EAL Support

Forest Park Primary School

At Forest Park we have higher than average EAL and mobility. We are well prepared for arrivals and departures of children, ensuring that staff and fellow pupils are supported through transitions within the class community. We are a diverse school, with over 35 languages.

Our parents are supportive of each other and when new families arrive from their home countries, they are made to feel welcome. We have experienced staff in school who gently guide new families through the process of induction, settling into new routines and making friends. New to English children have a structured induction, where they are paired up with a buddy to support them for the first few days. EAL support staff work alongside new arrivals both in intervention groups and in their class, ensuring a smooth and settled start to their education with us.

EAL Support

St Mark’s CE Primary School

Across the school, we use a variety of resources and strategies to help support and teach those children who speak English as an additional language (EAL).

These range from picture cues, the teaching of vocabulary and daily interventions such as Word Aware. We also have our Sunbeams provision, which is a nurture group for newly arrived pupils in years 1 to 6. Sunbeams sessions are delivered by members of the Inclusion Team. These sessions support the children to make friendships, become familiar with their new school and support their initial language development. On entry to the school, all children are provided with a selfhelp pack, which they are able to use in class to help support them in their learning.

The school also provides EAL training for schools across the city and for trainee teachers. This training looks at the core concepts around the teaching of pupils who speak English as an additional language and resources that can be used by class teachers.

We use the Bell Foundation Assessment Framework to track the progress of the new to English pupils.

Abbey Hulton Primary School

At Abbey Hulton Primary School the six School Games values of Passion, Self-Belief, Respect, Honesty, Determination and Teamwork are promoted within our delivery of Physical Education and are integral to the wider curriculum.

We are proud to have secured ‘Gold’ for three years running in the National School Games scheme which keeps competitive sports at the heart of schools and provides more young children with opportunities to compete and achieve their personal bests. All pupils in our school are encouraged to take part in competitions and extracurricular physical activity and we target and track this to ensure inclusive practices.

Developing positive mental and physical wellbeing in our pupils is central to our intent within the curriculum and this is particularly central to the subject. We know the overwhelming benefits that physical activity can have on our pupils and we currently dedicate two hours per week to the teaching of PE. Purposeful links are made between the curriculum objectives for PE and the new statutory guidance on promoting physical health and mental wellbeing.

PE

Forest Park Primary School

At Forest Park Primary School Physical Education focuses on the physical, mental and social well-being and development of all our pupils. Every class has both an indoor focus and an outdoor focus, running alongside one another for one term. Research demonstrates that children make accelerated progress with skill development and application when a strand of PE is taught for at least 12 weeks (before moving onto the next strand too quickly).

Throughout each phase there is coverage of all strands of PE, enabling children to access a wide variety of sports as they progress through the school. Key skills have been carefully broken down and show clear progression across each year group. EYFS use Sports Xplorers which provides focus and specifically designed sequence of lessons.

Assessment in physical education is recorded via videos of the children in action, end of term proformas, annotated end of unit plans and pupil voice. Each term learning is geared up to a sporting festival or competition whereby the children have the opportunity to take part in competitive competition alongside their peers, utilising the skills learnt. A wide range of after school clubs are delivered by staff and outdoor agencies, again targeted towards competition or a fun festival.

Kemball School and Watermill School

• Rebound

This package aims to target individual physiotherapy needs through the therapeutic use of trampoline. Providing a package of support for children with physical difficulties enabling them to access their PE curriculum, raise self-esteem and confidence. Specialist teachers will observe pupils within their own setting initially and produce a personalised 6 week programme. Staff are experienced using the Winstrada Award Scheme where pupils will gain certificates and badges that are nationally recognised. (Costing will apply)

Watermill School

• Physical Education

Watermill School has a large gym, a physical therapy gym, MUGA and a hydro pool. We have a specialist PE Teacher who teaches across the PE disciplines including trampoline.

We offer a range of physical therapies and approaches to PE to meet the needs of children with physical needs and complex behaviours. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss curriculum development for children working below age related expectations, access to specialist facilities or specific PE support or CPD for staff, access to Rebound.