Our SEN Unit provides a nurturing, inclusive, and supportive environment for children with cognition and learning challenges, particularly with speech and language difficulties.

Many of the children in Dolphin Class require something more than the EYFS and national curriculum to develop them flourish.

We focus on:
- individual learning plans linked to EHCP targets and underpinned by the Equals Curriculum
- Small group teaching
- Access to mainstream activities (where appropriate)
- Speech, language, and communication development
- Social and emotional support

Within our unit we use the Equals Curriculum to support the provision and to meet individual children's' needs. We have broad overarching half-term themes based upon ‘The world around us’ alongside concepts that we revisit throughout the year. This enables us to maximise children’s interests as a vehicle for learning.

To provide broad and holistic development for each child, each half-term all children have 8 bespoke targets, linked to their EHCP and individual needs for the following areas:

• Communication

• Relationships and play

• Independence

• Thinking and Problem Solving

• Well being

• The World Around Us - overarching theme

• Phonics/Literacy 

• Maths/Numerical Patterns 

For each target/skill, children are assessed along a 10 point scale for independence, fluency, maintenance and generalisation.

These are reviewed regularly and used to inform provision and planning.