools have got dates for programme for the 2014 -2015 Academic year
St. Augustine’s
QK
oWill run 6 sessions
oDates to be decided
oWill run 4 sessions
oFrom 6th of June to 27th of June inclusive
o9:30 -11:00
oCapacity for 2 groups
Paddington Academy
St. Marylebone
oFor nurture group
oBe-spoke 10 sessions
o3 hours each sesssion
oBetween May and July
oWill discuss dates with primary school
o6 sessions
oDates to be decided
oMaximum of 2 groups
Greycoats
Pimlico
oDates to be decided
oFrom Wednesday 4th of June until Wednesday 9th of July inclusive
o9:00-11:00 am
oMaximum numbers 20 children
Westminster City
Westminster Academy
St George’s
oWaiting to hear
oWaiting to hear
oWaiting to hear
Identify children according to criteria
Send list to me to co-ordinate with secondary schools
Check secondary dates
Send out letters of permission
Ensure there is someone to bring children to nominated secondary school
Run the group again at school if possible.