Additional Support Needs at Craigholme

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Additional Support Needs at Craigholme
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Additional Support Needs

• Formerly known as either Support for Learning or
  Learning Support.
• By 2004,
• the Scottish
• Government
• was using ASN
• to reflect
• the wider remit.

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Additional Support Needs

• Craigholme follows its pupils extremely
  carefully, potentially tracking their progress
  from the age of 3 up to 18.
• Nursery Staff Lower Junior Staff
• All are involved with the pupils at stages
• Upper Junior Staff Senior Staff
• ASN staff are involved across the school at all
  stages.

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Early Intervention

• Identifying a pupils needs as early as possible
  in their schooling is crucial to
• their progress.
• Our ASN Early Years teacher works with Nursery
  and Lower Junior pupils and staff, putting in
  place support programmes designed for each
  pupils needs.

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Additional Support Needs

• Our ASN teachers are qualified to post-graduate
  Diploma level in ASN.
• In addition, other teachers may be involved at
  times with ASN pupils .
• Weekly meetings to highlight ASN work, involving
  Head of Junior School, Depute Principal, Head of
  Early Years and ASN staff.
• ASN is part of the wider support structure in
  school, including Guidance.

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In Craigholme

• We consider our pupils in a holistic way

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Craigholme ASN

• Pupils may have ASN for a variety of reasons
• Absence where a pupil has missed some teaching
• because of an illness or for family
  circumstances
• Difficulty a pupil may have difficulty with a
  new topic or may have an ongoing need for support
• Extension a pupil has easily learned the work
  and her learning can be extended into new areas
• Work is always set to the individual pupils
  needs

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Craigholme ASN

• A pupil may exhibit ASN for a very short time
• a longer time
• or require support in many classes
• over some years depending on
• their needs.

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ASN at Craigholme

• in the Lower Junior School, ASN will include
• support in whatever form is appropriate to
  the pupil
• And this might include
• Working individually
• Working as part of a support group

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ASN Nursery and Lower Junior
pupils

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ASN Nursery and Lower Junior Pupils

• Devised by our ASN teacher for Early Years to
  involve Lower Junior and Nursery pupils working
  together.
• Pupils from both
• schools are set
• challenges by their
• partner and they
• work together on
• them.

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ASN Nursery and Lower Junior Pupils

• The effects of the Magic Nursery Project are
• seen in the transition to the Junior 1 class,
• where the new J1 pupils are quite
• used to being in the building and
• where they know pupils and staff
• by face and by name.

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Lower Junior Pupils

• Peer Tutoring in J1 and J3
• Pupils work again with their
• partner from the Magic
• Nursery on language and
• maths activities
• J3 devise their teaching programme led by their
  work with their younger partner

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ASN Junior pupils

• use a variety of
• multi-sensory materials
• for number work

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ASN working with Junior pupils

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ASN in Senior School
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Additional Support Needs

• In Craigholme Senior School,
• pupils with
• ASN are
• known as the
• Polar Bears.

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ASN in Senior School

• Support is usually delivered through the subject
  teacher in class
• Rapid, frequent, ongoing consultation between
  subject and ASN teachers
• Pupils provided with close network of support
• Drop-in to ASN staff before school and during
  breaks throughout week

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We have regular meetings with the Polar Bears

• Usually during Assembly on a Wednesday once or
  twice a year in different year groups, and also
  with all of the Polar Bears S1 S6, as peer
  support is extremely valuable
• Looking at SQA requirements in S4, S5 and S6
• Looking at strategies in S1-S3
• Pupils feel part of a group, not isolated

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Dyslexia
is a different learning style, not a disease!
Is lifelong, so it wont go away, nor will it
be cured
Theres nothing wrong with being dyslexic, its
only that the world is set up for non-dyslexic
brains! Our staff have personal experience of
living with and working with dyslexia.
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So we teach strategies to our dyslexic pupils

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This works well..

• some of our former Polar Bears are now studying
  medicine
• theyre at vet schools
• theyre at Aberdeen, Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh,
  St Andrews universities, to name but a few..
• Were very proud of them!

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Theyve achieved what was thought to be
impossible.
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ASN in CraigholmeSenior School
Subject teachers and ASN teacher are
available for extra help throughout the week
Pupils take responsibility for their own learning
Request laptop for classes
Set up their computer to suit
Strategies are available on pupil intranet
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Using Computers
Background colour changed to suit each pupil

• Fonts changed to
• suit individual pupil
• Microsoft Word Talk on all
• computers for every school pupil

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• Everyone
• has
• Additional Support Needs
• for something!

New phone? Can you use all the functions??
Could you put up a deck chair??
Hello Helpline, Yes, I already did that!
Trucks stuck by GPS.
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ASN in Craigholme

• Learning about it
• Asking for help
• Taking responsibility for
• what you need to do
• Dealing with it
• Working with it
• Making it part of you

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Craigholmes Polar Bears

• learn to adapt and..

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• because we take ASN not ourselves
• extremely seriously, our Polar Bears