Primary 1
Head of Department: Sharon Ross
Located on the main site Primary 1 has 3 classes; Poppy, Bluebell, and Daisy.
What do we offer?
- Children in Key Stage 1 and 2 attend full time
- Children are supported by staff who are committed to supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
- High levels of staffing ensure children are safe.
- Staff expertise enables children to develop the build on the skills they require to continue on their educational journey.
We follow the main school curriculum which is a topic-based curriculum that is split into different areas of learning over 3 levels depending on our pupils’ individual needs.
We have a kitchen where we do some small group cooking activities, a shared darkroom, and two new outside play areas where we like to do some of our learning as well as playtime.
Our learning experiences are enhanced through a multi-sensory approach that is tailored to meet our individual needs. We all love to explore, have fun while we learn, and experience lots of new and exciting activities. Our classrooms are very stimulating and we have lots of exciting toys and multi-sensory resources to play with.
We work on early communication skills with all pupils using a range of differentiated AAC strategies such as PODD, PECS, Eye gaze systems and Makaton.
In Poppy Class we use a multi-sensory approach to teaching and we enjoy using our senses to explore and learn about the world around us. Our classroom is set up in different areas of learning including a floor area to work on our physical skills, sensory boxes, book corner, creative & messy play, ICT, switch, and computer areas. We also have a dark room where we can work on our visual programs and cause and effect skills. We try to incorporate as much physical activity as possible throughout our day whilst we are learning. We work really hard to develop our communication and interaction skills, from showing responses to a wider range of stimuli to developing our understanding that we can affect other people’s behaviour through our actions, and learning how to say yes and no. A wide range of teaching strategies is employed including using consistent routines, Intensive Interaction approaches, co-active working, object cues, early AAC.
Head of Department: Sharon Ross
We place a high emphasis on developing our pupils’ learning through physical activities, literacy strategies, and personal skills and we work hard to promote as much independence as possible for each of our children.
