Working alongside the staff and team, I have had the opportunity to witness first hand, Chatham’s holistic & inclusive approach to working with children and meeting their individual needs, as well as working closely alongside the families and external services.
– SEND Early Notification Team Liverpool City Council
The SEND EYFS curriculum at Chatham Resource Base offers a stimulating, nurturing and safe environment in which pupils can develop socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually.
A play based exploratory curriculum allows our individuals to develop skills on a 1:2 ratio combined with intensive interaction, small group activities such as bucket therapy sessions, songs and number rhymes. We also provide regular opportunities for sensory circuits throughout the session. These activities help children prepare for learning by improving their alertness.
Our curriculum is centered on the ‘Differentiated Early Years outcomes’ document which is adapted to ensure that all our children are able to access learning. We focus heavily on the early development of communication and interaction skills and ensure that all pupils have the best opportunity of becoming effective communicators. We support their learning with objects of reference, British sign language, visual cues and communication aids in all areas of the classroom. With the support of speech and language therapists, we have adopted a Total Communication Approach.
Individual Learning Plans
Where assessment indicates that support from specialist services is required the school strives to ensure that the pupil receives this as quickly as possible.
Children identified with SEND needs have an individual learning plan outlining targets, provision and any interventions that are in place. Professional support from outside agencies contribute to the overall planning and development of targets for individual children. We follow an ASSESS-PLAN-DO-REVIEW model. Individual plans are updated and shared with parents half termly.