Page 42 - Beacon Hill School Annual Report 2016-17

Special Educational Needs Special Educational Needs

positive and we are already planning a similar prefered choices and to have a growth mind
group next year with the possibility of some set about trying something new. Overall this

evening sessions to cater for those parents has been very successful and a hit with both
who were unable to attend. the children and staff.

Our department hosted a parenting workshop Ms Colette Davis
with Marie Marchand who has been a regular

speaker at BHS. This year she focused on
supporting parents in their dealings with
pre-teens and how to deal positively with the

changes your children go through at this time.
As always her talk was both informative and

entertaining and we hope to invite her back
next year. Please do look out for the chance
to attend.

The SEN department is also very active in

supporting the academic curriculum at BHS.
Our students at BHS have a wide range of
needs and sometimes require a booster group

to support them in their learning. This might be
short term or for some of our students extends

into longer term support and individual targets.
This year our department has supported
children with spelling, reading, writing, phonics,

fine motor skills, mathematics, gross motor
skills and touch typing to name just a few!

Finally, we have tried a new approach in our
ever popular lunch club activity. Students have

been exposed to a wider variety of lunch club
activities with the introduction of our ‘teacher

choice’ element. They have tried playdough,
kinetic sand, crafts, reading, building and
many more exciting activities. Our aim was for

our children to try and to enjoy a few non-