Additional Support Who do the learning support team work with? What do students do during additional support? Vocabulary Reading How can we work together to make additional support better?

Supporting Emotional Needs Who we support… what we do. Literacy Vocabulary Key words Spelling / SPaG Reading skills Writing Lexia Spellzone Numeracy Times tables Maths Whizz Dyslexia ASD ADD / ADHD Processing difficulties Anxiety Social / Behavioural difficulties Speech & Language difficulties EAL Study Skills Revision Overlearning Pre-learning Organisation Strategies to support memory – (Mind Maps) Supporting Emotional Needs Strategies for dealing with anxiety Self-esteem Developing independence Giving students ‘a voice’ Experienced and well qualified team – NPE trained counsellor, qualified teachers, strengths in different subjects – languages, music, geography, maths… Homework Un-picking tasks Explaining Supporting understanding “complete what we did in class”

Vocabulary see it say it hear it write it Practice Activities Direct Instruction Break the word down – syllables, patterns, colours Teach / test each other Quiz / Boardgame Pelmanism Cloze sentences / texts Students produce their own sentences / text Use visuals and memory hooks Drilling and modelling Word maps

peristalsis finite definite definitely Vocabulary – What we do… eschatology es / cha / tol / o / gy Oral cues – say as write – use different senses the part of theology concerned with death, judgement, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind. – the kingdom of God eschatology eschatology

evangelical counsels initiation vocation catechism vow Pictures, drilling, f/up practice activities – matching definitions, spelling..

Develop language skills Reading – What we do… Develop language skills Practice Activities Speed reading (fluency) Reciprocal Reading (comprehension) Paired reading (fluency, confidence) Age and reading level appropriate texts (confidence) Manipulating texts (comprehension, skimming, scanning) - cloze passages, ordering texts, highlighting texts, summarising Develop fluency Avoid social pressure Develop independence Develop confidence 1:1 avoids social pressure Age and reading level appropriate texts Motivation / purpose Discussion – for motivation and develop language skills Cognitive demand – many skills involved in reading - Decoding – phonics, segmenting, blending Word recognition Skills – skimming, scanning, reading for specific information Reading fluency Comprehension Vocabulary Activate schemata Identify purpose for reading Motivate

Reading – What we do… Reciprocal Reading Speed Reading Paired Reading

How can we work together to make additional support better? Key words / subject specific vocabulary Exam instructions Texts used in class What else? Example – RE dept. Department folders – key words? Google drive? Email point of contact re. topics / specific students

Command words What command words are used in your subject? Do describe / evaluate / explain have the same meaning in Science and Geography? What exactly are the students expected to do to effectively respond to the command?